It’s a Hard Lox Life
Why is this year’s HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival different from all other HardLox festivals (to borrow, arguably, the best-known line of the…
Read MoreWhy is this year’s HardLox Jewish Food and Heritage Festival different from all other HardLox festivals (to borrow, arguably, the best-known line of the…
Read More“Montano” means mountain in Spanish, but restaurateur Mauricio Montano never expected to wind up living in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he now owns…
Read More“When I’m in a vineyard with my hands on the vines, I feel like I’m communicating with nature,” says Chuck Blethen, proprietor of Jewel…
Read MoreThe cider craze sweeping the nation has hit WNC, ahem, hard. Over the past year, four local hard cideries have emerged on — nay,…
Read MoreApple names have gotten strange. Some read like a cross-cultivar between pet names and underdog sports leagues: Arlet, Jazz, Cripps Pink, Arkansas Black, Aurora…
Read MoreSome people will come just for the bar. The new Rocky’s Hot Chicken Shack in Arden is a greatly expanded version of its West…
Read MoreSouthern barbecue culture spawns hot competition. Even if there’s not some official tasting competition going on, rivalries simmer in the abstract. Eastern North Carolinians…
Read MoreTucked into a long escarpment right before the hills of North Carolina give way to upstate S.C., the town of Tryon is curious. Lush…
Read MoreFlat Rock Village Bakery, part of the town’s Little Rainbow Row, is fitted Lego-like inside a boutique gift shop. (The Wrinkled Egg has a…
Read MoreFrom $100 caviar service to sea-salted fries, the Bull and Beggar is rich for the palate and rich in options. Created by former culinary…
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