GIMME SOME LOVE ON INSTAGRAM TO ENTER THIS DREAM DATE CONTEST! Hello Asheville! It’s time for an Instagram contest, yo! I’ve recently posted nineteen pictures on my Instagram page of the nineteen different chicken wings that the judges had to eat at the 2016 Asheville Wing War. Go here to see them: http://www.instagram.com/stuhelmfoodfan All you…
…As a Judge in the 2016 Wing War. Hello Asheville! I had a sad feeling, that has now turned into elation, as I have been tapped at the last minute to be a Judge in the 2016 Asheville Wing War! Whoop! Whoop! I’ve judged wings at the AWW two years in a row, and I…
“OVER-ROASTING COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.” Hello Asheville! AVL Food Fans #19 – “Into the Black Coffee Abyss” might be the most fun that Joe and I have had doing the show so far. He was in great form, cracking us all up a bunch of times. Our special guest Lindsay Lee from Counter Culture…
NOURISH AND FLOURISH WITH US! Hello Asheville! Episode 18 of AVL Food Fans is in the can! Click the link to listen to or download: http://www.spreaker.com/18-the-awesome-power-of-juice We start by delivering the Food News with Lucy Murphy from the Asheville Independent Restaurant Association, which includes stories about Oskar Blues Brewery, L’hotel De Ville, The Flint Water…
“IT MAKES THE WORST F*CKING COFFEE.” Here’s the 8th installment of my daily video blog, which I call Food Fans HQ. This time I openly call for legislation to abolish the French press method of coffee making . WARNING: There are curse words. Above: click play to watch the video. Below: Here’s the whole playlist…
“LET ME KNOW IF YOU FIND ANY TAPAS.” Hello Asheville! Here’s the 7th installment of my daily video blog, which I call Food Fans HQ. This time I basically give a recap of the Red Ginger Dim Sum & Tapas soft opening. WARNING: There are curse words. Above: click play to watch the video. Below:…
Lobster Trap – 35 Patton Ave, Downtown Asheville – thelobstertrap.biz Good lord, I love lobster. I grew-up in New England, and some of my earliest memories in life are of sitting on the newspaper-covered kitchen floor with a rolling pin, using it to squeeeeeze the sweet, delicious, bits of orangey-white meat out of a pile…
SHOUT OUT TO THOSE EMPANADAS, YO! Hello Asheville! Here’s the 6th installment of my daily video blog, which I call Food Fans HQ. This time I basically give a review of Smoky Park Supper Club. WARNING: There are curse words. Above: click play to watch FFHQ 6 Below: Click on the thumbnails to see larger…
CHECK OUTS MY NEW TV SHOW! Hello Asheville! I recently decided that there was just way too much going on in the Asheville food scene for me to write about. Writing takes time, Yo. Even the bullshit that I write takes tons and tons of time. Yes, Joe and I do our podcast, and that…
Happy Valentine’s Day. Hello, Asheville! Okay, so, it’s Valentine’s Day again.Yeah, yeah, I’m into it. Love, togetherness… cherubs ‘n’ shit. It’s all good in the hood. I’m totally down with sex and romance, and all that fun stuff, but when Jason Sandford from Ashvegas asked me what I might write about for the occasion, I…
Stu Helm: Food Fan 