One of the more sickeningly sweet aspects of Christmas around Food Critic Headquarters is the tradition of the “Christmas Cake.” It’s something I started with my family about 6 years ago and we’ve done it every Christmas ever since.  Here’s the basic poop: • I bake a cake. • I hide eight “trinkets” inside the…

Dawn and I are quite the high-class people these days…  or, more like, Dawn is… and I’m just that guy who is often seen with Dawn.  If not for her, I wouldn’t go anywhere fancy or eat anything nice.  I’d be stuck in a rut of hamburgers and hot dogs and mac ‘n’ cheese and …

So… This has never happened to me before…  But I like the direction things are going… You guys may or may not know that I don’t get paid to write about food, but that I would very much like to!  I spend a lot of my time eating, and I love to write, so it’s…

My latest Asheville Grit interview is up! I caught up with Dano Holcomb of Root Down Food Cart, and asked him the standard 5 Q’s… although I couldn’t resist throwing in a 6th question about his name…  and Hawaii 5-0… You can read the interview, see some pictures, and even watch a little video that…

This week on Ashevegas.com I hand out the first of my Stoobie Awards, and I also review a movie and the movie-house grub. You can click HERE to check it out! One of the nominees for The Hamburger of the Year Stoobie Award is from Burgerworx.

Just in case you guys don’t know who Jonas Gerard is… He’s an artist…  well, actually, he’s THEE artist.  Asheville’s most successful, as far as I can tell. He’s a name brand, Man. Here I am in front of his studios which are just down the hill from my house, in the River Arts District…

This week I wrote about Urban Orchard and a product called Bröö. The Pulled Pork tacos at Urb Orch were really tasty! I also explain that I am not a real Food Critic, and I make that same lame joke about Haywood street that I always make. You can check it out HERE.

I have a spy in the system.  The Sysco system. My spy works in a major institutional kitchen that uses Sysco stuff almost exclusively. My spy has one mission:  Take pictures of nasty shit and send them to me. These are the latest… Shredded carrot mush bag. These leeks look leaky.   If life gives…