Another weekend, another pair of food tours! I’ve recently added SONORA to our Saturday brunch tour, as well as a treat from MISTY MOUNTAIN BAKE SHOP! We never know what we’ll get to eat on the tours, no this week SOVEREIGN REMEDIES’ Chef Melissa made us the perfect sous vide egg. BHRAMARI crushed it with…
If you haven’t tried the mussels and bread at BUXTON HALL BARBECUE yet, do yourself a favor and get on down there ASAP. They are in a savory, tomatoey, sauce with all kinds of sautéed vegetable matter and bits of pig floating around with the mussels. Holy fuck it’s good shit, Yo. My server, Mary,…
Dawn and I were in DC for the Women’s March, and I made reservations for our 12 year anniversary at Chef Jose Andres’ famous tapas joint, called Jaleo. It came highly recommended by Felix Meana who co-owns Cúrate here in Asheville. It was awesome!
Field pea, pickled NC shrimp, & white anchovy salad, with chicken soup, and rye cake for dessert. Simply some of the best food in Asheville.
BANGERS AND MASH, Y’ALL! Hello Asheville! A couple of weeks ago, one of the co-owners of West Asheville’s Barleycorn Pub (697 Haywood Rd) contacted me and asked if I’d come do some promo work for them. It had been over a year since I’d been to Barleycorn, so as is my policy, I had to…
Hello Asheville! The Night Time Stoobies are here at last! If you haven’t read about The Morning and Noontime Stoobies you can do that HERE, and HERE, and if you STILL don’t know what the Stoobie Awards are, here’s the basic scoop: I give out some “Best of Asheville” accolades to food and beverage venues…
Hello Asheville! Sacre bleu, c’est la Stoobies part deux! If you haven’t read part one yet you can do that HERE, and if you don’t know what the Stoobie Awards are… yeah, it’s all explained in part one and I don’t feel like repeating it here, so either go read that, or figure it out…
Hello Asheville! I recently decided to go back to school. Coffee School! I started by attending a “cupping” last Friday, and now I’ve signed myself up for a class in November! Ah, yes, it’s the life of a student for me again! Hitting the books, smoking grass, playing quarters, dropping out… Uhhh… Yeah, true story:…
Hello Asheville! Okay, so what if I’m having a very public love affair with Buxton Hall Barbeque? So fucking WHAT? Piss off. When love comes my way, I let it wash over me like a tangy vinegar sauce, smoke me all night long, and slow-cook my heart until it falls apart into pile of delicious… heart……
So, yeah… I eat out a lot. I always have. Once, twice, three times a day. Plus coffee, snacks… more coffee… I live la Vida Comida and it’s only gotten more loca since I started writing about it. Below, please find a random gathering of pictures from my iPhone that I shot during the course…
Stu Helm: Food Fan 