How to Become a Food Writer in 3 easy steps… Eat food! Write about it. Repeat often. Yeah, Man! I’ve got a great job. I eat food, and then I write about it. Well, it’s not so much a job as it is a very expensive hobby that I sometimes get paid for. I haven’t…
Eleven Madison Park – elevenmadisonpark.com So get this: Not 5 minutes after Dawn and I walked into a 3-star Michelin rated restaurant in New York City, called Eleven Madison Park, a sharply dressed young representative of the establishment named Ariel approached us and asked, with her hand extended, “Are you Stu Helm?” That’s right, Motherfuckers.…
“People are trying to make me pick where to go for my birthday dinner… and I have no idea.” My friend Conner recently wrote me a note through FB asking me where she should let her friends take her for a birthday celebration. I asked her a couple of Q’s and gave her a few…
“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…
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…
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…
Stu Helm: Food Fan 