Sometimes I even cook at home… And since I don’t have kids, I eat steak! Yeah, man, good ol’ steak ‘n’ taters, with a side of broccoli. I love it, and I’ve got a special method of doing this meal that is easy-peasy, though slightly dangerous as fuck, so y’know, don’t follow these instructions! Unless…
“Um… it’s not a house.” This was my first thought upon recently stumbling across the winner of the 2014 National Ginger Bread House Competition at the Grove Park Inn, in Asheville North Carolina. It was sitting in a display case, tucked in a semi-remote hallway of the famous hotel, which has been host to the…
First, a Glossary… GET = Grey Eagle TaqueriaRAD = River Arts DistrictPMA = Positive Mental AttitudeTLA = Three-Letter Acronym I am an adherent to certain principals and practices of thinking first described by Napoleon Hill, and later dubbed “Positive Mental Attitude.” One of the most fun and effective techniques of PMA is to “create a…
Oh, it’s tempting to make up a million fun categories and give out Stoobie Awards on Ashvegas forever, but ultimately, I decided to put a cap on it this year, eliminating such categories as Breakfast of the Year, Hot Dog of the Year, and Most Improved Venue of the Year. That last one seems like…
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…
Stu Helm: Food Fan 