Hello Asheville! Click, drag, click, drag, click click click, join, eyedropper, click, paint bucket, click, deselect… oh, hi! I didn’t see you there. I’ve been working in Adobe Illustrator making a bunch of nifty Food Maps! That means I’ve been doing lots and lots and LOTS of clicking and dragging and selecting and deselecting… and…
Hello Asheville! The 10th and most current episode of AVL Food Fans is up and available to listen to and download at http://www.avlfoodfans.com, as well as free from the iTunes store! Just in case you think that a food show must be boring, in this episode Chef Joe Scully says the word “blumpkin” within the…
Chef Joe Scully’s Pumpkin Cake Roll Recipe TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 15 min. + freezing Ingredients 3 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar, divided 2/3 cup canned pumpkin 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt Filling: 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened 2 tablespoons butter,…
Hello Asheville! TONIGHT! On the AVL Food Fans, podcast, Chef Joe Scully and I will be talking to my fellow food writers, Gina Kae Smith and Jonathan Ammons from Mountain Xpress! This should be fun because everyone knows that ALL food writers HATE each other! Jon, Gina and I will dust it up over who’s…
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……
Hello Asheville! “Coffee, Again?,”is the ninth and most recent episode of AVL Food Fans, and it’s available for listening to at www.avlfoodfans.com where you can also download it. It is available for free from the iTunes store as well. In this exciting episode, Chef Joe Scully and I are joined by our special guests Jay Weatherly and Emily Peele from…
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…
I wanna thank everyone who liked, shared, and commented on the blog piece I wrote and posted yesterday about Waking Life Espresso. When I heard and read about Jared and Jacob’s offer of free coffee and conversation in a “safe” place last Friday, I had a sleepless night, and in the morning I felt compelled…
So, the other day I said to a friend of mine, “I’m not really focusing on the Waking Life story anymore, because it seems like those two idiots are finally just closing shop, and it looks like some very cool women might be taking over the space, so I’m just going to report on the…
Stu Helm: Food Fan 