FOOD MAP! Asheville’s RAD (River Arts District)

  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…

Chef Joe Scully’s Pumpkin Cake Roll Recipe

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,…

Coffee School – 1st Day of Class

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:…

I hEArT Buxton Hall BBQ

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……

Living la Vida Comida

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…

PODCAST: Stu Helm & Chef Joe Scully: AVL Food Fans 8 – “A Bitter Pill”

Hello Asheville! “A Bitter Pill,” the eighth and most recent episode of AVL Food Fans, is now 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. As always, Chef Joe Scully is my co-host, and this time, our special guests are Chef Hollie West of The Sweet Monkey Bakery, who won the Chef’s Challenge at the…

MY PROBLEM WITH THIS GINGERBREAD HOUSE IS…

“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…