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…
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…
“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…
Stu Helm: Food Fan 