Bread and Whiskey
There used to be dozens of crops at Peaceful Valley Farm in Old Fort, alongside a small dairy and sawmill. These days, John McEntire and his family focus most of their attention on two grains, corn and wheat.
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Holiday Punch
Punch has endured for ages. By the time the cocktail was first documented, just after 1800, punches had already been around for a couple hundred years.
Apple Stack Cake
Dried apples make a delicious snack all by themselves, but reconstituting them within a dessert brings out the tannins and sugars. And the classic showcase for the fruit is the apple stack cake, generally believed to have first emerged in the mountains of Kentucky.
History in the Oven
OWL (which stands for Old World Levain) has been open to the public only since May, but word has already spread about its commitment to using local ingredients.
Turtle Soup and Beluga Caviar
A look at historic holiday menus reveals many surprises about Asheville’s history. Even as we see how health guidelines and social mores have changed, we also catch a glimpse of a culinary world that is not as unfamiliar as we might expect.
Ale for All
Today’s holiday craft beers are descendants of winter beers made in Scandinavia and elsewhere in Northern Europe to celebrate the pagan holiday known in English as Yule.
The Gospel of Grain
There was a time when the mill was the center of a community. Farmers brought grains on horse-drawn wagons to be ground by stones into flour and meal. Neighbors caught up on news while they waited, and everyone went home with enough flour for the week.
Where to Source Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving 2016 sources for local farms with pasture-raised and heritage turkeys, traditional Southern side dishes, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, apple pie and more.
Grass Versus Grain
Once upon a time a trip to the butcher case meant a choice between sirloin or strip streak, chuck roast or round. Today it’s not so simple.
Saluda
Sitting under the whirling fans of the Purple Onion, on Main Street in Saluda, the late summer and early fall are just about as pleasant as can be.
