Taste of WNC

		Taste of WNC by Bob Bowles Farm-raised bread baker and friend of all things grape, Bob Bowles is a board member of Slow Food Asheville, founder of the Asheville Wine & Food Festival, and your guide to all the latest culinary happenings of our region.


	The Farm – The New Culinary Destination? One hundred and twenty three people at one hundred and eighty dollars each – a small farm near Mars Hill (www.townofmarshill.org), a chef from Asheville, and a dining experience that no one will soon
	A Perfect Day The day was beautiful. Sky clear, warm but not hot, smell of apple juice drifting from the press, and two hundred people for dinner.
	Sleepless in WNC What do you do when you cannot sleep at night? Some of you probably do what I do – write. Yes, here I am now – wide awake – it is 4:00 a.m. and my thoughts are about the eternal, not the nocturnal!
	Last of the Secret Ingredients It is with fond memories that I get to recall the last of the secret ingredients used in the WNC Chef Challenge.
	Catch of the Day Many times I have wished that we were not so far away from the coast. I do love fresh seafood and often drive there and will eat nothing else for a week or more!
	Did you go? My perspective was probably different than most – being the person behind the curtain.
	Grove Park Inn - Farm to Table Dinners The Grove Park Inn is hosting the 2010 Visiting Chef Dinner Series (http://tinyurl.com/33cn9y9). The dinners are held at their Horizons Dining Room; which features wonderful views of Asheville.
	Native Vines and Homemade Wines A phone call out of the blue!” Hey Bob, want to come over to Maggie Valley and try some of my wine?” I have been trying to get up with a friend, John Holmes, for several years as he had related his ex

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