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.


	Fishing for the Perfect Secret Ingredient Five challenges down and only eight more to go before the Final Iron Chef Challenge at the WNC Magazine Asheville Wine and Food Festival.
	What Secret Ingredients are in Your Pantry? Apples, lots of apples. We had boxes of Rome and Granny Smiths from local growers and packing houses.
	I have a secret! I’ve been a little too occupied to blog about the WNC Chefs Challenge (www.ashevillewineandfood.com) at the Flying Frog Café (www.flyingfrogcafe.com) and have felt that I was a little too close to the
	Hot Spots in a Really Cool Town Highlands is a hot spot for food, wine, and fun! I just attended the 2010 Collective Spirits Wine Festival (www.collectivespirits.com) in Highlands (www.highlandschamber.org) and it was a blast.
	Top Chefs Ever wonder what top chefs do when they get together?
	Chefs and their Kitchens I have been in so many restaurant kitchens lately! It has been interesting to see the various workplaces where some of the best food in WNC is conceived and prepared for a wide variety of patrons.
	Asheville is still the Paris of the South Have you ever been to a Wine Dinner? The Market Place’s (www.marketplace-restaurant.com/) William Dissen and Steve Pignatiello of Pcomms Wines (www.pcommswines.com/) recently partnered to produ
	Blowing Rock’s “Fire on the Rock Chefs Challenge" The chefs march down the aisle, onto the stage, and stand behind their respective prep areas in anticipation of the challenge.

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