WNC Magazine | The Original Lifestyle Magazine of Asheville, NC

Pride of Havana

Enjoy a literary libation that offers a taste of the Caribbean

New Brews

Sierra Nevada’s East Coast brewery overflows with craft beer and so much more

Don’t Scrap That!

Biscuit Head’s Jason Roy creates preserves from oft-neglected leftovers

Art Fare

Learn to paint and cook, inspired by food and wine

July/August 2014

Music on the Blue

Burnsville artist Mel Chin defies convention and challenges the definition of art

The Southern Outer Banks beckon with pristine beaches, wild horses, and 300 years of swashbuckling lore

Storied Ambition

Ben Lovett left Hollywood behind for Asheville, but there’s no stopping his rock ‘n’ roll filmmaking

Elements of Style

Asheville couturier Anna Toth dishes on denim, fashion feats, and her new fall line

Artistic Pursuit

Florence Young Thomas laid the foundation for visual artists in Ashe County

Buffalo Creek Park Loop

Difficulty: moderate Length: 3.5 miles round-trip

A local singer-songwriter and bluegrass group release new albums, just in time for summer

Marshall

County: Madison Population: 868

Fatal Attraction (Aconitum uncinatum)

Look but don’t touch the poisonous southern blue monkshood

Telling Herstory

The aSHEville Museum is set to showcase women’s struggles and triumphs, here and around the world

An Appalachian Summer Festival celebrates 30 years of showcasing the arts

RECIPES

Leather Britches

Devil’s Oasis

Scallops Provençal

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Pheasant ‘n’ Dumplings

Annie Harmon’s Prize-Winning Mountain Plain Corn bread

Pimm's Cup

Rabbit Two Ways

Blueberry Gazpacho

Sorghum Spice Pumpkin Pie

Chocolate Chunk Biscotti

Strawberry salsa