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Spring 2026
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Blowing Rock
Tour du Rock: Gear up for travel season in the High Country
Planting the Seed
ASAP’s new food guide gets kids thinking fresh
The Odd Couple
Tart rhubarb makes a sweet complement to strawberries
Judith Duff
Orient Expressed: Judith Duff creates her own translation of Japanese pottery
Sound Travels
The Galen Kipar Project wants to take you on a scenic ride
Goats Gone Wild
It’s a party in the streets during Spindale’s newest festival
The Late Start
Ben Hogan went from good to legendary during a tour through North Carolina
The Long Shot
How Billy Joe Patton—a charismatic, heavy-hitting amateur from Morganton—nearly won the 1954 Masters
Links to the Past
From the opening of the state’s first course 130 years ago to the Morganton amateur who almost won the Masters against Ben Hogan, golf has enjoyed a...
Butterfly Garden Revisited, Assemblage Collage by Laurel Wiker, Weaverville
Food Fights
Local chefs battle for a ticket to the final showdown at the WNC magazine Asheville Wine & Food Festival
Queen of the Hill
Grand and posh, the original Battery Park Hotel ushered in Asheville’s tourism boom
Knife and Fork
Close to Home: Knife and Fork keeps cuisine true to its local roots
Time is a River
The Land Trust for the Little Tennessee marks progress by the years
Rapid Fire
Drop into one of WNC’s wildest waterways for nonstop action
Outside the Box
Three Boone entrepreneurs are cracking the lid on container eco-homes
Tasteful Landscaping
Six plants that will turn your backyard into a private farmer's market
Restorative Powers
An architect/builder couple bring their 1960s contemporary home into the new millennium
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Pancetta-wrapped Veal Tenderloin & Marsala Sauce
Herb-Infused Bone Broth
Fried Trout Rolls with Bacon Grits & Trout Tartare
Seared Scallops with Black Limbertwig Apple Salad
Smoky Pecan Pralines
Sunchoke Salad with Apples & Peanuts
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Cauliflower with Tarator Sauce