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2017 Wellness Trends
What will the New Year bring to our health choices? We asked six experts to look into their crystal balls and tell us what the future holds.
Getting It Right
The Get Right Band rocks steady on its new album
Race to the Bottom
Sapphire Valley’s Great Outhouse dash returns for frozen fun
MAHEC Yeah!
Adding up the Mountain Area Health Education Center’s impact on health services across WNC
Social Studies
Art for the sake of a greater good drives Boone artist Sir Tom Foolery
News Flash
The latest from throughout Western North Carolina
To the Rescue
WCU’s bachelors in emergency medical care—the oldest in the country—goes way beyond textbooks
Skin in the Game
Steve Woody’s medical-tech company is primed to boom locally and help heal around the globe
Have Sweater, Will Travel
Around the world and back again with knitwear designer Christina Danaee
January/February 2017 Love It!
Last Page
Pamela Haddock
Bad Medicine
The remarkable rise and fall of the Goat Gland King, Jackson County’s “Dr.” John Brinkley
New & Notable
The scoop on WNC's latest dining destinations
The Review—Gan Shan Station
Asian-inflected comfort foods from around the globe find a home in Asheville
Get Fit
25 new, novel, and fun ways to get in shape
The Centenarians
Meet five Western North Carolinians who have lived to 100 and beyond
Lean & Green
This nutritious smoothie doesn’t skimp on deliciousness
Veg Out
Winter farmers markets keep the produce coming, even in the cold season
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July Tart Apple Salsa
Pickled Lobster Mushrooms
Leather Britches
Sugar Cookie Martini
Butternut Squash and Cider-Herbed Soup
Crab Apple Juice
Kabocha Squash Soup with Pumpkin Seed Brittle
Pecan Pudding Cake
Savory Oyster Sorbet
Flourless Chocolate Torte
Apple Cider Doughnuts
BLT bloody mary Luella’s Bar-B-Que
Garlic-lime Chicken with Grilled Pineapple
Pickled Okra
Liquid Truffle
Lemon Pound Cake