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Brothers In Beer
Purple sweet potatoes shine in beer, thanks to a longtime friendship between farmer and brewer.
How To Sip With Style
Asheville is a mecca for beer lovers. A local expert offers tips on how to sip with style.
Clementine Cointreau Curd
Try this curd atop currant scones, tucked into pastry shells, or sandwiched between layers of poppy-seed cake.
A World Away
In the world of artisan beer, professionals and hobbyists exist in symbiosis.
Collard Greens in Coconut Milk
This recipe has a rich, slow-cooked flavor, but it takes just 45 minutes from start to finish.
Prizewinners
Take a trip to Connemara, where the poet Carl Sandburg sometimes played second fiddle to his wife's dairy goats.
Celebrities In The Henhouse
Ashley English explains why her chickens need greater care in winter.
Cut and Come Again
“A forkful of collards contains more Southern history than any other bite,” Edward Davis and John T. Morgan write in their recent book Collards: A Southern Tradition from Seed to Table.
Quick Cassoulet of Sausage, Beans, and Kale
This recipe has a rich, slow-cooked flavor, but it takes just 45 minutes from start to finish.
Keeping the Faith
As more Asheville restaurants source their ingredients locally, how do they keep food on the table during a time of year when there’s less of it on the farm?
What’s In A Name
The naming of beer can be a complex matter—as is the process of creating and producing each beer's brand and label.
Movie Night Recipes
Stars of the local stage offer recipe suggestions for a winter-weather movie night.
Four-Season Farming
The chilly winter nights in Western North Carolina fundamentally change the flavor and texture of greens, making the spinach significantly sweeter. “When you buy spinach in a clamshell in the grocery store from California,” farmer Anna Littman says, “you don’t get those subtle differences.”
The Pull of the Soil
Flying Cloud Farm co-owner Annie Louise Perkinson returned to Western North Carolina farm life to build a business. Collard greens are one crop that grows in steady rotation.
Winter Greens and Cornbread Quiche
Flying Cloud Farm grows collard greens nearly year-round. This hearty quiche recipe gets the most out of collards and other winter greens.
Jammin’ Breakfast Tarts
With a jar of Imladris raspberry, blueberry, or blackberry preserves, you’re on your way to a breakfast pastry worthy of Christmas morning.
Chocolate Beetroot Cake
This cake is somewhat reminiscent of red velvet, but with more earthy chocolate flavor and a blessed lack of artificial coloring.
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