Last month, under the coaching expertise of Art Shuster, the Warren Wilson College mountain-bike team scored its fifth consecutive second-place team finish in Division II of the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships. The team was a close runner-up to Colorado School of Mines in the competition, held Oct. 26 to 28 at Lees-McRae … Read more
Flavor: Banquet menu-esque American standards Ambiance: Warm and cozy There used to be some cachet associated with being a food writer, or at least that’s what I’ve been told by gouty reviewers who’ve spent decades at table. Back in the culinary cretaceous period, a digital camera and a Web address did not a food writer … Read more
Where will you hunt today?: The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has just posted an interactive set of maps at its Web site, www.ncwildlife.org, allowing users to search for and view information about state game lands in their neck of the woods. Enter your zip code, and like magic you can find out where and … Read more
Perhaps you can’t put new wine in old bottles, but you can put it in a space-age serving system, as evidenced by the recent debut of the Enomatic Wine Kiosk at Vino Vino Wine Market (1457 Merrimon Ave. in Asheville). The 16-wine serving system, which bears a vague resemblance to a standard soda machine, pours … Read more
URTV (Asheville’s public-access station, available on Charter cable Channel 20) is now in its second year of operation. This homegrown station offers local members the rare opportunity to produce their own brand of entertainment, as opposed to the hideous programming on regular television. As the onslaught of reality TV fills our screens with banal happenstance … Read more
After reading about the river-walk park party in the newspaper, I thought: I am not going to go, [but] because this is Asheville, I am sure many others will join in. It led me to remember our first year here in the area. My husband and I had just arrived on a BMW motorcycle from … Read more
A landmark study [recently] released by the prestigious World Cancer Research Fund has found a “convincing” link between consumption of red and all processed meats and an elevated risk of colon cancer, as well as a “likely” link with cancers of the lung, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, prostate and uterus. The study was based on 7,000 … Read more
The inherent wastefulness of eating meat is making its way into the public consciousness. It’s hard to ignore the overwhelming scientific evidence, including the 2006, 390-page United Nations report, Livestock’s Long Shadow. This landmark study noted that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all forms of transportation combined. Less cited, however, is … Read more
I was touched to view the inspired drawing of a happy turkey roaming free at a sanctuary, gracing the cover of the Holiday Guide [Nov. 20 Xpress]. I was further moved by the poignant words of 6-year-old artist Noah Salzman, who described his creation as “A turkey roaming free, and not for dinner!” Bravo, Noah! … Read more
