Asheville’s Sugo Revisted

Every Monday through Thursday, from 5pm-6:30pm, Sugo is offering a “gastronomic stimulus package” of a three course meal for $23.  Last night, I partook, and I am thrilled to say that Sugo has creatively picked up where La Catarina left off with a tired death rattle. 
So I’m not crazy about the red walls and gothic [...]

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Top 10 Summer Desserts

10.  Angel Food Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Raspberries- my birthday cake every single year
9.  Rhubarb Pie- hold the strawberries
8.  Homeade berry Smoothie- vanilla rice dream, mixed berries, bananas, vanilla yogurt
7. The big expensive frozen chocolatey espresso thing from the Double Decker Coffee Bus
6. Mayfield’s Fudge Pops- As a teenager, I spent one gloriously hot July day eating a [...]

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Local Recipe

Sheesh, let’s all take a deep breath and get back to food.  And please remember, free will applies, even on this food blog.  You don’t ever have to take any of my suggestions-ever.
But if you want to, here’s a locally produced recipe we cooked up last night.
Pasta, goat cheese, spring garlic, spinach, turnips and steak.  [...]

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Boycott Dunkin Donuts! (Like That’s Gonna Be Hard)

Boycott: Don’t Shop at Dunkin’ Donuts!
Say No to Anti-Arab Racism 
 

Dunkin Donuts pulled this advertisement after right-wing racists complained that the scarf in the ad was a kaffiyeh.

The ANSWER Coalition and others are calling for a worldwide boycott of Dunkin’ Donuts. The boycott intends to send a powerful message to Dunkin’ Donuts and other corporations [...]

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Locklear’s Lowcountry Grille Makes Tidal Waves

With all of our big Spoleto plans and dining out dreams, we never really made it off our island.  Seriously, I just stayed at the most glorious little Bed and Breakfast I have ever had the pleasure to find.  I’m not going to divulge my little secret, since I want to book it for a [...]

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