ABOVE: The Podcast - Micah gets Grinchy with the food news!
BELOW: The Newsletter (may contain adult language) - GMF, The Recommend, Holiday Meat, Blind Pig Schedule, Volunteer for MANNA.
GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS…
I hope you’re having a great weekend so far! I did some super-fun food tours this week. On Sunday I led a family of five on a private food tour, on Tuesday I led one of my “THC Tours” of dispensaries & restaurants, and on Wednesday I did my “Night Tour.” I had a lot of locals on my tours this week, which always makes me happy! Everyone always seems to really love the food tours, and I got some rave reviews on Facebook, so the whole thing is pretty dang gratifying. Please sign-up for a tour with me, or give a gift certificate for a tour to someone you love.
THE RECOMMEND
Today my recommendation is that you got out, see old friends, and eat them. And by “old friends,” I mean, your most favorite foods. The world has been so effed up for so long, I think we all need the comfort of the foods we truly love. For example… I had not been to Cúrate for over a year. SO SAD! I am a huge fan, but I’m also very terrible at making reservations, and with their hours severely clipped these days, I had simply not had the opportunity to dine in spontaneously. Then one day, I was already downtown, wrapping-up a food tour, when Dawn texted me and said she was sitting at the bar at Cúrate, with an empty seat next to her.
“Alrighty, folks, that’s the end of the tour! See ya later!!!” Zoooom!
Dawn had already ordered two small dishes for us, and she very wisely selected two of our OG favorites: Migas (top) and lamb skewers (bottom).
Above: The migas consist of fried bread crumbs with raisins, crispy Brussels sprout leaves, cauliflower, and a delicious yogurt-celery foam topped with a little citrus zest. It was among the very first things that Dawn and I ever ate at Cúrate when they first opened in 2011 (Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Cúrate!), and it’s every bit the delicious combination of flavors and textures as it was back then. Super. High. Recommends.
Below: Likewise, the lamb skewers were one of the very first things we ever ordered at Cúrate, and they have been one of my all-time favorites things in downtown Asheville ever since. A decade-long love affair with some meat on a stick is kinda notable in my opinion. I’ve had relationships with human people that didn’t last as long. They come with a very tasty sauce & pickles. The lamb skewers, not the human people. Hey, we might still be friends if those people had come with pickles and sauce.
So, yeah, go eat some old friends, y’all. It’ll make you feel better, at least for a little while, and these days, that might be all we can ask for!
Please shout-out your favorite foods in the comments.
THIS JUST IN…
From our friends at Hickory Nut Gap…
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Time to reserve your mouthwatering Holiday Meats
This Holiday Season Serve Your Guests the Best.
Of course, all Hickory Nut Gap grassfed and pasture raised meats are FLAVOR RAISED for mouthwatering goodness, but over the holidays the really special cuts tend to run out quickly. That's why we let you pre-order in advance with a deposit.
This year, the Hickory Nut Gap Farm Store will be accepting deposits on these four specialty products.
100% Grassfed Bone-In Ribeye
100% Grassfed Beef Tenderloin
Pasture Raised 10 Bone Pork Rack
Pasture Raised Carver Ham
From our friends at Blind Pig Supper Club…
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The Blind Pig Supper Club new events for 2022 have been listed and seats are on sale now!
YO! MTV RAPS
Sunday, January 23, 2021
The Blind Pig Supper Club unites to bring you a menu homage to our favorite Hip Hop and Rap legends from the 1990’s. You know you watched countless hours of Yo MTV Raps in 1992- just like we did- and you know you want to dine on a menu worthy of that same nostalgia. From 1989-1995 Dr. Dre and Ed Lover hosted what would give us that countless trips to the record stores and mixed tape music. Join us as we wind the clock back to our best days as Get X’ers. Seven Course menu and live spin from Dj’s and performing artists.
LIGHT MY WAY
February 20, 2022
The Blind Pig Supper Club unites to bring you a menu homage to American singer, songwriter and musician Christopher John Cornell. He is best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock bands Soundgarden and Audioslave. He also had a solo career and contributed to soundtracks. Cornell was also the founder and frontman of Temple of the Dog, a one-off tribute band dedicated to his late friend Andrew Wood.
THE MAIN EVENT
The long awaited sequel to Monday Night RAW. The Blind Pig Supper Club unites for an homage menu for WCW's Main Event.
SEATS ON SALE SOON.
March 20, 2022
HOUSEKEEPING IN OLD VIRGINIA
Sunday, April 24th, 2022
The Blind Pig Supper Club unites to prepare a menu and dinner event in homage to the late Marion Cabell Tyree.
VOLUNTEER
Interested in Driving Food to Families throughout WNC?
MANNA FoodBank is Looking for Volunteer Drivers
Volunteer drivers play an essential role in our operations. After MANNA has procured food and packed it in our warehouse, it is our drivers who make sure that the food reaches families in WNC.
If you are interested in driving one of MANNA's box trucks and joining our incredible volunteer-driven MANNA Express program, take a minute to read through the Volunteer Driver Role Description.
For more information or to begin the process of becoming one of MANNA's volunteer drivers, please reach out to Cody Robinson.
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