Edible Asheville

A seasonal publication that shares the narrative of food and beverages in Asheville and the surrounding areas of Western North Carolina.

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Shopping Our Way Back

Mar 3, 2025 | edibleasheville.com | Moriah House

The Hop is a thriving ice cream business with four locations in Asheville and Black Mountain. Founded in 1978, it has been run by current owners Greg and Ashley Garrison for the past 16 years, earning a reputation for high-quality treats with unique flavors that are often created with ingredients from other local businesses.
Q&A | 2025 Live Local Guide | Edible Asheville

Jan 27, 2025 | edibleasheville.com | Brook Bolen

When it comes to the pantheon of local female entrepreneurs (or what the young folks might refer to as baddies), three women come to mind—Jael Skeffington, Katie Button and Jess Reiser, the co-owners behind some of Asheville’s most beloved and iconic businesses: French Broad Chocolates, Cúrate and Burial Beer, respectively.
Viva Variety | Summer 2024 | Edible Asheville

Jul 8, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Chris Smith

One day I was driving my 5-year-old daughter home from preschool. We were in our little maroon-colored Nissan Leaf, and when Emmy looked out of the window she saw another little maroon-colored Nissan Leaf. “Look, Daddy,” she said. “It’s the same species.”It was a proud dad moment for this self-proclaimed amateur botanist. In our home garden, we often enjoy putting on our invisible botanical goggles.
Q&A With Jennifer Pharr Davis

Jul 6, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Brook Bolen

Jennifer Pharr Davis may be best known for holding the world speed record for female hikers on the Appalachian Trail—a feat she accomplished in 2008 and then bested in 2011, completing the 2,200-mile trail in 46 days—but the Asheville resident is also the mom of kids aged 11 and 7, a master’s student, conservation advocate, author, public speaker, businesswoman and aspiring gardener.
Cheesemaking | 2024 Summer | Edible Asheville

Jun 5, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Amy Cook

What is it about cheese that makes it so universally beloved? Maybe it’s the obvious “yum” factor—but cheese is not only delicious, it’s also an excellent source of nutrients. Over the ages, it’s won an exalted reputation as a versatile food that can be created from basic ingredients, then (in the case of aged cheeses) stored away until most needed or desired. Dare we say cheese is downright essential? What’s more, many cheeses are easy to make on your own.
Expect the Unexpected

Jun 4, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Kay West

For chain restaurants, the key to success is consistency and familiarity. The big restaurant conglomerates avoid throwing any surprises at their guests and each location offers pretty much the same experience as all of the others. The menu at Applebee’s Grill & Bar in Austin, for example, will be the same as the one in Asheville. Independent restaurants and adventurous chefs, on the other hand, bank on surprise, on their own creativity and on diners’ curiosity and willingness to try something new.
On the Land | 2024 Spring | Edible Asheville

May 1, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Chris Smith

In 2013 I took part in a permaculture design certificate course at Earthaven Ecovillage, and at the end of the program we organized a gift exchange. I brought seeds because they are the perfect gift of abundance, especially for garden folk and seed savers. In return, I received two small sochan plants from Alexander Meander, owner of Feralwood Nursery in Kings Mountain, NC.
Q&A With David Joy

May 1, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Brook Bolen

When he’s not writing brutally beautiful works centered on characters living in Western North Carolina—including his 2015 hit Where All Light Tends to Go, which was made into a movie starring Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright—the Jackson County resident brightens his social media feed with a mouthwatering glimpse into the cooking, hunting and foraging he likes to do.
True Colors | 2024 Visitors Issue | Edible Asheville

Mar 5, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Gina Smith

There are a handful of experiences intrinsic to the unique spirit of Asheville—seeing a nun riding a unicycle downtown or grooving at Pritchard Park’s drum circle are just a couple. But I recently had the opportunity to try a much quieter, more introspective Asheville experience: an aura reading at Adoratherapy. As soon as I stepped into the small, bright shop in the Grove Arcade, I noticed a wall covered in photographs of children, dogs and smiling adults surrounded by rainbows of colored light.
True Colors | 2024 Visitors Issue | Edible Asheville

Mar 5, 2024 | edibleasheville.com | Gina Smith

There are a handful of experiences intrinsic to the unique spirit of Asheville—seeing a nun riding a unicycle downtown or grooving at Pritchard Park’s drum circle are just a couple. But I recently had the opportunity to try a much quieter, more introspective Asheville experience: an aura reading at Adoratherapy. As soon as I stepped into the small, bright shop in the Grove Arcade, I noticed a wall covered in photographs of children, dogs and smiling adults surrounded by rainbows of colored light.