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EAT OF THE WEEK: Ugly Vegan “Cheese” “Burger” at Rosetta’s
Stu Helm December 7, 2017

Ugly but Lovable Vegan “Cheese” “Burger” from Rosetta’s Kitchen I’ve been eating a lot of burgers lately. Like, a LOT of burgers. I’m doing a “survey” of sorts, just for my own personal information, of ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Don’t Panic, I’m Just Here to Eat a Reuben for Lunch.
Stu Helm November 16, 2017

“DON’T PANIC. I’M JUST HERE FOR LUNCH.” Now that I lead food tours, there are certain restaurants where the staff might be triggered to panic when they see me walk in the door unexpectedly. Their ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK! …or How I Ate the Ass-End of an Ox & Loved It!
Stu Helm October 13, 2017

First an apology… Ho-o-o-o-o-ly shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, it’s been a long time since’t I wrote an “Eat of The Week” for you guys! It’s just that I haven’t eaten anything in weeks on end… just kidding.  But ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Grass Fed Farm Dog, Farm Burger, Downtown Asheville
Stu Helm July 19, 2017

I’m a Simple Person. Gimme a hot dog, and I’m happy as fuck. My friends know that about me, and since they are my friends, they like to see me happy, so they often suggest ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: A Presbyterian, a Teetotaller, & a 12-Stepper Walk Into a Bar…
Stu Helm June 23, 2017

Stu goes to a local watering hole for some of his favorite food, and ends up using the words "the best in Asheville" in his description.

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: These Mussels Were Smoky-Dokey!
Stu Helm June 1, 2017

Charred Things on the Deck… When the weather is nice in Asheville, it’s really nice, and that brings out the hippy-dippy-deck-diner in all of us. Who wants to sit and eat outside tonight? Raise your ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Grandma’s Chocolate Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream Frosting
Stu Helm May 18, 2017

In Asheville, we call it CAAAAKE!!! Holy fuck, are you kidding me? You guys may or may not already know that 50/Fifty The Art of Dessert is the weekly “food sponsor” for my Food Fan ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Norwegian-American Ski Queen Cheeseburger
Stu Helm May 8, 2017

Ski Queen Me. I had a little time to kill so I decided to eat some cheese. I went to see Brenton Vasconcellos at the 5 Walnut Wine Bar’s Cheese Shop — because he’s a ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Congratulations! It’s a Bagel!
Stu Helm April 28, 2017

I like Bagels. This week, my Eat of the Week is… a bagel. Yep. Just a regular ol’ bagel with cream cheese, that I ordered and ate at PennyCup Coffee Co. in The River Arts ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: A Pocket Full of Memories
Stu Helm April 16, 2017

Eating My Emotions… I don’t know if it’s just because I’m getting old or what, but I feel more and more emotional these days when I eat the food that I enjoyed during earlier times ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: What’s Shaped like a doo-doo, and tastes like heaven?
Stu Helm April 7, 2017

WARNING: If you don’t like soft-serve, read no further. And if you don’t think that the term “soft-serve” is frickin’ hilarious, especially because the end product is very doo-doo shaped, please never read one of ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Balls! (AKA Croquetas de Setas en el Estilo de Cúrate!)
Stu Helm March 31, 2017

I love balls! Meatballs, hushpuppies, fritters, falafel, doughnut holes… dippin’ dots… even gum balls, atomic fire balls, and other ball-shaped sweets, snacks, bites, and bits. Gimme a ball that I can put in my mouth, ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Southern Comfort for Breakfast
Stu Helm March 16, 2017

Not that kind of Southern Comfort, Numbskull. No no no, I’m not talkin’ about the sweet, sweet… sickeningly sweet… alcoholic beverage long-popular with America’s under-aged drinkers [ LINK ], I’m talkin’ about the kind of ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Mussel Goo and Mirepoix
Stu Helm March 4, 2017

You may have noticed… I eat a lotta food. Well, actually, I probably eat as much food as anyone else, maybe even a little less than some people — because I’m very small — but ...

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Asheville features, Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Meatballs on the Rooftop
Stu Helm February 22, 2017

Best Bread, Best Views, Great Balls of Bison! Last week I wrote the first installment of a new feature here on Ashvegas that I’m calling “The Asheville Sandwich Report,” [ link ] and I went ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Gotta Go Get a Bulgogi Bibimbap!
Stu Helm February 8, 2017

Daily food intake is a requirement of my continued existence.  Okaaaay… So, despite the fact that reality seems to be upside-down and inside-out, and facts are no longer facts, and I found out that there ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Wonton over the line, sweet Jesus
Stu Helm February 2, 2017

Stu says Red Ginger's Szechuan wontons were so good, that they're bound to become one of his favorite dishes for lunch.

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Asheville food and drink, Opinion
EAT OF THE WEEK: It’s Hot, It’s Brown, It’s Asheville Hot Brown!
Stu Helm January 19, 2017

Hot Brown is the Description that’s also a Dish. I absolutely love that there’s a traditional plate of food which is actually, officially, hilariously named “hot brown.” I love it for so many reasons. Let’s ...

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Asheville food and drink, Opinion
EAT OF THE WEEK: Holiday Confit Ho Ho Hoe Cakes!
Stu Helm December 23, 2016

Everybody say “Ho-oh!” As in hoe cakes. Also as in “ho ho ho,” for the Holidays, or in this case: HO-leeee shiiiiit, that’s good food! Last Tuesday, I ate a “Holiday Confit Ho Ho Hoe ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK! Shrimp, Two Ways at The Imperial Life
Stu Helm December 4, 2016

Livin’ The Imperial Life, or Gittin’ Shrimpy Wid It In the recent past I have awarded my Eat of the Week to a taco, a calzone, and a hot dog. It’s time I gave some ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Congratulations! It’s a Taco.
Stu Helm November 25, 2016

EVERYONE IS TALKIN’ TACOS It’s no secret that about 15 or 16 new taco places are opening up in your neighborhood next week, and close to a thousand or more are slated for the greater ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK: Election Cake Regrets – Asheville’s OWL Bakery
Stu Helm November 11, 2016

CAN I CONFIDE IN YOU? Almost nothing seems more trivial to me right now than writing about food. Like many of you, I am still stunned by the election results, and can think of almost ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK! Buh-buh-buh Bao Buns!
Stu Helm October 21, 2016

I Had Never Eaten a Bao Bun Before. Then I Did. Then I Wanted a Million More. This week’s Eat of the Week is a little bit of a cheat of the week, because I ...

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Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK! Not Since I Went to Venice…
Stu Helm October 14, 2016

In July of 2015, I ate some lasagna in Venice, Italy that was so good, I cried. That is a 100% true story. Dawn and I went to Europe last Summer, and visited Italy among ...

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Asheville events, Asheville food and drink
EAT OF THE WEEK! Mumbai Style Pav Bhaji at Chai Pani
Stu Helm October 7, 2016

Stu loves the thali, too.

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