“It’s not food we’re hungry for,†says Molecular Gastronomist Herve This, who will be opening this year’s sessions of the Swannanoa School of Culinary Arts; “We’re hungry for the love of the person who’s cooking.†Author of more than a dozen tomes on the miracles of kitchen science, Herve This has been influential in the direction taken by most of the top chefs of our time: Spain’s Ferran Adria, London’s Heston Blumenthal, … [Read more...]
Moments Cafe and Patisserie, Swannanoa
Fifteen minutes drive east of Asheville, just a little more than halfway to Black Mountain, is Swannanoa. Driving Hwy 70 many Saturday mornings through Swannanoa on my way to Black Mountain, I absentmindedly tick off a go-cart place, a couple of colorful flea markets, Tarwheels Skateway Roller Skating Rink, the Do Drop Inn Saloon (ever curious about that place), a day care that looks like a lot of fun, the turn for Warren Wilson College and a few other landmarks. Last month I noticed a quaint … [Read more...]
