FOOD
PREPARATION
OLD
WORLD CHOCOLATE
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Offering
homemade chocolates, truffles, barks... Inquiries
welcome!
And,
look for us, too, at the summer time Riceville Tailgate
Market, when it's in season, and at other community market
events.
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Manager:
Margaret Biondo, 101
Deer Park Ln, Asheville, NC 28805,
Ph:
(828)
298-7661, Cell Ph: (828) 242-6278, e-Mail:
mordon101@charter.net
RICEVILLE
TAILGATE MARKET
Real
food, real close!
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Offering
locally grown produce, baked goods, chocolate, meat, and
crafts.
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The
Riceville Tailgate Market operates seasonally from mid-May
to mid-September, Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. - Noon.
Please check our Web Site (below) for more precise
information as those dates approach.
The
Market is located behind the Riceville Fire Department and
Community Center at 2251 Riceville Rd., Asheville, NC.
Directions
from Swannanoa/Black Mountain: Take
Rte. 70W to Warren Wilson Rd. Turn left on Riceville Rd. Go
about 2.4 miles to the Riceville Fire
Department.
Directions
from Asheville: Take
Rte. 240 to Rte. 70E to Riceville Rd. Turn left and go
about 3.3 miles to the Riceville Fire
Department.
If you
are interested in being a vendor at the Tailgate Market,
please contact us for further information.
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Manager:
Maggie Hopper,
Ph:
(828)
298-6549, e-Mail:
five_critters@yahoo.com
Web
Site:
www.RicevilleTailgate.net
SAKSHI
THE SWISS CHESTNUT ROASTER!
“Chestnuts
roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your
nose…!”
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Freshly roasted Italian chestnuts sold in a traditional
street-vendor fashion!
Outside of Greenlife at 70 Merrimon Ave. near Downtown
Asheville from October
through the New Year!
There is nothing more wonderful than the smell of chestnuts
roasting over an
open fire! Especially around this time of year when it's
cold outside, a nice hot
bag of chestnuts is the perfect thing to warm up your hands
and soul!
Sakshi is the Chestnut Roaster of Asheville. He is much
loved and known for
his good-natured sense of humor. He has been doing
this for a long time...over
20 years. Before moving to Asheville in 1998, Sakshi had
his stand at the train
station in the Swiss village of Laufen.
Just walk by his stand outside of Greenlife Grocery...the
aroma transports people
to many different places: the streets of Paris, the cozy
feeling of being at their
grandparent’s house at Christmas back in 1945...that time
in NYC in 1953.
Interestingly enough, chestnuts are not nuts! They are
low in fat, have an avid
following, and are even good for you.
While Sakshi imports his chestnuts from Italy, people of
this area know all about
them...Even why they used to even pay their taxes with
chestnuts before the blight
came and all the American chestnut trees died.
One thing not many people know is that there are over 300
species of Chestnut
trees...and wherever there's a winter, good old Mother
Nature provides this
complete source of protein to all!
Call before you come or to place your order for the
Holidays! If you’d like a old
recipe for Swiss
Chestnut Soup, please
e-mail me!
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Owner:
Sakshi,
The
Riceville area, E. Asheville, NC 28805, Ph: (828)
230-7129,
mahak@charter.net