Exploring Asheville | 100 Days: Drinks, Dishes & Destinations | KQED

[@nailbitter310]

This video has four of my favorite things in life: food, drinks, history, and geology! Bravo!

[@LeslieSbrocco]

thank you! glad you're enjoying it. please watch the other five episodes on www.100DaysDrinksDishesDestinations.com. we'll have seven more new shows in the spring. Cheers, Leslie

[@nailbitter310]

Leslie Sbrocco I sure will! Thank you!

[@douglynch9012]

I'm lucky to live just 40 minutes from Asheville just across the Tennessee state line. If you want a unique dining experience, this is where you go. This is a beautiful area any time of the year but mid October with the fall colors is nothing short of spectacular.

[@kqed]

What are some favorite Tennessee dining spots we should check out?

[@douglynch9012]

@@kqed ... Gourmet & Company, Label Restaurant, Cootie Brown's and Label Restaurant all in Johnson City,TN. A local favorite for BBQ would be Ridgewood BBQ in nearby Bluff City, TN.

[@kqed]

@@douglynch9012 Thanks!

[@LL-sd2fc]

I love it when viewers pitch in and leave great comments like this. Big thanks!

[@LeslieSbrocco]

thanks Doug! will add to our list. Cheers ~ Leslie

[@wideolink]

We just visited Asheville ! We had a wonderful time ! Can't wait to come back !

[@janiskeyser9769]

HI Leslie, thanks for your show highlighting local restaurants and inviting community people as guests. I appreciate the diversity of people you include on your show. I watched "Exploring Asheville" last evening and was sad and troubled that in all of the wonderful people, history and food that you featured that people of color were not visible anywhere. We know that so much of North Carolina and the wealth of the people and establishments you highlighted were built by the labor of Black and other laborers of color over generations. We also know that the food tradition in North Carolina was deeply influenced by Black chefs and cooks. We have a horrendous history in this country of making people of color, their contributions, their labor, their subjugation, their wisdom and their intelligence invisible. I encourage you to work to abandon this silence and take every opportunity to make visible what has been implicitly and explicitly invisible to the people who have held the power in our country. I'm happy to discuss this further with you.

[@thehighlandhomestead190]

Visiting in a couple weeks because of Leslie lol

[@LL-sd2fc]

Baguette and croissant had a baby? It’s got to be the most delicious one!

[@LeslieSbrocco]

so fantastic

[@drypotatoandjam4180]

What a wonderful city!

[@LeslieSbrocco]

it really is an awesome part of the world. Thanks for watching!