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• Asheville Chow: Tod's Tasties

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  Tod's Tasties, the red-roofed cafe with the peculiar name, occupies the corner of Montford and Pearson, just past the Chamber of Commerce and across from the former location of Pisgah Legal Services. I have run by there for months and wondered what kind of action' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 4:21pm EST
  by Lance P. Martin

• Mid-Week, Mid-Day.

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  I slipped out on Wednesday for an oldie but goodie -- the Town Mountain Ridge run. This is an 8-miler from my house that takes me up 4 slow, muscle-building miles to the top of Town Mountain, then back down for 4 scorching, turnover-improving miles. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:48pm EST
  by Lance P. Martin

• Au Revoir, Happy French Man.

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  I didn't want to write -- I didn't want to believe it -- but Paris Bakery has closed. Sometime in the late summer, they posted a sign that indicated they were on vacation. It is now clear that the vacation is permanent. What a loss. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:25pm EST
  by Lance P. Martin

• Visiting the Source

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  What better way to spend a crisp Saturday than seeing where your bacon comes from? Hickory Nut Gap Farms, about 20 minutes from downtown, is a remarkable story -- a success for both farm economics and the locavore movement. Hickory Nut Gap raises pigs humanely [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  by Lance P. Martin