Interview with Bill Foley and Elizabeth Foley The Chocolate Fetish recently received the 2013 Best Chocolatiers and Confectioners in America Four Star Award rating from The International Chocolate Salon. This prestigious award, presented by The International Chocolate Salon, Taste TV, and Chocolate Television is based on Gold and Silver awardsContinue Reading
RAD Photographer / Artist / Instructor interviewed by Dennis Ray A native of New Jersey, award-winning photographer David Simchock has had a life-long interest in the arts, although his early career aspirations brought him into the corporate world, practicing as a mechanical engineer in New York City and later inContinue Reading
Co-owner of The Chocolate Fetish Interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: Tell us a little bit about your holiday gift items now available at The Chocolate Fetish. Bill Foley: We have a wide variety of items including hand molded three dimensional holiday figures and lots of festive gift boxes.Continue Reading
Interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: Tell us a little about what it is like being an artist in Asheville. Stephen Janton: Being an artist in Asheville is a really exciting and fulfilling experience. Asheville’s unique vibe draws artists from all over the country. I owe most of myContinue Reading
interviewed by Dennis Ray Rapid River Magazine: How did you get into painting? Jeff Pittman: Well, my dad’s an artist, so I watched him paint as I was growing up, though I never gave it a try until moving here to Asheville in the late 90’s. I remember some failedContinue Reading
Marketing Manager of the French Broad Food Co-op interviewed by Dennis Ray Since 1975, the French Broad Food Co-op has been with the Asheville area. From its early beginnings as a buying club between families down by the French Broad River, to its current location on Broadway in downtown Asheville,Continue Reading
Producers of Laugh Your Asheville Off 2012 Interviewed by Dennis Ray The Laugh Your Asheville Off Comedy Festival (LYAO) is the country’s leading non competitive format stand up comedy festival. The festival prides itself on showcasing some of the country’s best untapped talent as well as delivering some of theContinue Reading
Interview with Emoke B’Racz & Linda Barrett Knopp by Dennis Ray Malaprop’s celebrated their 30th anniversary last month. The bookstore was also honored and recognized by the publishing industry in 2000 as the best in the country. First in the South! That next year Nancy Olsen of Quail Ridge BookstoreContinue Reading
Interviewed by Dennis Ray Brian Lee Knopp spent more than a decade as a private investigator in western North Carolina, working for private clients as well as attorneys. He wrote the bestselling book Mayhem in Mayberry: Misadventures of a P.I. in Southern Appalachia, where he tells what the profession isContinue Reading
