All her life, it seems as she looks back, writer and poet Maya Angelou has had an enviably acute awareness of food and cooking as a dimension of experience. Her new book, “Hallelujah! The Welcome ...

WARM WELCOME: Chef Katie Button, third from right, is pictured with a group of Downtown Welcome Table companions. Many Asheville chefs partner with the nonprofit to provide high-quality meals to the ...

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. So how have ...

Come to the Welcome Table of Black Mountain for food and fellowship, and leave with a full stomach and friends. Black Mountain Recreation and Parks recently teamed up with retired chef John Crognale ...

This is what happens when Liz Button comes knocking at the door of your upscale restaurant: you roll up your sleeves and serve a top-quality, white-tablecloth meal to 400 hungry people, many of them ...

Feeding a crowd of 300 — not a problem. Twice a week — up to the challenge. That’s the mindset of chef Amelia Geis-Scott, who with her band of faithful volunteers serves up a free hot meal every ...