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Square Root (all photos
this spread) features a
warm interior and
dishes ranging from the
Pan-Seared Scallops
(left) to the Caprese
Salad (lower left).
I don’t exactly travel to eat, but I do like to eat when I travel.
My husband and I look for independent eateries whenever we land
in a place, small town or big city – interesting menus, local ingredients, strong coffee, a mix of microbrews, unexpected wines, craveable desserts. Phil’s the cook, so sometimes he’ll take ideas home
and try to re-create the dishes we’ve enjoyed.
For instance, the stacked caprese salad at Square Root Café in
Brevard, N.C. It was so lovely I posted a photo of it on my Facebook
page. Phil wasn’t along on this trip, and back in Roanoke, he was
one of my “friends” particularly quick to respond. A day or two
after I got back, he pulled up the photo, used it as reference, and
created his own version for us, and, a few days after that, for dinner
guests.
So I’ll start there.
Brevard and Valle Crucis, North Carolina
Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch
Much as I was tempted to just stop in Asheville and never leave, I
bypassed one of my favorite eating cities (Tupelo Honey Cafe,
Laughing Seed Cafe, Double D’s Coffee and Desserts) and headed
to Brevard – just outside Pisgah Forest, home of Brevard College,
the Brevard Music Festival and O.P. Taylor’s toy store – to have
dinner at the Square Root Café.
Square Root takes up much of a little alley off Main Street
(another plus – I love restaurants in alleys – they remind me of
Brussels and London) – and, as an added draw, a few steps away,
in the same alley, is Downtown Chocolates. Downtown Chocolates
is open, so I stop in, try the new truffle (banana cream pie) that
owner George Williams has just finished a batch of, and pick up a
few more to take with me (chai, lavender, lemon/mint and hazelnut
– the chai is particularly nice).
Back to the caprese salad. The tomatoes – red and yellow – and
the basil – are from the garden that owner/chef Adam Wilson and
his wife Cindy, also a chef (she does a lot of the baking, and they
have a 12-year-old son), have planted. Wilson’s worked in a lot of
places, including the Ritz Carlton – after cooking in states including Maine, Florida, Massachusetts and Connecticut, they came to
North Carolina to visit friends in Arden. “We stumbled on the
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013
Cover
Table of Contents
Letters/Worth a Click
From the Editor
Digital Help Guide
From the Farm
The Hike
Mountain Report
Creature Feature
Festivals & Events
Explore West Virginia Covered Bridges
DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: Cave in to Adventure
Fall Travel to Restaurants, Diners and Dives
Photoessay: Late Fall Comes to the Mountains
What's New in these Hills?
Life and Death in Butterfield Branch
Mountain-Classic Recipes
Cabin in the Woods: A North Georgia Getaway
Mountain Garden
Guest Column
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Intro
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Cover
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Cover2
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Table of Contents
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 4
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Letters/Worth a Click
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - From the Editor
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Digital Help Guide
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - From the Farm
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 9
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - The Hike
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 11
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Mountain Report
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Creature Feature
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Festivals & Events
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 15
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Explore West Virginia Covered Bridges
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 17
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: Cave in to Adventure
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - DE2
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - DE3
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - DE4
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - DE5
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - DE6
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Fall Travel to Restaurants, Diners and Dives
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 19
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 20
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 21
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 22
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 23
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 24
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 25
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Photoessay: Late Fall Comes to the Mountains
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 27
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 28
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 29
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - What's New in these Hills?
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 31
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 32
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 33
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 34
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 35
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Life and Death in Butterfield Branch
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 37
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 38
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 39
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Mountain-Classic Recipes
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 41
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 42
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 43
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Mountain Garden
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 45
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Cabin in the Woods: A North Georgia Getaway
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 47
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 48
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - 49
Blue Ridge Country - November/December 2013 - Guest Column
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