Category: Food and Wine

Food and Wine, North Carolina, Romantic get-a-ways

This Winter Head To A Different Beech

Sandra Kay Chambers
Blue Ridge Mountain ski resort--Beech Mountain Resort
Beech Mountain Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC

Are you psyched for the Winter Olympics? Want to try out some of those half-pipe tricks or finesse your figure skating jumps?

We’re lucky in North Carolina–we have both a beautiful coastline with sandy beaches and gorgeous sunsets, but also stunning mountains with waterfalls, autumn leaves and snow, providing lots of opportunity for all types of sports.

Check out my article for Allegiant’s in-flight magazine, Sunseeker, to read about Beech Mountain Ski Resort, a fantastic winter resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains where you can ski, snowboard, go snow tubing, ice skating and sledding. Then after a day on the slopes enjoy some craft beer and great food at one of the few breweries owned and operated by a ski area.

 

Food and Wine, North Carolina

Cheers! Hendersonville Style

Sandra Kay Chambers

A Thriving Hard Cider Industry Exists in North Carolina

Tasting Room at Bold Rock Hard Cider in River Mills, NC
Bold Rock Hard Cider Tasting Room in River Mills, NC

While Asheville, N.C., is famous for its craft beers, an area just 30 minutes south is making a name for itself in the hard cider industry. The Hendersonville area, long known for its orchards, is the largest apple-producing county in North Carolina and the seventh largest in the nation, thus making it a natural home for an emerging hard cider business. (continue this article which appeared in Allegiant’s in-flight May-July 2016 Sunseeker magazine by clicking on: cheers-hendersonville-style.

 

Food and Wine, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Out-of-the-Box Foodie Destinations

Sandra Kay Chambers

Discover Myrtle Beach’s Unique Dining Scene

Nitrogen infused peach portrait cocktail from Art Burger Sushi
Nitrogen infused peach portrait cocktail from Art Burger Sushi

Myrtle Beach offers much more than Southern Comfort Food. Dine in a haunted house, sip nitrogen-infused cocktails in a restaurant / art gallery or be a lab rat in a new chemistry-themed restaurant. (Appears in Allegiant Air’s in-flight magazine, Sunseeker. To read entire article click on subtitle.)

 

Arts / Culture / History, Food and Wine, North Carolina

Explore Asheville’s Artsy Side

Sandra Kay Chambers

TAKE AN “ARTISTIC SAFARI” ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER

Buncombe County Asheville NC CVB shoot. June 2011. PHOTO/IAN CURCIO 2011© IAN CURCIO PHOTOGRAPHY ©2011 www.iancurcio.com ian@iancurcio.com 864.621.7976

Spend a day exploring an iconic community of 200 artists set in an urban scene of old factories and historical buildings along the French Broad River. The River Arts District (known simply as RAD) is open year-round and provides a unique opportunity to experience art as it’s being made. Visitors can watch artists weave a scarf, fire pottery, turn a wood bowl, or produce avant-garde blown glass pieces. (Appears in Allegiant Air’s in-flight magazine, Sunseeker. To read entire article click on subtitle.)

 

Food and Wine, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Cheers in Myrtle Beach

Sandra Kay Chambers

Libations: Southern Style

by Sandra Chambers

Duplin Winery in Myrtle Beach
Duplin Winery in Myrtle Beach

 

 A casual wine tasting venue where even flip flops are welcomed, a unique wine- on-tap room and a microbrewery with flights of beer and special southern appetizers all beckon to Allegiant travelers visiting Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Read the rest of this article that appears in Feb.–Apr.2016 issue of Sunseeker, Allegiant Air’s in-flight magazine: BoozeAtMyrtleBeach