Flight Savor Fare

for Bob Davis (on the walls at Flight) and Marilyn Bailey, local jeweler with national reputation. Rob outdid himself with savory platters of tomato salad, scallops, lamb chops — it just kept coming. Nan chose some red and white party wine to go with it all. Many still stayed for dinner!

Marilyn Bailey

Bob [...]

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Flight is now serving East Fork Farmlamb.
“At East Fork Farm you’ll find only natural, wholesome food nourished through sustainable methods. No sub-therapeutic medication or hormones for our animals, no animal by-products in our animals’ feed, no synthetic pesticides or fertilizers on crops or pastures—that’s our pledge.”
and the lamb tastes better, too.

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New for Spring –
Braised Pork loin with fresh mango salsa – had a taste at Flight today and pork loin is truly the other white meat. Lean, healthy and the mango salsa is refreshing and fruity.
Speaking of chicken – grilled with Moroccan spices and tapenade. Says WOW in your mouth — this [...]

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April is here! Mike Phillips predicts one more snowfall, but still it is spring. The dafs are blooming, so are the cherry trees. If there is one more snow, we can just laugh at it.
Flight is ready for Spring! The restaurant is freshly painted and the menu has been [...]

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Monday and Tuesday nights Flight is offering a selection of 5 tapas for $2 $2 high gravity beer served at the bar only.
The rest of the week, the goodies are available too, but for $4 and $3 respectively. Special Selection of martinis $5 all week!

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Sparkling wine, great food and thine.
What creates a memorable Valentine’s Day? Attention to details. See earlier post, What She Really Wants for Valentines Day.)
For him, remember to open the car door and place your hand gently under her elbow as you escort her to Flight. Open the heavy glass door [...]

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The “Eat Local” food movement is big here in Western North Carolina and one that Flight Wood Grill has participated in to the fullest extent possible. (There isn’t much local produce available in February.) Now, a local organic farm, Cane Creek Valley Farm, is offering subscriptions. Yes, you can have a box of [...]

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Flight has joined forces with the Appalachian Sustainability Agriculture Project (ASAP) whose mission is to “collaboratively create and expand regional community based and integrated food systems that are locally owned and controlled, environmentally sound, economically viable, and health-promoting.”
Put simply, the idea is to make more local food products available to local restaurants and [...]

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Chef Rob has created a gourmet chicken pot pie. Sounds like an oxymoron but it is comfort food and delicately tasty at the same time. A very hard mark to hit, I think, because I cannot abide when “they” add lobster to good old fashioned macaroni and cheese. I think the secret is [...]

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