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Murphy explores the work of Akira Satake of Swannanoa, who excels in both pottery and music. He has a dedicated following in both pursuits. He is ten years into his pottery career, with gallery exhibits in Asheville and New York City's elite Calvin-Morris Gallery, and musically he is a master of the Japanese banjo, called a shamisen.
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In 1890 a geyser was built on the grounds of the Round Knob Hotel, a favorite railroad stop in Old Fort, and it ceased functioning in 1903. Enter George Baker, a New York banker and board member of many railroad companies. He commissioned a new one to be built to honor his friend, Colonel Alexander Andrews, a noted Confederate soldier who oversaw the building of the Western North Carolina Railroad, and the 120 men who died building it through the NC mountains. In 2012, Andrews Geyser marked its 100 years of operation.
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North Carolina has a growing reputation for continuing its moonshine tradition, only it's legal this time. Murphy visits five distilleries that honor the past while creating their own style of craft liquor. They are the Howling Moon Distillery (Woodfin); Troy & Sons Distillery (Asheville); Blue Ridge Distillery Co. (Bostic); Southern Artisan Spirits (Kings Mountain); and Carolina Distillery (Lenoir).
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Restaurateur and chef Joe Scully and partner Kevin Westmoreland opened the popular Corner Kitchen in Asheville's Biltmore Village in 2004. This fall they have opened a new restaurant, Chestnut, on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville. Scully discusses the new venture.
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Rachael Vickers baked her first cheesecake at age eleven, and it has developed into her signature confection. In 2011 she launched Rachael's Delectables, which makes many flavors of the cake. She set up shop at the Blue Ridge Food Ventures shared-use kitchen in Candler and has been quite successful in her newly started business.
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