Chow Chow, Asheville's big food fest, evolves into summer-long series of small events for 2021

In its first year in 2019, the event won wide acclaim but failed to break even

A promotional image for Chow Chow, billed as Asheville’s signature culinary event. The food festival launched in 2019, was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, and is planning to return this summer.

Chow Chow, the Asheville food festival that launched in 2019 and was canceled last year because of the pandemic, is planning a return this summer. Rather th…