Affluent families and millennials across the U.S. are increasingly foregoing traditional suburbs, town centers and country clubs for developments centered around natural spaces and small-scale organic farms. Known as agrihoods,…
Boar’s Head Resort executive chef Paul D’Amelio enters the kitchen of The Mill Room restaurant carrying a big tray of living greens. The cornucopia includes pea sprouts, arugula, seven types…
When Chris Henry was approached about buying a rundown property near Charlottesville’s downtown mall in 2016, he was ecstatic. The Stony Point Development Group president looked at the five-acre site…
Peruse the menu of Strangeways Brewing’s Dabney Road location and the moniker quickly becomes clear: Beers are fantastically experimental, catering to those that like their brews served with a hardy…
Photos courtesy of Cartwright Family Farms Derek Eason resuscitated his great-grandfather’s Pungo farm in 2014—and helped reintroduce heritage breed pigs to Coastal Virginia In 1980, Virginia was home to about…
Image from Mt. Defiance Made in the true Belle Époque style, Mt. Defiance’s flagship absinthe isn’t for drinking straight. The spirit’s complex bouquet of herbal flavor is best enjoyed in…
From Abingdon to Damascus, Route 58 Delivers Historical Stays, Metropolitan Culture and a Trove of Outdoor Adventure Abingdon has long been the bright cultural light of southwest Virginia. But the…
In 2013, 20 of the world’s most celebrated honey aficionados joined forces with food critics, beekeepers and sensory scientists at the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center to revolutionize the…
Colony Collapse Disorder Inspired a Virginia Beekeeping Revolution, and Everyone is Buzzing About More, and Better, Local Honey At this point, it’s probably safe to say your average food-loving Virginian…
Brian Noyes Left a Brilliant Career in Publishing to Pursue His Dream of Becoming a Full-Time Baker For 60-year-old Brian Noyes, the road to becoming one of the country’s most…
Shuffling through the crowded gates of the State Fair of Virginia’s opening weekend, I direct my two elementary-aged children toward the cluster of tents marking the Brunswick stew competition. For…
A recreation-inspired crossing of the 20-mile-long Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is a deed best accompanied by sunrise or sunset. For this springtime family outing, I’ve opted for the former, hoping to…
Virginia farm dinners are gaining popularity across the Commonwealth, see more below about several of these field to feast meals. Ayrshire Farm Heritage Breed & Wine Dinner, Upperville In…
Photos by Annie Laura, 621 Studios Destination farm dinners aren’t exactly a new thing. Back in 1999, Santa Cruz, Calif.-based chef and artist Jim Denevan made waves when he founded…
While its parallel-running Shenandoah Valley counterpart, U.S. 11, gets a lot of attention, the draw of U.S. 340 is its scenic isolation. With the peaks of the Shenandoah National Park…
“We’d like to see this area become for chestnuts what the Salinas Valley is for almonds,” says David Bryant of Virginia Chestnuts. “And we feel strongly we can make it…
Meet five virginia producers known for making cheese based on place While Chouaf and Adduci have garnered much attention by consistently topping the winners’ board at the national Cheesemonger Invitational,…
An Afternoon With Award-Winning Cheesemonger Sara Adduci Shows The Changing Nature Of The Commonwealth’s Cheese Scene It’s a cold, gray late-January afternoon, and yet, pushing through the glass doors of…