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How to Craft a Colonial Apple Pie

Put a crust in the bottom of a dish, put on it a layer of ripe apples, pared and sliced thin—then a layer of powdered sugar; do this alternately till the dish is full; put in a few tea-spoonsful of rose water and some cloves—put on a crust and bake it. *This colonial recipe appear […]

by Madeline Mayhood

A Colonial Salad Dressing That Will Revolutionize Your Cooking

Dress a Salad To have this delicate dish in perfection, the lettuce, pepper grass, chervil, cress, & should be gathered early in the morning, nicely picked, washed, and laid in cold water, which will be improved by adding ice; just before dinner is ready to be served, drain the water from your salad, cut it […]

by Madeline Mayhood

Black Walnut Bay Sauce Recipe

Made from the young tender leaves of a black walnut tree, bay sauce is often described as a predecessor to worcestershire. Read on for a bay sauce recipe from Jeremiah Langhorne, chef and owner of The Dabney and Petite Cerise in Washington, D.C. Black Walnut Bay Sauce 1,500 grams very young/fresh black walnut leaves 200 […]

by Heather Bien

Crowning Glory

Recipes for a harvest supper to welcome the cool, crisp days of fall.

by Staff

Apple of My Eye

Recipes for Virginia’s fall bounty.

by Staff

Cooking with Kudzu

Kudzu was introduced in the U.S. in the 1940s, specifically for erosion control. Unfortunately, that was a huge bust, and this aggressive vine has become the scourge of much of the American South, invading open spaces and woodlands with lightning speed. No wonder its nickname is “foot-a-night” vine. While our relationship with this bionic creeper […]

by Madeline Mayhood

The ultimate summer lunch always includes the summer tomato

The Ultimate Summer Lunch

by Hope Cartwright

Summertime’s Sizzling Sips

Elevate seasonal soirees with one-of-a-kind drinks.

by Sylvie Baggett

Showcasing Virginia’s bounty at The Clifton’s 1799

It’s been about 20 years since I’ve enjoyed a meal prepared by chef Matthew Bousquet. At the time, I was working in the Bay Area of Northern California, and a friend, who is a food writer, recommended I checkout a French bistro called Mirepoix the next time I visited Sonoma. The chef, Matthew Bousquet, […]

by Frank Morgan

Syd’s FishPig Café

Chef Sydney Meers, owner of Syd’s FishPig Café in Norfolk, remembers when he first fell in love with food, all because of a guy named Johnny who had a Ford tractor full of watermelons. “All the kids came running when they heard that chug chug chug,” Meers recalls. “I was four years old in north […]

by peggy sijswerda

Brunswick Stew Recipe from Chownings Tavern

Winter means the days are short and cold. It’s time for winter warmers to keep me cozy. And in my book, there’s nothing quite like a hearty soup or satisfying stew to get the job done. Chowders? Even better.

by Madeline Mayhood

Kwame Onwuachi’s Favorite Mac ‘n Cheese Recipe

Kwame Onwuachi is a James Beard Award-winning chef, best-selling author, and celebrated restaurateur whose culinary roots span the African diaspora.

by Taryn White

21 Spoons Is Culinary Art with a Mission

Ann Butler keeps busy teaching the next generation about food—how to have a healthy relationship with what goes on their table and into their communities, but also important life skills rooted in food.

by John Haddad & Meredith Lindemon

Taste the Wild

Fresh mountain trout from Smoke in Chimneys has chefs and fine purveyors hooked. (Photo by Fred + Elliott) In the hills and hollers of the Alleghenies, water flows underground as it has for centuries. Within millions of miles of limestone, the water courses, finding an outlet through the cold-water springs that dot […]

by Stephanie Ganz

Linda Skeens Recipes

The queen of county fair baking’s debut cookbook is a chef’s delight. When Linda Skeens, Virginia’s own county fair queen, set the Internet ablaze last year, Virginia Living helped fan the flame (“Where In the World Is Linda Skeens?” Oct. ’22). And adoring fans began clamoring for the humble home cook’s secret recipes. Skeens […]

by Vayda Parrish

Food From the Heart

Chef Travis Milton’s Appalachian love song. A standard-bearer of Appalachian cuisine, Travis Milton has finally come home to roost. At his new restaurant Hickory, at Nicewonder Farm & Vineyards in Bristol, he takes a reverent, sophisticated, often playful approach to the Appalachian food of his childhood. “We are committed to the […]

by John Haddad

Edna Lewis Food Trail

Edna Lewis was a master cook. Find some of her recipes here. “Edna Lewis makes me want to go right into the kitchen and start cooking,” Beard himself once said. And in 2014, the U.S. Postal Service noted her culinary contributions with an Edna Lewis stamp. In an era when few […]

by Kinsey Gidick

Smoke in Chimneys’ Trout

From a trout hatchery in New Castle, Virginia comes a fresh trout recipe. Trout-á-touille An over-the-top preparation and presentation coined by sous chef at Grisette, Hans Doxzen. His “Summer Sauce,” as it’s called, “is so versatile, you’ll want to make it all the time,” says Chef Donnie Glass. For the […]

by Staff

Junior League Cookbooks

From casseroles to chowchow, they capture local flavors. Long before the Food Network brought us celebrity chefs, we turned to Junior League cookbooks for inspiration. There, we discovered the stroganoffs, aspics, and seven-layer dips that our friends and neighbors swore by. Tried and true, the recipes were triple-tested by committees of women […]

by Staff

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