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Apple Cider Donuts Recipe: Your New Favorite Fall Treat

Makes 12 donuts and holes Ingredients 2½ cups apple cider 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided 2 or 4 teaspoons baking powder (see Recipe Instructions) 1 teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg, preferably freshly grated ½ cup packed […]

by Madeline Mayhood

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

Easter Eating

Four Virginia food bloggers share their holiday recipes just in time for Easter celebrations. If you’re in need of some festive food inspiration, look no further. Britney Brown-Chamberlain of Britney Breaks Bread, Cheryl Norris of Bakes by Brown Sugar, Shani Whisonant of Begin with Butter, and Anina Belle Giannini of Le Chef’s Wife have […]

by Staff

Love at First Slurp

Our obsession with oysters began with the Lynnhaven. Five days before Christmas 1606, Capt. Christopher Newport stood on the cold, windy docks in Blackwall, East London. With him, 144 men and boys boarded the Godspeed, Susan Constant, and Discovery and set sail toward the English Channel, then into open sea. […]

by Staff

Biscuits with the Boss

Ted Lasso’s official shortbread recipe—revealed. In the wildly popular Ted Lasso series on Apple TV+, Jason Sudeikis plays an American football coach from the Midwest tapped to lead AFC Richmond, a fictitious English Premier League soccer team. But the show’s connection to Virginia doesn’t end there. Colin Hutton […]

by Vayda Parrish

Eggnog Eccentricities

While some are content with a carton or two of Richfood or Lucerne eggnog, many Virginians have secret family recipes. fpx23600 It’s rich and creamy and can’t be beat for washing down ham biscuits and frosted cookies or just taking the edge off the inevitable yuletide stress. From its commanding spot […]

by hubbard valerie

Grits by Any Other Name

To win over non-believers, call them polenta. While grit is a sign of strength, add an “s” and you’ve got grits—a fightin’ word. No other food inspires greater divisions. Peanut butter has its creamy vs. crunchy debate, but when it comes to grits, it’s love or hate—there’s no in between. Grits […]

by Madeline Mayhood

(More) Holiday Sides

These Thanksgiving side dishes wonderfully double for any festive celebration. Chef Harper, Harper’s table, Suffolk, Sweet potatoes Walter Bundy Shagbark, Richmond For Walter Bundy, Thanksgiving at his grandparents’ summer home on the Piankatank River was always filled with extended family, and kids everywhere. But the gathering, which continues to this day, […]

by Staff

Elfin’ Fun Holiday Cocktails

Like Santa, you’ll spot this Christmas “Miracle” all over this season The Christmas-themed cocktail bar Miracle will be stirring up liquid cheer this holiday season at two Virginia locations: Sense of Thai in Ashburn’s One Loudoun, and The Jasper in Richmond’s Carytown neighborhood. Known for their kitschy décor and irreverent libations—Jingle Balls […]

by John Haddad

Holiday Sides

These Thanksgiving sides easily double for any holiday get-together. Chef Tyler Thomas, River and rail, Va Oyster and Cornbread dressing Tyler Thomas The River and Rail Restaurant, Roanoke Chef Tyler Thomas, River and rail, Va Oyster and Cornbread dressing Every chef dreams of a day off, and for […]

by Staff

Cocktails at the Hotel Greene

The drinks are swell at this whimsical fauxtel, but there’s not a room in sight. Stepping into Hotel Greene, you could be forgiven for looking for a bellhop. This cocktail bar transports us to the fictitious lobby of a grand hotel in Bavaria—or is it Budapest? Housed in part of the former […]

by Stephanie Ganz

Art of the Specialty Cocktail

To craft a drink that delights, think like a bartender. (Photo by Fred + Elliott) Slide into a banquette at any craft cocktail bar and you’ll be greeted with a list of specialty drinks with names that sound like Derby winners: Over the Moon, Liquid Sunshine, Gold Rush. Once exclusive to […]

by Staff

Seasonal Pie Debate

Which is best? Sweet potato or pumpkin? Cathy Barrow knows a thing or two about pies. So we tapped the author of Pie Squared and When Pies Fly (Grand Central Publishing) to settle the seasonal sweet potato vs. pumpkin debate. “Many folks see sweet potato and pumpkin pies as interchangeable, but […]

by Staff

Thanksgiving Sides

It’s the side dishes that make a holiday meal memorable. Tyler Darden Chef Jonathan Martin, Wilted Winter Greens and White Bean Cassoulet (Photo by Tyler Darden) Closing his eyes, Johnathan Martin remembers walking into his grandmother’s house and taking in the intoxicating aromas of a special meal, days in the making. “It’s probably […]

by Staff

The Soul of Bread

Baker and cookbook author Tara Jensen elevates her craft through practice, intuition, and fresh, locally milled flour. Tara Jensen wants us to see ourselves through the eyes of a baker. The sourdough evangelist is striking a chord with her stunning stenciled loaves, sold-out Sourdough Retreats, and her latest book, Flour Power: The […]

by Stephanie Ganz

Cooking Up Classics

Brian Noyes cooks up comfort in The Red Truck Bakery Farmhouse Cookbook. Photographs © 2022 by Ronni Lundy Following the success of his first cookbook in 2018, bakery owner Brian Noyes will release a long-anticipated follow-up, The Red Truck Bakery Farmhouse Cookbook (Clarkson Potter) in August. “These are classic and, hopefully, familiar dishes […]

by Konstantin Rega

A Bird in the Hand

Fried chicken feeds our hearts and heritage. Before noon in Gordonsville, if the air is crisp and you cock your head just right, you can still hear the long cry of Amtrak’s Crescent, traversing the iron arc bound for New Orleans. But the train no longer stops here, as it did more […]

by Staff

The Soft Shells of Summer

Checking the peeler pot was a river ritual. (Illustration by James Albon) I was probably in my 30s before it dawned on me that I could order soft shell crabs in a restaurant. In the summers of my childhood, soft shells came from the York River, where we’d anchor a slatted wooden […]

by Constance Costas

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