Seafood

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

The Long View

Richmond’s Boathouse restaurant is a river scene.

by Nicole Anderson Ellis & Joseph William Cates

Smoked Trout With Sunchoke Salad

Making the most of fresh fish and fresh vegetables.

by James Harris

Alma Huntley’s Oysters and Other Seasonal Favorites

Get out the old index cards, because holidays are the time for old favorites. Corn chips are OK, but only if they go Lulu.

by hubbard valerie

Terrace Oysters Recipe

Onion, ham, cheese and Pernod: The Lynnhaven appetizer

by Eric Doarnberger

From Early Terror to Ostreaphile

Chef Eric Doarnberger has learned to love oysters.

by peggy sijswerda

Salty, Slippery & Delicious

In its day, the Lynnhaven oyster was prized by celebrities and regular folks alike. Pollution nearly killed off the mollusk, but the seafood classic is making a comeback.

by peggy sijswerda

Bivalve Revival

A decade ago, on a whim, cousins Ryan and Travis Croxton decided to revive their family’s old oyster business.

by lisa antonelli bacon

Up a Creek

For the two sisters who run Payne’s Crab House in Urbanna, the watermen’s life is tough but good. As Beatrice Taylor says, “It’s in our blood.”

by Richard Ernsberger Jr.

A Moveable Feast

Before long, a strange sensation will start to grip fishermen and consumers along the East Coast—striper madness! It’s a hard-to-define attraction to the striped bass, a migratory game fish found in large numbers in the Chesapeake Bay.

by christine ennulat

Searing Wisdom

Grilling advice from across the state.

by Daisy Khalifa & elliott brooke & caroline evertz

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