Preston Long

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The great Divide

This started out as a nachos survey, with me sampling some platters from a few establishments around the village...

Full of beans (and rice)

The fast food franchise gods have extended a gesture of mercy toward us and hath bestowed upon our town a...

Beyond organic

I had never known an independent organic farmer before I went to meet Michael Clark, who owns and works Planet Earth...

Curry up and eat

Now that it’s warmer outside, they will come. They’ll come from the field and the hollow and the valley and even the...

Quality ‘cue

Barbecue can be so vexing—like one of those vague memories you can’t decide whether it ever really happened, or you...

Pizza, pizza! Top slices, personal pies, and surprises...

The New York pizza slice, for years the pizza gold standard, inspired a lot of wasted effort and money, what with...

Hidden treasures

Color me tacky and low-rent, but there’s just something homey and inviting about the naive optimism and dauntless...

Honey, let’s go out

The cheap date is a tricky proposition. But there are ways to cut corners without necessarily revealing yourself for...

Wake up, sunshine

After covering kebabs and burgers in my last two columns, I should, in the interest of my own constitution, undertake...

Order up! Who’s got the best burger in Charlottesville?

I used to plot burgers on the national map like I was tracking a serial killer. The Rusty Nail, Canton, Michigan....