Animal enamel: Brushing is the secret to your pet’s healthy teeth
Think of the worst toothache you ever had. Try to remember how it drove you nuts until you finally got the problem taken care of. Now try to remember some […]
A Farmhouse meal and a Champion brew: This week’s restaurant news
New brews It takes a champion to run the sales and marketing for family-owned winery Afton Mountain Vineyards, build-out an empty building in Belmont, brew hand-crafted beer, and raise a […]
Bowls of plenty: When it comes to Asian noodle soups, the broth tells the story
If every restaurant in the world served only pho, that would be fine by me. Pho is the Vietnamese beef noodle soup sensation that has been sweeping the nation the […]
Choosing wines for Thanksgiving is easier than you think
Nothing makes a wine columnist feel the freakishly swift passage of days more than the realization that it’s Thanksgiving wine recommendation time yet again. Every year, I consider taking a […]
Give a little (or a lot!): 75+ gift ideas to get your holiday shopping in gear
Fact: The holiday season is the best time to gather with family, reminisce about the good times, and share a hearty meal in the company of those you love. Another […]
Free Will Astrology: Week of November 19
Scorpio (October 23-November 21): In 2007 the band White Stripes did a tour of Canada. One of their final gigs was outdoors in St. John’s, Newfoundland. They came on stage, […]
Fruit of the vine: Wine events for November
Afton Mountain Our tasting room is open year-round. Here you can taste our wines with our friendly and knowledgeable tasting room staff, enjoy a glass or bottle of our wine […]
Give brew its due: Bring beer back to your holiday table
Beer and Thanksgiving. The words conjure fond memories: an uncle asleep in the La-Z-Boy with a pile of cans on the end table; the Lions game on TV; a semi-interested […]
The locavore chef’s dilemma: What it takes to cook local through the off-season
Nowadays, restaurant menus are more likely to tell you where the chicken was raised than how it’s prepared. Four years running, the National Restaurant Association has voted locally sourced foods […]
Across 30 years and an epidemic, Charlottesville’s gay and lesbian communities came out together
In early 1986, Hospice of the Piedmont needed help with a patient who had less than a month to live. The organization’s purpose, then and now, is to care for […]