Why red wine and chocolate aren’t meant to be
I have no love advice to offer today, but am in the matchmaking business, so I would like to play cupid to a dysfunctional couple.
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Why red wine and chocolate aren’t meant to be
Breaking up is hard to do
I have no love advice to offer today, but am in the matchmaking business, so I would like to play cupid to a dysfunctional couple.
For those of you about to rock (WTJU salutes you)
Russell Perry remembers WTJU’s first rock marathon. “We were raising money to change the signal from mono to stereo,” the former DJ told us. “After raising the money and making the improvements, we switched over to stereo with great fanfare and inaugurated our new status by playing ‘Stairway to Heaven.’ It didn’t seem like such […]
Local chocolate dishes delight
Chocoholics know no bounds and when a craving strikes, we’ll go to the end of the earth to satisfy it. Lucky for us, chocolate-loving chefs around town are incorporating this addictive ingredient into courses both sweet and savory, keeping our hunger—and our cravings—delectably at bay.—Tami Keaveny (Photos by Nick Strocchia) At Clifton Inn, dry-aged squab […]
February ABODE: Updating a Victorian gem in Staunton
Paula Rau’s only lived in her Staunton house for a short time—since fall 2010. But the century-old home embodies many more years of history than that. There was the house’s original incarnation, a single-family Victorian in the city’s oldest neighborhood, Newtown, which blankets a series of steep hills just west of downtown. Then there was […]
Brian Helleberg instructs us on the art of indulging
The art of indulging On February 12, following the Paramount’s tasting, on-stage discussion, and screening of the film Chocolat, Fleurie chef/owner, Brian Helleberg will indulge diners with ethereally-prepared courses featuring luxuries like foie gras, caviar, and truffles. He talked with us about how he makes sensual and memorable food, which doubles as a recipe for […]
Small Bites: This week's restaurant news
The biker-themed bar on Meade Avenue across from Jinx’s Pits Top is called Black Market Moto Saloon (not Vintage Brews, as reported last month)
Wine is but a dream, or so say the owners of Afton Mountain Vineyards
Afton Mountain Vineyards’ motto is “grapes don’t grow in ugly places,” and a trip up the mountain in Nelson County confirms that. Morning mist tumbles over the estate’s 82 acres and lingers above the 15 acres of grape vines pretty as a picture. It was precisely this romantic scene that wooed Tony and Elizabeth Smith […]
Ted Coffey composes an ever-changing score for Bill T. Jones
With only a few hours left until the curtain goes up, you are seeing the score for tonight’s show for the first time.
February ABODE: Nurture bulbs, nurture the gardener
Most deciduous trees and shrubs remain dormant during these short, low-angled days, their tight buds still furled over sleeping embryos. Yet mild temperatures teased out coral quince and pale yellow winter jasmine just after Christmas. As the little bulbs lead us into spring we can be grateful for the early flowers of a benevolent winter. […]
February ABODE: Providing boundaries between public and private family space
There is an epically fabulous mirror in 13-year-old Nan Marsh’s room. This particular antique was found in the basement of the 100-year-old house that she shares with her parents, Charles and Karen, and occasionally with her brothers, Will and Henry (who are both in college). The baroque frame has been touched up with highlights of […]