Ringing it in Many of us like to welcome the New Year after a special meal on the town, but how do the people cooking our meals like to celebrate? Unsurprisingly, either quietly or the next day. After the mad buildup to the holidays or a long night in the kitchen, chefs are happy but […]
Ringing it in Many of us like to welcome the New Year after a special meal on the town, but how do the people cooking our meals like to celebrate? Unsurprisingly, either quietly or the next day. After the mad buildup to the holidays or a long night in the kitchen, chefs are happy but […]
We’ve loosened our belts this year with more eatery openings than closings.
Prosecco is so consistently billed as an inexpensive alternative to Champagne that it’s selling like Miller High Life. Its current 220 million bottle production is expected to double within two years and grow to five times that size by 2035. The U.S. has quadrupled its consumption of the sparkler in the past decade. SIX WAYS […]
The idea came to Margaret Hrabe, a reference coordinator at UVA’s Special Collections Library, when she was looking through the papers of Sarah Patton-Boyle,
My brother just got his first solo apartment and lacks some of the basics—like a broom and mop. If that special someone on your holiday list is a bit further along on the householding journey, she’d probably appreciate gifts of a more refined nature. Delight friends and relatives alike with these gems from local shops.—Erika Howsare Click to […]
Season’s eatings You’ll be cooking up a storm over the holidays—enjoy a well-deserved meal out while you can. These restaurants are putting a pinch of jolly and a dash of merry into their savory, sweet, and spirited offerings this month.—Meredith Barnes (Photos by Andrea Hubbell) The Silver Thatch Inn does Christmas English cottage-style with prime […]
Daniel Heilberg and Joseph Young, the fellas behind the once-mobile food cart called The Lunchbox, opened The Lunchbox Express two weeks ago
Nothing takes the edge off the holiday crazies like a mug of something that warms you right down to your grinchy little toes. These winter warmers will light your fire and keep you aglow through all the gift-buying, package-sending, tree-trimming, Christmas-caroling, party-going, a-wassailing, stocking-stuffing, gift-wrapping, and relative-visiting that comes your way this season. Leave a […]
The story of the recession-era concert venue is usually one of declining proceeds and anxious belt-tightening. The same is true for the recession-era nonprofit, and the Paramount Theater is both. When the refurbished 1930s movie palace announced its new leadership at a press conference last week, recently hired Executive Director Chris Eure held that she […]
(File photo) GREEN EYE Gifts from here Missing your weekly local kale fix? The farmer’s market heyday might be over for 2011, but locavores in the know have shifted their energies to holiday shopping, and they’re not heading to Target. Each Saturday in December, the Holiday Market delivers the buy-local vibe from 8am to 2pm, […]