A taste of Hawaii: Your new favorite flavor is…spam?
Spam musubi is a dish in which the aforementioned Hormel pork product is grilled, laid on a block of sticky white rice and wrapped together with nori, in the Japanese […]
Mix it up: Getting to know your local drink scene means trying one of everything (right?)
We’re not saying summer is the season for drinking (that’s every season), but there’s something about it that makes us want to mingle. The pages that follow will introduce you […]
From a fortuitous partnership grows a summer bounty at Berrey Hill
A landowner and a farmer walk into an agriculture- themed social hour. Holly Maillet, a botanical artist and avid gardener, owns 55 acres of sun-splashed land in Madison County that she’d […]
The art of food: Pearl Island’s Javier Figueroa-Ray on cooking and creativity
Writer, playwright, counselor—chef Javier Figueroa-Ray has worn many hats. But, to hear him tell it, cooking and poetry aren’t that different. “When I moved to the mainland, my writing muse […]
The sweet spot: Zeroing in on special Virginia vineyard sites
Several decades into Virginia’s booming post-Prohibition wine economy, we are starting to home in on some special vineyard sites throughout the state. In France, you’ll find heavily protected and coveted […]
Heaven on earth: A sophisticated farm samples many styles
It’s quite a new house—finished less than three years ago—but the home of Monique Maniet has a settled quality, as though it’s perched on this Rappahannock hillside for a long […]
New again: After a fire, embracing second chances in Western Albemarle
If anyone needs an object lesson in the power of positive thinking, look no further than Katharine “Boo” Dulaney. In 2014, after she’d lived in her Western Albemarle farmhouse for […]
Listening to the house: A Keswick renovation aims for seamless style
The charm of many old houses is found in similar places—old-fashioned doorknobs, homey fireplaces and gracious entryways. It’s much rarer to fall in love with an aging bathroom or kitchen. […]
June in bloom: For a labor-saving summer garden, work smart
The lure of the long-blooming, low-maintenance garden is perennial in the gardener’s heart. After the rush of early spring has subsided and we are no longer smothered in an eruption […]
Out of the box: A new event space blooms in Orange
While inspecting an array of tall boxwood shrubs on a property in the town of Orange last year, Grelen Nursery founder Dan Gregg discovered more than he bargained for. The […]