For as long as I can remember, food has been my passion. I feel fortunate to have lived through the food renaissance our country has experienced over the last few decades. In taking over the reins of this C-VILLE column, I hope to do my small part to document the effects of that renaissance here […]
For as long as I can remember, food has been my passion. I feel fortunate to have lived through the food renaissance our country has experienced over the last few decades. In taking over the reins of this C-VILLE column, I hope to do my small part to document the effects of that renaissance here […]
Very few things about prize-winning Szechuan chef Peter Chang are absolutely clear. He has a Wikipedia page, for instance, but it doesn’t list a birthday. Stanley Tucci is reportedly making a film about his life, but until it comes out, every story about him will likely continue to contain words like ‘elusive.’ In the meantime, […]
On Fridays, we and The Charlottesville 29 feature five food finds selected by local chefs and personalities. This week’s picks come from Michael McCarthy, chef/owner of Dr. Ho’s Humble Pie. McCarthy’s picks: 1) Hot Sicilian sandwich at Durty Nelly’s Wayside Deli. “Rye bread makes life better, plain and simple.” 2) Fried Chicken at GOCO on […]
After spending too many nights in Clemons Library curled up next to my laptop, I find it refreshing (and healthy) to experience a new environment. At the same time, it can be unsettling to forgo comfort and consistency for change. Finding a new study place that isn’t on the Corner, which also offers good yet […]
The New York pizza slice, for years the pizza gold standard, inspired a lot of wasted effort and money, what with people trying to reproduce NYC pizza parlors, replete with transported ovens, in places like Kansas or Albuquerque or (gack) San Francisco. Pizza everywhere was measured against some non-specific New York City pie. If you […]
Virginia wine began as a collaboration between Thomas Jefferson and the Italian merchant Filipo Mazzei. But between war and pestilience, the dynamic duo wasn’t really able to ever make great wine. They did, however, realize that the name of the game was adapting European varietals to American soil. Virginia wine as we know it today […]
Join Early Mountain and Chatham vineyards as they team up to present their first Oyster Festival, which takes place at Early Mountain on Saturday, March 23. A $55 ticket gets you an endless supply of Eastern Shore oysters, clams, and chowder with all the fixins’. To wash it down, the ticket includes two glasses of […]
Happy Birthday! Today’s picks in Five Finds on Friday at The Charlottesville 29 come from Jenny Peterson of Paradox Pastry, the outstanding baker of birthday cakes and much more, whose creations have made several appearances in Two for Tuesday. Peterson’s picks: 1) Olde Salt Oyster Stout at Champion Brewing Company. “All of the beers here […]
In the second week of February, the head brewer from Breckenridge Brewery in Denver, Colorado, came to brew a collaboration beer with me at Champion Brewing Company. Longtime head brewer and owner Todd Usry showed up at our place on a Tuesday with his nephew, Drew Usry, who is the Breckenridge sales rep in our […]
I find food utterly irresistible. Growing up in a family of cooks, I guess it couldn’t have turned out any differently. Italians are all about food and I am certainly no exception. Family recipes fill my recipe box—most are in Italian and some I’ve made on my own in my new country. And while I […]