Food & Drink

Topping off two French 75 cocktails with Champagne from a bottle. This classic cocktail is a mix of gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup, with Champagne poured on top.
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A French 75 Cocktail for a Fancy Feel

Brunch, special occasion, or a toast to another day

By Christine Gallary, TheKitchn.com | April 24, 2024
Sept. 10, 2023, the Craft Beverage Showcase will serve craft beers, wines, ciders, and spirits from the Richmond West Trail at Dover Hall in Manakin Sabot, Virginia.
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Richmond Craft Beverage Trails

An easy way to connect with all the producers

By Annie Tobey | April 17, 2024
Spicy Moo Shu Beef with Vegetables: Quickly cooked beef, with an abundance of vegetables tucked in a wrapper, moo shu style, will be a family favorite.
Recipes

Spicy Moo Shu Beef with Vegetables

Stir-fry is easy to make at home once you have all the ingredients

By JeanMarie Brownson | April 12, 2024
Virginia vineyard with mountains in the distance, by Igor Skryagin. Is Napa Style Coming to Virginia Wineries?
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Is Napa Style Coming to Virginia Wineries?

A winery owner’s perspective

By K.A. White | April 9, 2024
Intermission Beer Company, one of the breweries on the Richmond Region Beer Trail Mobile Passport and physical map.
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Richmond Region Beer Trail Mobile Passport

Info, check-ins, and swag

By Annie Tobey | April 4, 2024
With fresh spring vegetables come new delicious and nutritious menu items for our tables. This spring vegetable and orzo soup includes asparagus spears and peas for a warming soup on a spring day.
Recipes

Spring Vegetable and Orzo Soup

A light vegetable soup with parmesan-miso broth

By Diane Rossen Worthington | April 3, 2024
halloumi cheese on a cutting board, used with recipe for halloumi fries. Image by Picture Partners
Recipes

Halloumi Fries for a Warm Cheese Delight

Fried cheese recipe plus a meatless dish of savory flavors

By JeanMarie Brownson | March 27, 2024
A generic image of a bar used in bars for boomers article
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Richmond Bars for Boomers

Because we are not ready for our rocking chairs yet

By Diane York | March 22, 2024
a knife with whole and sliced jalapeño peppers on a cutting board. Image by Jacqueline Nix. Article on healing jalapeño hands
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How to Treat Jalapeño Hands

The secret to stopping burning hands after you cut hot peppers

By Emma Christensen and Andrea Rivera Wawrzyn | March 22, 2024
This lively lemon egg soup has been a staple in Greece for centuries. Creamy and pungent with lemon flavor, Avgolemono soup must be Greece’s answer to other national comfort chicken soups. The rice and egg yolks add both texture and thickening to the simple broth.
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Greek Avgolemono Soup

Satisfying, healing, and seriously simple

By Diane Rossen Worthington | March 20, 2024

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