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Aug 08

Tastes of Home

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Three beloved establishments help define the Harrisonburg food scene WORDS | Sarah Golibart Gorman PHOTOS | Lisa Archer It’s Taco Tuesday at El Sol Mexican Restaurant in Harrisonburg, Virginia....

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Mar 01

Heritage Heroes: A community unites around a cherished Rocky Mount distillery in its time of need

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WORDS | Layla Khoury-Hanold PHOTOS | Michael Lawson It’s 10 a.m. on a Thursday, and Anna Prillaman usually has the day off. But working for Twin Creeks Distillery, her family’s...

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Jan 05

Refreshed January: N/A Beverage Options Across the Region

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bloom Restaurant & Winebar – Roanoke Snuggled into the Main Street block of the Wasena neighborhood, bloom Restaurant & Wine Bar has been cultivating quite the following these past few…

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Dec 12

Seasonal Tablescapes

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By Lisa Archer A festive, produce-filled table is a vehicle for conversation, a stand-in grazing board and just plain beautiful. This holiday season we are thinking outside the box as...

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Dec 12

Sustainable Decorations: Dried Citrus Wheels

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By Lisa Archer Having spent the majority of my adult life in too-small apartments with little-to-no closet space, I created a rule for myself that all holiday decorations had to...

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Nov 02

Of Time & Place: Patois Cider

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WORDS | Lisa Archer PHOTOS | Leigh McDonald The apple is yellow-green —underripe— and freckled with tiny scabs. I can see where a yellow jacket has bitten a chunk out...

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Aug 10

Blindhouse Beer Company

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WORDS & PHOTOS | JESSE FELDBERG Nestled into an industrial neighborhood-turned-brewery district just west of downtown Roanoke, Blindhouse Beer Company brings to the table a style all their own —...

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Aug 10

Heliotrope

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WORDS & PHOTOS | JESSE FELDBERG We sat down over the phone with Erik Jones and Jenny Davies, co-owners of Lexington’s Heliotrope Brewery, to talk about beer, pizza, wild yeast...

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Aug 10

WildManDan Brewery

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For this fall’s iteration of Liquid Assets, we sat down with Dan and Terri Tatarka, owners of WildManDan Brewery and Beer Centric B&B. After four years of the couple operating...

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Aug 10

Great Valley Farm Brewery & Winery

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WORDS & PHOTOS | JESSE FELDBERG As we start the long-awaited transition into warmer months, the pace of life will inevitably pick up. Perhaps you’re not quite ready to get...

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