edible stories Archives - Edible Blue Ridge

Mar 28

Edible Excursions: A Love Letter to Charlottesville

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Remembering Wilson Richey WORDS | Simon Davidson PHOTOS | Courtesy of Restaurants Months after a car accident took the life of Charlottesville’s most prolific restaurateur, its food community still...

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Mar 22

Cultivating Joy: Spring Creek Blooms

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“Most of us are creatures so comforted by habit, it can take something on the order of religion to invoke new, more conscious behaviors--however glad we may be afterward that...

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Mar 08

LEAP into Spring

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A new chapter for cultivating food community in Roanoke WORDS | Layla Khoury-Hanold PHOTOS | Layla Khoury-Hanold and provided by LEAP The February sun shines on the large green truck...

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Mar 07

Baking Breaks Barriers: House of Bread

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A Roanoke non-profit helps women gain new skills and build bonds WORDS & PHOTOS| Lisa Archer “I don’t have a lot of negative memories about the kitchen, you know? It’s...

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Mar 01

Groundswell: AgrAbility connects farms to vital resources

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WORDS | Lisa Archer PHOTOS | Courtesy of AgrAbility & Slade Farms When many of us experience an injury, we can restrict our movements, go to the doctor, schedule surgery...

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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

By lisa edible stories, Virginia No Comments

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

By lisa edible stories, Virginia No Comments

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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