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...
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...
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 —...
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...
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...
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...
Strolling down Crystal Spring Avenue during the lunch hour, linden trees line the sidewalk, the smart facades of businesses beckon, and people bustle into specialty food stores to pick up...
Building a cheese board brings out the creative side in us, but as we concentrate our energies on pies, roasts and holiday shopping, the stress of entertaining can be overwhelming....
RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME the winter landscape is as bleak as it gets at Back Creek Farm in Highland County, something amazing is happening in the trees. The maple trees,...
WINEMAKER CHRIS RITZCOVAN clearly has a particular fondness for viognier, as well he should. After all, the 2013 vintage of this fruit-forward, crisp white that he created for Charlottesville’s Jefferson...