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“Sugar and shape are the only difference between biscuits and scones,” posits famed New York Times food writer Molly O’Neill.
In her 1998 piece “Jam Session,” she explores the connection between the American south’s long marriage to light, airy biscuits and Scotland’s fondness for the sweet tea cakes called scones.
Both are leavened with baking powder [...]
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Noted Civil War historian James Robertson will discuss the ramifications of military rations and their affects on the soldiers, for whom diarrhea was the most prevalent disease, according to a news release. There will also be a demonstration of a pork-based dish commonly eaten by troops in that war.
Friday, March 28, 2008 at noon at [...]
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After months of researching home sausage grinders and good sausage recipes — not to mention watching the “To Stuff a Sausage” episode of Julia Child’s The French Chef — I had the luck to be invited to a home sausage making party hosted by Brett and Johanna Nichols of Five Penny Farm, an organic vegetable [...]
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ELLISTON — Dave Long can remember when Montgomery County had more than a dozen dairy farms and supported four family-owned feed and flour mills.
Today he can count the number of local dairies on one white powdered hand, and Big Spring Mill, owned and operated by his family since 1935, is the only mill left standing.
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I love Netflix because you can search for little-known food documentaries. Recently, I found a Rick Sebak film that aired in 2002 on PBS stations called “Sandwiches That You Will Like,” and it forced me to ask the question: Does Appalachia, or even my native Southwest Virginia, have a special regional sandwich?
The documentary, which [...]
biscuitpower is mixed, cut and baked by Tonia Moxley, an award-winning food writer and professional journalist born and fed in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. During the day, I cover local government for The Roanoke Times. When town council meetings get very boring, I cruise recipe sites on my laptop. Send me e-mail.
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Noted Civil War historian James Robertson will discuss the ramifications of military rations and their affects on the soldiers, for whom diarrhea was the most prevalent disease, according to a news release. There will also be a demonstration of a pork-based dish commonly eaten by troops in that war.
Friday, March 28, 2008 at noon at [...]
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After months of researching home sausage grinders and good sausage recipes — not to mention watching the “To Stuff a Sausage” episode of Julia Child’s The French Chef — I had the luck to be invited to a home sausage making party hosted by Brett and Johanna Nichols of Five Penny Farm, an organic vegetable [...]
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ELLISTON — Dave Long can remember when Montgomery County had more than a dozen dairy farms and supported four family-owned feed and flour mills.
Today he can count the number of local dairies on one white powdered hand, and Big Spring Mill, owned and operated by his family since 1935, is the only mill left standing.
Read [...]
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I love Netflix because you can search for little-known food documentaries. Recently, I found a Rick Sebak film that aired in 2002 on PBS stations called “Sandwiches That You Will Like,” and it forced me to ask the question: Does Appalachia, or even my native Southwest Virginia, have a special regional sandwich?
The documentary, which [...]
biscuitpower is mixed, cut and baked by Tonia Moxley, an award-winning food writer and professional journalist born and fed in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. During the day, I cover local government for The Roanoke Times. When town council meetings get very boring, I cruise recipe sites on my laptop. Send me e-mail.biscuitpower.com is powered by WordPress
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