This just in from the The (Va.) Daily Press in Tidewater:
In the beginning, there was ham.
The very first English settlers in Virginia — the original Jamestown colonists — brought pigs with them when they crossed the Atlantic. The first wave in 1607 brought three, historians tell us.
In short order, that trio of oinkers increased to [...]

I can’t wait to throw my next dinner party just so I can show off everything I’ve learned about wine since watching “John Cleese’s Wine for the Confused.”
Based on the premise that good wine is what tastes good to you and fits your budget, Cleese’s show makes a supremely useful introduction to the overly complicated [...]

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 [...]

I didn’t want to be a chef; just a cook. And my experiences in Italy had taught me why. For millennia, people have known how to make their food. They have understood animals and what to do with them, have cooked with the seasons and had a farmer’s knowledge of the way the planet works. [...]