This past weekend, Roanoke, Virginia celebrated its diversity of food and culture at the annual Local Colors festival. It was my first time at the party, but I tasted some incredible dishes and met some wonderful cooks.

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Peacock-Harper Culinary History Friends Group, based in Blacksburg at Virginia Tech, will hold its quarterly luncheon at the Hotel Roanoke at noon on Nov. 30.
The hotel’s Executive Chef Billie Raper will present “What the elite ate in the good old days: menus of the grand destination hotels.” Chef Raper will demonstrate a dish from the hotel’s [...]

“Bread … has been, since the beginning of history, the best ally for most civilizations to overcome famine. Lack of bread has caused revolutions, and its abundance was so important for politicians that it led Roman Emperors to say that they only needed ‘panem et circensis’ (bread and circus) to keep peace,” according to the [...]