Neighborhood Restaurant Group
January 4, 2012 by Flavor Magazine
by Marian Burros What sets Michael Babin apart from his peers is not the fact that he owns 11 successful restaurants and assorted food-related businesses, collectively known as the Neighborhood Restaurant Group. What makes this Cajun-Italian transplant from Baton Rouge – he grew up with pigs and a vegetable garden out back — stand [...]
Rebel with a Cause- Food Nazis
January 4, 2012 by Flavor Magazine
by Joel Salatin “You’re food Nazis,” wrote the irate customer in her e-mail to our farm. The accusation stung, but more than that, it exposed a gross ignorance about local foods. The e-mail outburst followed a dialogue about product availability. She wanted bacon and had been denied three deliveries in a row. In her mind, [...]
A Beer Grows in Wine Country
January 4, 2012 by Flavor Magazine
by Sarah Searle, photography by Sarah Searle There are local beer makers, and then there’s the Corcoran Brewing Company — where hops are grown on site and pumpkins for the seasonal ale are picked by hand just up the road. If beer has a terroir, this is it. “It’s all about making beer people love,” [...]
Natural Skincare: From the plate to your face
January 4, 2012 by Flavor Magazine
by Kristin Hartke, photography by Molly McDonald Peterson Honey, avocado oil, tangerine extract: Sounds like a recipe for a tasty salad dressing, but it turns out that these lip-smacking ingredients are also good for the skin and are the basis for a burgeoning cottage industry in skin care products that focus on locally sourced and [...]
Meet the Future of Farming
December 1, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Pamela Hess, photos by: Molly McDonald Peterson There’s a crisis in farming: The average age of a farmer in the United States is between 57 and 59. Thirty percent of our farmers are beyond retirement age. And the USDA says we need 100,000 new farmers a year – that’s right, every year – to [...]
Flavor Cafe: The Empress
December 1, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: John Haddad, photos by: Danny Spry Breakfast choices on the run in Virginia’s capital are either a latte and mass-produced scone from Starbucks or a biscuit and bad cup of coffee from a fast-food joint. Rarely do you see – or get — a hot meal to start the day, and certainly not a [...]
RdV Vineyards
December 1, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Adrienne Wichard-Edd, photos by: Molly McDonald Peterson Three birds perch on the label of the most expensive bottle of wine in the state of Virginia. “A tribute to my grandfather,” explains Rutger de Vink, vigneron and owner of RdV vineyards. “When we were boys, my brother and I would play in the attic of [...]
