On Location: Berkeley Springs
December 1, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Pamela Hess An American resort destination for more than 250 years – and a healing spring for Native Americans for untold years before — Berkeley Springs (the village and the water) is just what the doctor ordered after a holiday season of overindulgence. But first, some history: Thomas Jefferson’s father mapped the area in [...]
Paving Paradise
November 1, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Michael Clune photography by: Molly McDonald Peterson Waving his arm down the length of a garish orange boundary fence that passes just feet from his home and then disappears into his 250-year-old farm, the anger and frustration in Sam Brown’s face are easy to read. The fence, erected after the town council of Purcellville, [...]
Rebel with a Cause: I Can’t Answer for all the Fringes
November 1, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Joel Salatin photography by: Molly McDonald Peterson I was in Australia a couple of weeks ago doing regenerative food systems seminars and a fellow raised his hand with a question: “I’m a farm consultant working for the government. What do I tell my clients that have 30,000 acres of wheat?” It’s the same mentality [...]
Flavor Cafe: Revolutionary Soup
November 1, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Adrienne Wichard-Edds photography by: Molly McDonald Peterson Wilson Richey should not have ended up at Revolutionary Soup. With a career that began in the erstwhile Tea Room Café (now l’etoile) in Charlottesville’s Starr Hill neighborhood and detoured through wine retailing and distribution, he expected to land squarely as a chef in his own French [...]
“Schlep a Goat to Work”…and Other Helpful Notes from Three Gentleman Farms
October 19, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Tom McCann From the White House garden to the local farmers market, eating local, in-season foods is a growing trend. But not all local-food advocates are content merely knowing where their food originates. Some are living out their cubicle fantasies, balancing—or even trading in—their urban careers for working the land. Meet three gentlemen farmers [...]
Raw & Order
October 3, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Pat Wingert photography by: Molly McDonald Peterson Liz Reitzig had no plans to become a raw milk activist. But about nine years ago when the first of her five kids developed serious digestive problems with store-bought milk, a friend suggested she try raw milk. That did the trick, and soon her whole family [...]
Look for the Virginia Label (just not quite yet)
October 3, 2011 by Flavor Magazine
by: Frank Morgan photography by: Molly McDonald Peterson That bottle of wine in your hands proudly proclaiming its local provenance may not be quite what it seems. It is, perhaps, the dirty little secret of winemaking. Virginia’s Alcoholic Beverage Control rules allow “Virginia wine” to contain up to 25 percent juice from grapes grown [...]
