Thomas Jefferson once owned part of the mountain where this Virginia orchard now grows. He took the land in 1771 as payment for legal work,…
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This Virginia roadhouse was once famous for frying chicken 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It started doing that kind of work back…
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Here is one fall rule I can get behind: let dinner choose the exit. A beautiful drive is nice. A beautiful drive that ends with...
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No need to sugarcoat it: this place has been on a serious candy streak since 1919. In Chesapeake, Virginia, sweets...
By Daniel Mercer on Sep 21
Big Virginia peanuts. Small batches. More than five decades of practice. That is the short version. The longer version starts...
By Renata Holcombe on Sep 20
The hardest part about a buffet this big is pretending you already know what you want. You probably do not....
By Adeline Parker on Sep 20
What if the ham you came for is only the beginning? That is the trouble with a place like this....
By Lenora Winslow on Sep 20
The apples did not get the memo that fall was supposed to go according to plan. An April freeze knocked...
By Renata Holcombe on Sep 19
Honey tastes a little more interesting when the bees did the shopping. At this Virginia farm stand, the jars come...
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