I promise this is the last recipe. It’s been a wonderful few weeks of recipe planning and list-making. This being the weekend, and with the pre-holiday panic starting to set in, I figured I should end this thread with a flourish: Homemade Turkey Stuffing.
The folks at The Food Channel developed the basic recipe and suggest [...]
Filed under: Events, Gourmet Food, Local Products, News, Piedmont Regions on November 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
After slogging through the remains from Hurricane Ida, I’m happy to hear that Saturday’s weather forecast is for a bright sunny day.
You can only spend so much time in the kitchen cooking and preparing your various holiday lists, so take advantage of the region and join in some of the fun events. In case you’ve [...]
Filed under: Gourmet Food, Local Products, Loudoun County, News, Restaurants, Wineries on November 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
Thanksgiving seemed so far away when we began this recipe sharing with the folks from The Food Channel. Now, today the news is different; I hate to say this, but Thanksgiving is just one week away.
Time to think of a different approach to sweet potatoes. The price is right, and they’re plentiful so no problem [...]
Filed under: Events, Gourmet Food, Local Products, News, Piedmont Regions on November 19th, 2009 | No Comments »
Tonight’s Green Drinks in Warrenton will be a live Energy Audit with Andrew Grigsby, from Commonwealth Sustainability Works. The group will do a live walk-thru home energy audit in Warrenton. This will be a great introduction of weatherization and tips to keep your home warm in the winter, and to help you save money on [...]
Filed under: Events, Fauquier County, Land Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, News on November 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have so much work to do, how can I stay inside and get any of it done? Yesterday I blew it all off and took advantage of an amazing November day in the Piedmont with a great kayak on the lake. I took in every ray of sunshine that I could. This photo [...]
Filed under: Friday Photo, Land Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, News on November 16th, 2009 | No Comments »
Congratulations are in order to our favorite fast food cart Local Sixfortyseven. Local Sixfortyseven has been nominated as one of America’s top 4 Food Carts in Good Morning America’s Food Cart Challenge. We sent out requests for nominations and thanks to all of you for the great responses! Now the exciting part, Good Morning America will be coming to [...]
Filed under: Events, Farms and Farmers, Fauquier County, Gardening, Gourmet Food, Local Products, News on November 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I hope you’ve been following our food journey for Thanksgiving with the help from the folks at The Food Channel.
Today’s recipe is a good one to practice this week so you’ll be thrilled for the big day. It’s Perfectly Easy Pecan Pie. First of all, anything with “Perfectly Easy” in the title is attractive to [...]
Filed under: Events, Gourmet Food, Local Products, News, Piedmont Regions on November 12th, 2009 | No Comments »
Time is running out, but heritage turkeys are still available for pre-order from Ayrshire Farm (then click on Home Farm Store) or from The Home Farm Store site, then click on “Shop.” Remember: They are only accepting orders thru next week!
Today Ayrshire Farm’s birds got top press coverage in Kim Severson’s article in The New [...]
Filed under: Farms and Farmers, Gourmet Food, History and Historic Places, Local Products, Loudoun County, News, Shops and Boutiques on November 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
It is an exciting week in the cafeterias in Virginia, Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have teamed up to promote the Virginia Farm-to-School program during the week of November 9 -13, 2009. The Farm-to-School program is an initiative that wants to bring nutritious fresh food from [...]
Filed under: Events on November 11th, 2009 | No Comments »
Don’t Delay, order your tickets for Monticello’s Wreath Workshops, which will begin Thursday, Dec. 3, they are now on sale.
In these three-hour workshops, which are being offered for the 23rd year, participants will be led through the process of making distinctive wreaths for the holiday season. All “construction” materials (wreath forms, pins, wire, etc.) [...]
Filed under: Events on November 10th, 2009 | No Comments »
