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Meat Your Makers Day!
This coming Saturday, October 11, we’ll be spending the afternoon at one of our favorite local spots—JM Stock Provisions, Charlottesville’s only whole-animal butcher shop, over on West Main Street....
View ArticleHarvest Festival at Blenheim Vineyards!
Attention: Ticket Giveaway! With a week of rain just past, we’re all eager to get out this weekend and enjoy the glory of autumn in Virginia. One of finest places to do just that is at Blenheim...
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Homebrew for Hunger!
On Sunday, October 26, from 1–5 p.m., head over to Fifth Season Gardening Co. on Preston Avenue in Charlottesville for a chance to sample more than 100 beers at the annual Homebrew for Hunger event! At...
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Halloween Apples at Gearharts
Gearharts Fine Chocolates is continuing their annual tradition of providing beautiful, tasty chocolate caramel apples for Halloween! Don’t miss this once-a-year opportunity to try one of our favorite...
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Behind the Scenes – Isabelle Abbot + Worth Higgins & Associates
Flipping through the pages of Our Local Commons—Charlottesville, Volume II, you’ll notice an element unique to this new edition—images of paintings delineating the seasons. These gorgeous paintings are...
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Local Goodness for Thanksgiving 2014
With less than a week to go until Thanksgiving, it’s time to put the finishing touches on shopping lists and plans. To help with those final arrangements, we reached out to a few folks in the local...
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Friendsgiving 2014
On a Sunday in early November, we gathered with our community’s farmers and chefs, bakers and cooks, artisans and retailers, brewers, wine and cidermakers, and many more at the annual Our Local Commons...
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Behind the Scenes – Chefs’ Night + The Ivy Inn Restaurant
For Thanksgiving, more Americans travel to see friends and family than at any time the rest of the year. It is the quintessential food-focused holiday, steeped in the act of gathering, of sharing, and...
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Small Business Saturday 2014!
Small Business Saturday is today! It’s hard to believe it, but Christmas is already less than a month away, and supporting small businesses is a great way to kick-start your holiday shopping. We are...
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December Events!
Editor’s Note: This post will be updated as we learn of more events! December has arrived and the calendar is brimming! We’ve collected several happenings here to share. If you know of a...
View ArticleHoliday Food Fair!
The Happy Cook and Our Local Commons are hosting a Holiday Food Fair! Please join us this Sunday, December 7, from 5–8 p.m. at The Happy Cook with a selection of some of the best local vendors...
View ArticleDon’t Miss: Cookie Swap 2014!
December brings one of our favorite events on the calendar—The Our Local Commons Cookie Swap! We all have our favorite go-to holiday treats to make, but most of us could use a little inspiration, too....
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Behind the Scenes – Lucie Morton + Early Mountain Vineyards
Lucie Morton looks at home in a vineyard, striding among the vines, pruning shears in hand. She stops to inspect the lush leaves and developing clusters, pruning a bit as she goes, then fanning the...
View ArticleThe perfect gift… Our Local Commons—Charlottesville!
Looking to nab a copy of Our Local Commons—Charlottesville for the holidays? We’re happy to say you can find copies of 2013’s Volume I and Volume II, which just hit shelves in September, at retailers...
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Behind the Scenes – Chef Tomas Rahal + Paradox Pastry
If you know much about the Charlottesville food scene, you’re undoubtedly familiar with Mas Tapas, located on a corner of Downtown Belmont. For nearly twelve years, Mas has been filling tables every...
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Shake ‘n’ Taste at Roxie Daisy
Roxie Daisy and Our Local Commons are hosting Shake ‘n’ Taste, featuring sample cocktails crafted using the Mason Shaker, pie tastings from Laura Motley of Greenwood Gourmet, and copies of Our Local...
View ArticleThe Rosemerry at Red Pump Kitchen
Image by Andrea Hubbell. Words by Polina Chesnakova. With her damson flush, those dazzling pomegranate jewels, and that velvet plume of green framing her just right – she’s quite the looker, ain’t she?...
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Stocking Stuffers from The Happy Cook!
With Christmas less than a week away, it’s time to start thinking about stocking stuffers! For the foodie in your life, there is no better place to find small pleasures for the kitchen than The Happy...
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2014 Cookie Swap!
Cookie Swap 2014 was an immense success! On December 11, we gathered at Paradox Pastry in Downtown Charlottesville for this annual event, which has become quite near and dear to our hearts. It was the...
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Behind the Scenes – Whisper Hill Farm + APimento Catering
It’s six forty-five on a late-spring Saturday morning; most neighborhood streets are silent, and even major thoroughfares see little activity. But Downtown Charlottesville hosts a constant stream of...
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