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Behind the Scenes – The Mentees’ Dinner + The Barbeque Exchange
A large grill with chickens and a leg of lamb turning on a spit, warm sunshine, full wine glasses, and the laughter of old friends: this is the scene in a side yard at Barboursville Vineyards early one...
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Our Local Commons II Selected for Virginia Festival of the Book!
We are overjoyed to share the news that Our Local Commons—Charlottesville, Volume II, has been selected for the 2015 Virginia Festival of the Book! This is the second year in a row that we’ve had the...
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Behind the Scenes – The Pretzel Pedaler
Shelly Stern stands at the head of a table in her backyard on the southern edge of Charlottesville, a rope of pale dough in her hands, demonstrating how to make a classic pretzel: make a U, cross and...
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Don’t Miss – ‘3’ Release Party!
Each year since 2009, winemaker Matthieu Finot from King Family Vineyards, vintner Emily Pelton from Veritas Vineyard and Winery, and winegrower Jake Bushing from Grace Estate Winery have joined...
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Don’t Miss – City Schoolyard Garden’s Dig into Spring Dinner!
Perhaps one of the best ways we can further local food culture is by instilling its value into younger generations. Here in Charlottesville, City Schoolyard Garden does just that, with gardens at each...
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Our Local Commons—Charlottesville wins Best in Show!
We are thrilled by the news that Our Local Commons—Charlottesville, Vol. II, won a Best in Show award at the Printing and Graphics Association MidAtlantic 2015 Excellence in Print Awards Gala on March...
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Don’t Miss – Team OLC at Virginia Festival of the Book!
Please join us at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, at the Charlottesville Cooking School for our 2015 Virginia Festival of the book event: Good Local Food: Finding, Preparing, and Tasting. Our portion of...
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Don’t Miss – Charlottesville SOUP Returns!
It is with joy in our hearts that we help spread the word of the return of Charlottesville SOUP on Sunday, May 3. This dinner series, which has been ongoing for two years, provides a forum to directly...
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Don’t Miss – Taste of Monticello Wine Trail Festival
The Taste of Monticello Wine Trail Festival — a three-day event showcasing the wine region right in our backyard — gets underway on Thursday, April 9. The Monticello Wine Trail is a group of 30...
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Don’t Miss – Tom Tom Founders Festival Food!
Tom Tom Founders Festival returns April 13–19 and it is brimming with food-related events, all centered around a theme of sustainability and incorporating local food into everyday eating. You can get a...
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Don’t Miss – Farm to Table Restaurant Week
It’s April in Charlottesville, which means it’s Tom Tom time! Now in its fourth year, the weeklong Tom Tom Founders Festival captures the convergence of music, art, and innovation that makes...
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Announcing Volume III!
It’s time to make it official: Our Local Commons—Charlottesville Vol. III is on! Sponsors are signing up and creative meetings are underway. Distilleries and malt barley, sparkling wine and craft beer,...
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Don’t Miss: Meet Your Farmers at JM Stock!
Join the staff of whole-animal butcher shop and grocery JM Stock Provisions this coming Saturday, May 16, for Meet Your Farmers — an opportunity to get to know the folks from some of the local farms...
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Volume III Sponsor Profile: Virginia Distillery Company
Head south down U.S. Route 29 for about forty minutes and you’ll arrive in Lovingston, a small town that is the future home of a big vision: Virginia Distillery Company. This distillery is slated to...
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V3 Sponsor Profile: Potter’s Craft Cider
When Dan Potter and Tim Edmond launched Potter’s Craft Cider in 2011, there were only a handful of cideries in the commonwealth of Virginia. Crafting a cidery out of a repurposed horse veterinary...
View ArticleDon’t Miss – Eat, Read & Meet Summertime Food Fair!
Summer is officially here and we’re celebrating its arrival with Eat, Read & Meet, a summertime food fair filled with kitchen savings and scrumptious samples. Join us at The Happy Cook —...
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Announcing The Virginia Table!
It is with great excitement that we announce The Virginia Table — a new book we are creating in collaboration with Early Mountain Vineyards! Hitting shelves in fall 2015, The Virginia Table will...
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Drink This! Blue Ridge Bramble
Words by Polina Chesnakova | Photographs by Andrea Hubbell As the summer begins to take its hold and the temperature outside turns up a few notches, so does my need to quench my thirst. And nothing...
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Drink This! The Fireside
Words by Polina Chesnakova | Photographs by Andrea Hubbell Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at … OK, we’re not quite there yet. But Jon Snow would agree that winter is indeed...
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The Underground Kitchen Is Coming to Charlottesville!
Friends, we are excited to help spread the word: The Underground Kitchen is coming to Charlottesville on December 3! Launched in Richmond two years ago and now in six cities and counting, The...
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