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The Virginia Table: Behind the Scenes with Blue Bee Cider
Our latest book, The Virginia Table, explores artisan food in Virginia through six lenses: wine, cheese, beer, meat, grain, and cider, with a featured up-and-coming artisan for each of those...
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Friendsgiving 2015
Each year, our little team is fortunate to work with a deeply talented network of individuals in the food and beverage world. These farmers, food artisans, bakers, brewers, cidermakers, chefs,...
View ArticleGet Your Books on Small Business Saturday!
Small Business Saturday is today! It’s the perfect chance to get some of your gift shopping done early and support small businesses at the same time. We are proud to partner with many local businesses...
View ArticleMeet Micheal Sparks + The Underground Kitchen
This Thursday, The Underground Kitchen will make its official debut in Charlottesville. This contemporary supper club has taken off over the past two years, expanding from its birthplace in Richmond to...
View ArticleDon’t Miss – feast! Holiday Open House
Come out to the feast! Holiday Open House, which will take place all day on Saturday, December 5. Enjoy 10% off all signature gift boxes and sales on select holiday items, as well as vendor tastings,...
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Join us for Cookie Swap 2015!
The holiday season is upon us and with it comes one of our favorite events — the Our Local Commons Cookie Swap! December is a month of festivity, sharing, and perhaps best of all, eating and enjoying...
View ArticleJoin us for Shake ‘n’ Taste 2015!
Join Our Local Commons and Roxie Daisy for the annual Shake ‘n’ Taste, this Saturday, Dec. 19, 4–6 p.m.! Shake cocktails using the Mason Shaker and sample treats from MarieBette Café & Bakery and...
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Cookie Swap 2015
It’s become one of our favorite annual traditions: Cookie Swap, a gathering of cookie bakers and lovers, generously hosted by Paradox Pastry in downtown Charlottesville each December. This was our...
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UGK: The Ultimate Dinner Party
It was a crisp, dark, early-winter evening when we arrived at the designated spot for our first-ever Underground Kitchen dinner. At the home gallery of Chroma Projects studio owner Deborah McLeod,...
View ArticleV3 Sneak Peek | Double H Farm
“We came here to this country with almost zero, and look at this,” he says, gesturing to the mountainous horizon. “Look at what we’ve done with our hard work. And with love.” Read all about Ara and...
View ArticleV3 Sneak Peek | Harvest Moon
“The thing that’s important for all of us, as an industry, is that we all have to bring some level of our A game, so to speak, because we’re all fueling an industry that we’re all a part of,” Mark...
View ArticleV3 Sneak Peek | The Pie Chest
“They had me bake biscuits and a lemon chess pie and a pecan pie while they watched me, which was one of the most nerve-racking experiences,” she says. “But I remember I just felt alive for the first...
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V3 Sneak Peek | Happy Cooking with Lu-Mei!
“When people finish all your food and say, ‘Wow, you made my day!’ — for a cook, that’s what it’s all about,” she says. “That means a lot. It’s instant gratification.” Read all about Lu-Mei Chang and...
View ArticleV3 Sneak Peek | Charlottesville Food Trucks
“As a culinary and food experience epicenter, Charlottesville offers unique selections for dining that provide palate diversity,” Kurt says. “Along with the upscale, fine restaurants; local eateries;...
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Drink This! The Commissioner
Words by Polina Chesnakova. Images by Andrea Hubbell. As the flowers rise from their winter beds, the returning birds sing their melodic song, and the sun comes out to play, you know spring has sprung....
View ArticleTime to preorder OLC V3!
PREORDER OLC V3! Charlottesville, Virginia — April 21, 2016 — Sarah Cramer Shields, Andrea Hubbell, and Jenny Paurys, the team behind Our Local Commons, today announced that a new, third edition of Our...
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V3 Sponsor Profile: Starr Hill Brewery
Starr Hill Brewery has been making craft beer in central Virginia since 1999, making it one of the oldest breweries in the Commonwealth. Brewmaster Robbie O’Cain likes to point out that when Starr Hill...
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V3 Sponsor Profile: Trump Winery
From its hillside perch at Trump Winery, Albemarle Estate looks every bit the picture of a Piedmont manor house. Inside, this 26,000-square-foot bed-and-breakfast boasts ten private rooms and gorgeous...
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V3 Sponsor Profile: The Happy Cook
An integral part of Charlottesville’s growing zeal for locally produced food has been the interest of home cooks, many of whom have found support for their culinary endeavors at The Happy Cook, the...
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Drink This! Virginia Highland Smash
Words by Polina Chesnakova. Images by Andrea Hubbell. A great recipe should never be relegated to one event or season. A good barbecue in the winter? Bring it on. Pumpkin pie in July? Pass me a slice!...
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