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CONTENTS
WINTER 2009
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City Chickens
A Charlottesville family gets hooked on fresh eggs from their backyard birds. |
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Farm to Fork
Following your food from field and farm to restaurant table. |
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Hard Cider,
Good Times
Making your own hard cider out of local juice is a delicious excuse for a party |
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True & Essential
A small meat processor in the Valley gets a second chance with help from a local-foods luminary. |
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Editor’s Letter |
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Edible Notes
What’s going on in the Central Virginia food scene. |
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Winter’s Savior: The Greenhouse
Two local farms take us behind the glass doors to show off
the potential of this season’s bounty. |
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(Food) Shop Talk
Two new food co-ops may be on their way to Staunton and
Harrisonburg. |
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Know Your Vintner
An interview with Virginia Wineworks’ Michael Shaps. |
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It’s In Season
What’s available locally now. Plus a recipe from Chef Melissa
Close of Palladio Restaurant at Barboursville Vineyards. |
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On the cover: Five-year-old Matilda Matheson and her backyard chickens. Photo by Carole Topalian.
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Buy Fresh Buy Local Directory
Listings of local farmers, cheesemakers, meat producers,
CSAs, restaurants, and more. |
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A Seasonal Recipe From…
The Charlottesville Cooking School. |
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The Local [BLT]
How to make the best, most local sandwich…ever. |
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