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Snake Mistake

Look before you shoot

August 5, 2010 by in Nature

A Fondness for the Grape

A wine-themed exhibit features historic silver, glass and maps—some of the latter related to Thomas Jefferson’s 1787 tour of France’s wine country

August 3, 2010 by in Arts

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Photography by Patricia Lyons | Food styling by J Fran

No Cranks

Our first and third presidents, Virginians both, were ice cream pioneers. You can be, too: The homemade summer miracle is back, sans the elbow grease.

July 28, 2010 by in Eat in

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Robert Meganck

Manatee or Myth

See sea cows by the sea shore - sometimes.

July 26, 2010 by in Nature

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Roger Foley

Hallowed Ground

A succession of families has gotten their hands dirty at Oak Hill Farm, the estate of James Monroe, but it fell to the current owners to turn 3.5 acres of sprawling potential into a showplace.

July 14, 2010 by in Verdant

Do-It-Yourself Ribs Recipe - Hog Wild

Rob Scharetg

Do-It-Yourself Ribs

July 6, 2010 by in Eat in

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Robb Scharetg

Hog Wild

Wanting to reconnect with cooking, caterer Tuffy Stone leaped into the weird and wonderful world of competition barbeque. For the four years since, he’s traveled the country, coaxing magic from “a big old pork butt” and winning his way to national Team of the Year. A pit-side view of a barbeque festival.

June 30, 2010 by in Dine out

Robert Meganck

Little Suckers

Know your blood-sucking parasites.

June 8, 2010 by in Nature

Creative Explosion

Minds Wide Open is a statewide extravaganza aimed at promoting the arts. With more than 630 separate events, there is plenty to see.

May 25, 2010 by in Arts & Events

Kip Dawkins

Berry Unlikely

Sweet twists on the simplest summer fruits.

May 20, 2010 by | in Eat in

Courtesy of the Garden Club of Virginia

Ladies Who Launch

The Garden Club of Virginia gets things done. For nearly eight decades, its Historic Garden Week has helped to revive properties both celebrated and forgotten.

April 14, 2010 by in Outside

Roger Foley

The Vantage and the Vista

Over the last decade, an Orange County couple has created an ambitious, spectacular garden with English, French and Italian influences. But the strongest presence of all is the Virginia countryside beyond.

April 5, 2010 by in Outside

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Kip Dawkins

Spring Fling

Now is the time to stalk the many possibilities of asparagus.

March 26, 2010 by | in Eat in

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Robert Meganck

“Thar’s a Bar!”

Whar? In Virginia, just about everywhar.

January 25, 2010 by in Nature

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Robert Meganck

Honker Hordes

Greater snow geese, copious and invincible.

December 17, 2009 by in Nature

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Kip Dawkins

Good Tidings for the Nutty Season

… or a Christmas carol mash-up in which we fight nuts with nuts.

December 7, 2009 by in Eat in

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Robb Scharetg

Soul Food

Their lives up-ended, a New Jersey couple came to Virginia by way of the Outer Banks and fell into farming. Two years later, they run a thriving family business among chickens, pigs, cows, bees and a renegade hog. Here, a holiday feast inspired by their bounty.

November 24, 2009 by in Eat in

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Robert Meganck

Secret Squirrel

The Virginia northern flyer is sociable, nocturnal and extremely hard to find. By Christine Ennulat

October 29, 2009 by in Nature

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Christine Ennulat

Darwin’s Playground

The Galápagos Islands have 250 animal species that exist nowhere else in the world—and a boat trip with just a few folks and a guide is the way to see some of them. Don’t mind the guano. Photography by Christine Ennulat

October 14, 2009 by in Far out

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Robb Scharetg

Off the Rails

With outdoor autumn events like the Montpelier Races nearly upon us, it’s time to plan a sumptuous, over-the-top tailgate repast. Photography by Robb Scharetg • Recipes by J Frank • Prop Styling by Joy Mouledoux

October 5, 2009 by in Eat in

Infusions of Grandeur

Transform the simplest meals with flavored oils. Photography by Patricia Lyons • Prop styling by Tyler Darden • Recipes and food styling by J Frank

September 21, 2009 by in Eat in

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Tyler Darden

A Moveable Feast

Before long, a strange sensation will start to grip fishermen and consumers along the East Coast—striper madness! It’s a hard-to-define attraction to the striped bass, a migratory game fish found in large numbers in the Chesapeake Bay. As one fish merchant says, around here, “striper is king.” Photography by Tyler Darden • Food Styling by Bill Sorrell and J Frank • Prop Styling by Richard Stone

September 11, 2009 by in Eat in

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By Robert Meganck

Frequent Fliers

The fast and formidable dragonfly. Illustrations by Robert Meganck

July 30, 2009 by in Nature

The Primordial Stew

A pot of hearty food, nicely seasoned and bubbling away in the kitchen, goes a long way toward warming winter nights.

July 27, 2009 by in Eat in

Mother of Invention

The pantry isn’t always well-stocked. Sometimes you have to improvise. We gave 12 staples to three chefs, let each add one ingredient of his own, and turned them loose. By Christine Ennulat • Photography by Kip Dawkins • Food styled by J Frank • Prop styling by Tyler Darden

July 27, 2009 by in Eat in

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