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  • Bloggers Beware

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    It's been said before, sweet food bloggers, but it bears repeating: In the dash to be first, you might leave a few victims in your wake. Here's a link to my latest column in this month's issue of Richmond Magazine. [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 10:40am EST
    by brandon

  • Yes, I've Been.

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    Photo courtesy of Dean Christesen, RVAjazz I no longer review restaurants, but I just wanted to let you know that I have a really big crush on Balliceaux right now. [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 4:41pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Goodbye, Sheila Lukins

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    The news of Sheila Lukins' death on Sunday from brain cancer (Michael Y. Park wrote a lovely appreciation on the Epi-Log at Epicurious this morning) has left all of us without one of the most influential cooks of the later half of the 20th century. With her book, The Silver' [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 10:54am EDT
    by brandon

  • "His Face Always Looks Like That"

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    I had next to no internet access (this was about as pleasant as having half of your big toenail ripped off on a boat trip--which also happened) during my trip to France over the past couple of weeks. I did, however, keep a sort of diary. During the next week [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2009, 9:38am EDT
    by brandon

  • Recipes and the Women of Julie and Julia

    I once read an interview with Meryl Streep where she said something to the effect, "In the world, I'm a movie star; at home, I'm a waitress." It's not an exact quote, but as a mother of two who has done her time getting up from the table constantly to [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 8:17am EDT
    by brandon

  • Apologies

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    I was cleaning up my blog in anticipation of my forthcoming trip to France, when inexplicably, this old, oft-read post popped up below. I've put it back where it belongs, but it doesn't seem to go away. My apologies! Anyhoo-- OH MY GOD, I'M GOING TO GO TO FRANCE FOR' [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2009, 12:24pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Green Tonic!

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    Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden's Green Tonic symposium is on August 4th & 5th. Learn all about " Urban Gardening for Health and Wholeness." It's an event for neighborhood organizers and community leaders, urban planners, architects and designers, public officials, health advocates, local food activists, students, master gardeners, and more. In [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 2:15pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Ukrop's for Sale

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    Ukrop's is up for sale: Food World, a Maryland-based grocery-industry publication, reports that Ukrop’s has issued a prospectus, opening itself up to potential buyers. Click on this link to Richmond Magazine for more information. It looks like we're about to see the transformation of a Richmond institution.' [...]
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    Posted: July 14, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Squashed Egg

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    Squashed egg Originally uploaded by fotofrogHow this day seems to be going for me. See more amazing high speed photos by fotofrog at http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotofrog/sets/1681080/with/78903589/. [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Food, Inc. Give-Away Contest CLOSED

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    We have a lucky winner! Thank you to everyone who entered! I hope Gregory enjoys his books, and the rest of us will have to try not to be too, too envious. Seeing the movie will help, don't you think?' [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2009, 5:48pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Food, Inc. Give-Away Contest

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    Food, Inc. opens today in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and on July 10th here in Richmond (at Movieland). It's a movie I think everyone should see, and as an added incentive, I'm giving away the companion book (featuring thirteen essays written by Eric Schlosser, Robert Kenner (director), Marion' [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 8:30am EDT
    by brandon

  • Broad Appetit

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    One of my very favorite Richmond events of all is this Sunday, June 7th, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Join me for Broad Appétit! I'll be the one impatiently tapping my foot in line while trying to juggle three plates of food and eat from each all at once.' [...]
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    Posted: June 03, 2009, 10:00am EDT
    by brandon

  • Tacos!

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    Tacos, I never get tired of you, even when I eat you every day. Here's my final judgment on which is the best in RVA. [...]
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    Posted: June 02, 2009, 5:32pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Wake Up and Smell the Garlic

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    My taste buds must be catatonic most of the time. You have to whack them with garlic and shock them with lemon to get them to wake up. Subtlety is frequently lost on me. In fact, I think the word "subtle" generally means bland. Don't you? Or is that just' [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2009, 8:04am EDT
    by brandon

  • Gordon Ramsay Swears at You

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    I must be a closet masochist because I can endlessly listen to Gordon Ramsay swear at me (via http://www.twitter.com/kittenwithawhip). [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2009, 11:15am EDT
    by brandon

  • Kendra Feather

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    It's not online yet (still) but here's the unedited version of the lovely Kendra Feather and her story from Belle: When Kendra Feather opened up her restaurant a decade ago, she knew a lot about waiting tables in restaurants, but not a lot about running one. “If I’d known anything [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2009, 11:14am EDT
    by brandon

  • Muffuletta

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    This has not turned into a vegan blog--although there's nothing wrong with that. I promise I haven't given up meat. I had rare, bloody steak grilled over an open fire with the occasional Neanderthal grunt of pleasure just last night. Really. However, the world of good vegan food--and what I [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2009, 12:33pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Burger-rama

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    Oh, the sacrifices I make. After eating a whole lot of burgers around town, I wrote about the few that made my cut in the current issue of Style Weekly. Here's a guide to finding the best burger in town. And if you pick up a copy of Belle magazine, [...]
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    Posted: May 06, 2009, 6:10pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Virtuously Vegan

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    Mark Bittman could tell me to how to eat worms and I'd probably follow his instructions to the letter. Fortunately, all he wants me to do, in Food Matters, is veganize my menu before 6:00 pm, and then he cuts me loose after that. I can mostly follow that. I've [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2009, 3:00pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Links to Style site

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    I'm still working with Style Weekly to get my links working since the re-design of their website. I appreciate your patience!' [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2009, 2:58pm EDT
    by brandon

  • How Did This Happen?

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    Found at the bottom of the sink: [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2009, 8:08am EDT
    by brandon

  • Re-Fried Fried Rice

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    My fried rice is always terrible. Despite all the planning ahead involved in cooking the rice the day before so that it has time to cool completely and dry out a bit, my fried rice still turns out mushy and sad. No one likes it at my house. I eat [...]
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    Posted: April 16, 2009, 12:54pm EDT
    by brandon

  • In Between Days

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    In between winter and spring, we seem to still be stuck with winter—as far as vegetable choices go. Wintertime sucks the resolve of good intentions dry. At least when it comes to your pledge to eat local food. Remember that one? You made it when the bounty of last summer [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2009, 9:23am EDT
    by brandon

  • State of the Plate 2009

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    At long last, by dint of sweat and tireless effort, the latest, greatest Style Weekly Restaurant Issue is out and ready to fly off the stands! [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2009, 12:01pm EDT
    by brandon

  • We're All Irish at Heart

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    I raise a glass of Guinness to all the Irish and all those who wish they were Irish today. Let's chase that down with a shot of Jameson's and take a look at the recipes I've been posting on RVANews for their big St. Patick's Day extravaganza of what to' [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2009, 3:01pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Acacia Midtown

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    Acacia Midtown is my latest recommendation. Here's a link to my review, out today. [...]
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    Posted: March 10, 2009, 4:31pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Originally published in the December/January issue of ...

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    Originally published in the December/January issue of Belle but unavailable online. Someone was asking me about this recipe and I thought I'd give it another whirl. I really love butter. And I hate butter for that. But I can’t stop my foolish heart. I love butter cold and softly yielding' [...]
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    Posted: March 02, 2009, 4:30pm EST
    by brandon

  • I Say Potato

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    Sometimes I wonder if the potato is an evil mastermind-tuber bent on the destruction of all mankind. You've heard about how one bite will immediately mess with your blood sugar and your insulin? And how that kind of thing is really, really dangerous and leads to diabetes and a host' [...]
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    Posted: February 19, 2009, 11:56am EST
    by brandon

  • Greek-4-You

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    I review one of the most badly named eateries in Richmond, Greek-4-You. Pick up a copy of Style Weekly or follow this link . [...]
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    Posted: February 17, 2009, 6:03pm EST
    by brandon

  • The Temptation is Killing Me

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    photo by ulterior epicure at http://flickr.com/photos/ulteriorepicure/125207054/. I thought I couldn't live without these but now I discover that I really can't live without these. [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2009, 12:30pm EST
    by brandon

  • España!

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    I assume everyone knows about my deep and abiding love of Spain. However, I received a couple of emails over the weekend that let me know in no uncertain terms that my assumption is incorrect. You haven't been reading this blog for years and years, dear cochinillos? Really? Well, never' [...]
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    Posted: February 09, 2009, 12:09pm EST
    by brandon

  • Fabada Bada Bing

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    Every morning, all over Asturias in northern Spain, big pots of beans and sausage are fired up to make the day’s fabada. Similar to France’s cassoulet and to Brazil’s feijoada, fabada’s smoky perfume pervades entire villages.Although it’s a robust, heavy dish, it’s made year round. I was a little puzzled [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2009, 3:21pm EST
    by brandon

  • Belle Oysters

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    Originally published in Belle: Out of Their Shells Oysters are the hot babes of the seafood world. With a rock-solid reputation as a guaranteed aphrodisiac, science can’t seem to dislodge the popular notion that if you could just convince your sweetheart to eat a few, sexual nirvana will follow. I’m [...]
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    Posted: January 31, 2009, 2:38pm EST
    by brandon

  • Aziza's on Main

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    Some might think I must have had a traumatic brain injury I don't remember over the holidays, because I just wrote another glowing review. This time it's for Aziza's on Main and is in today's Style Weekly. Here's the link.' [...]
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    Posted: January 27, 2009, 1:28pm EST
    by brandon

  • Commentary

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    Guess what? I'm not going to publish comments that are actually personal attacks. On me or anybody else. You can disagree with my or another commentator's opinion, but once you cross the line, baby, I hit the delete key.Go google ad hominem right this minute and memorize what it means. [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2009, 4:01pm EST
    by brandon

  • My refrigerator stopped working last night. I ...

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    My refrigerator stopped working last night. I put my newly acquired milk on the porch and threw everything else out because I suspected the fridge had died sometime during the day, and I just noticed it at dinnertime. Re-reading all my old links regarding salmonella online didn't help much, mentally.So, [...]
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    Posted: January 15, 2009, 10:05am EST
    by brandon

  • Mamma 'Zu

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    I shamelessly give Mamma 'Zu the best review I've ever written about a restaurant in today's Style. Here's a link . [...]
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    Posted: January 13, 2009, 5:18pm EST
    by brandon

  • A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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    Posted: December 25, 2008, 8:23am EST
    by brandon

  • Trader Joe's

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    Trader Joe's, here I come! My original description was that "(t)he overall effect of the faux hand-lettered signs and bright colors is of a college dorm room that threw up on Jimmy Buffet." [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2008, 8:00am EST
    by brandon

  • The Most Wonderful Time of Year.

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    It's time to make the Eggnog of the Gods again. I'm just saying. [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2008, 8:04am EST
    by brandon

  • Q Barbeque

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    Ah, Q Barbeque. Please open near me soon. I review Tuffy Stone's latest venture in today's Style Weekly. [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2008, 9:00am EST
    by brandon

  • Everyone needs to turn that radio dial ...

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    Everyone needs to turn that radio dial to WRIR 97.3 FM tomorrow from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Lynne Rossetto Kasper of The Splendid Table does a live, call-in show every Thanksgiving to help the desperate cooks of America. Special guests this year include Christopher Kimball and Nora Ephron! For more [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2008, 7:18am EST
    by brandon

  • Nuts

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    I know, I know, you don't want one more thing to do this week in order to prepare for Thanksgiving. I get it, I really do. This post is, in fact, for all of the guests that might be attending someone else's big holiday production. I automatically assume you probably [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2008, 8:12am EST
    by brandon

  • Thanksgiving Is Really And Truly Almost Here; or The Best Pumpkin Pie Ever

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    I'm going to publish this post every single year until every last one of you make this pumpkin pie. Keep me updated. Originally published November, 2006. I don't have time for this; I can't blog because the 27 members of my husband's immediate family (no aunts, cousins, grandparents, no, no, [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2008, 8:15am EST
    by brandon

  • Be a Good Guest, Okay?

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    Here's a link that should be bookmarked permanently on everyone's holiday browser: Cutting Through Holiday Jams With Etiquette as Your G.P.S. All of you poor, poor souls* hosting this year's Thanksgiving extravaganza should read it very carefully and perhaps "accidentally" send it to all of your guests.Here's my favorite rule: [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2008, 8:08am EST
    by brandon

  • The New Yorker Food Issue is Here!

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    Calvin Trillin does an exhaustive dissection of the state of barbecue in Texas in today's New Yorker. "Although I grew up in Kansas City, which has a completely different style of barbecue," Trillin writes, "I have always kept more or less au courant of Texas barbecue, like a sports fan [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2008, 2:52pm EST
    by brandon

  • Faith of Our Farmers

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    For those who saw the Michael Pollan and Marion Nestle talk last night at the Richmond Forum, here's the link to the piece I wrote last fall about Joel Salatin of Polyface and the other Virginia farmers he's inspired to farm in a humane, sustainable way. [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2008, 8:08am EST
    by brandon

  • Whole Foods

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    I tried not to slaver all over Whole Foods' hot bar, but it was way too hard. Read all about it in today's Style Weekly. I'm not apologizing for anything. [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2008, 8:15am EST
    by brandon

  • Declaration for Healthy Food and Agriculture

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    Please join me, as we think of nothing else but politics today, in signing thisDraft Declaration for healthy food and agriculture:Governments have a duty to protect people from malnutrition, unsafe food, and exploitation, and to protect the land and water on which we depend from degradation.Individuals, producers, and organizations have [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2008, 10:02am EST
    by brandon

  • Sushi-O

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    Is it sushi for dinner again? Click over to Style Weekly if you'd like to read all about Southside's lovely Sushi-O. [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2008, 5:43pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Medieval Cooking?

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    According to the Guardian, a cookbook dating from 1390 owned by the University of Manchester's John Rylands University Library will be digitized and available for perusal on the Internet. It's written in Middle English and is a compilation of recipes by the master cooks of King Richard II's court (that [...]
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    Posted: September 23, 2008, 9:56am EDT
    by brandon

  • Bisto.104

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    It's the second time I've reviewed this place, and fortunately they stayed open long enough to actually publish said review. Read all about Bistro.104 in today's Style Weekly. [...]
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    Posted: September 17, 2008, 8:56am EDT
    by brandon

  • In Memoriam

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    David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008. And the so-called real world will not discourage you from operating on your default settings, because the so-called real world of men and money and power hums merrily along in a pool of fear and anger and frustration and craving and worship of self. Our own [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2008, 12:16pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Whole Foods: It's Like Crack, Only It's Good for You

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    Holy bean sprouts, Bat-friends, I almost short-circuited most of my neural pathways in Whole Foods today. But we knew that would happen, didn't we? When it comes to things I love (good food, well-crafted prose, and Jon Stewart), I am incapable of any sort of critical distance. And one of [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2008, 4:28pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Cuppa Tea Company

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    Don't you love tea parties? Here's a link to Style Weekly to read all about mine. [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2008, 10:13am EDT
    by brandon

  • Winging It

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    I completely forgot that my article for Belle is online now. In it, I talk about my plan to stop using cookbooks for the summer. You can probably still pick up a print copy--available around town in those blue boxes. How successful have I been? I'll tell you all about [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2008, 10:10am EDT
    by brandon

  • Patrick Henry's Pub & Grille

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    Is school starting again soon? Please? I barely have time to visit places like Patrick Henry's Pub & Grille, let alone write about other fascinating, bloggy things I just know you'd love to read, but I managed to squeeze in a review in today's Style Weekly. Just follow this link. [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2008, 11:13am EDT
    by brandon

  • Ideas Abound

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    For a thoughtful piece full of inspired suggestions about how to bring more local food to a larger number of Richmonders, follow this link to John Sarvay's blog, Buttermilk and Molasses. [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2008, 10:43am EDT
    by brandon

  • CORRECTION

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    HomeStyle, a special, full-color insert you'll find once a month inside Style Weekly, has a gorgeous cover story about the farmer's markets around Richmond. It was even written by me--but unfortunately, tragically, it has a couple of gigantic editing mistakes--not committed by me. The last paragraph describing the Byrd House [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2008, 7:06pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Ellwood Thompson's

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    I went to E-T and ate the entire prepared food case. Read all about it here . [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2008, 2:32pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Underservedly

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    Astonishingly, I came in second for the third year in a row as Richmond Magazine's best blog. Previously, I'd figured that John Sarvay of Buttermilk & Molasses and my husband were the only two people in Richmond who voted for me. This year John won first place, so I imagine [...]
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    Posted: July 26, 2008, 12:30pm EDT
    by brandon

  • The Tomatoes are Missing

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    Don't you miss them? I know I do. I spent a harrowing afternoon last week talking to the health department and researching salmonella in a compulsive, obsessive state that made me imagine I could see tiny, evil bacteria laughing at me on everything I touched. Fortunately, these fits of neurosis [...]
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    Posted: June 16, 2008, 8:17am EDT
    by brandon

  • Savor

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    Savor might save us all this summer. Read all about in today's Style Weekly. [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2008, 8:31am EDT
    by brandon

  • The Sneezing Weasel

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    It's the most god awful cold/bronchitis/sinusitis/otitis ever to sucker punch me during a week in late May (or April or March), and it's too hot to eat soup. Will I live? It's debatable. I am feeling well enough to watch videos on YouTube, so I must be getting better? [...]
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    Posted: May 31, 2008, 12:12pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Spoon and the B-52's: the Same Band?

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    I've been dragging my feet about a proposed post about Spoon, because I just haven't been able to come up with a good cocktail for them. I tinkered around with some grapefruit vodka, pineapple juice, and Cointreau, but it just wasn't quite right. I wanted something sweet but a little [...]
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    Posted: May 22, 2008, 11:28am EDT
    by brandon

  • Zed

    Thinking about trying Zed again? Read my review in today's Style Weekly (hint: you'll like it). [...]
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    Posted: May 21, 2008, 10:33am EDT
    by brandon

  • My Grocery List

    Several people have asked me the specifics as far as prices at the grocery stores I wrote about on RVANews. Above you'll see what I coyly call my "notes" but what is really my grocery list. Good luck with it. I hope it makes all of the anal retentive amongst [...]
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    Posted: May 16, 2008, 6:06pm EDT
    by brandon

  • We've Gotta Eat

    I'm a spendthrift by nature but reality is making some inroads. Check out what I have to say about food and local food prices over at RVANews. [...]
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    Posted: May 14, 2008, 10:39am EDT
    by brandon

  • E-T

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    I apologize Ellwood Thompson's. You are pretty awesome and I just can't stay away. [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2008, 9:08am EDT
    by brandon

  • Happy Mother's Day to Us All

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    It's Mother's Day, and although this is another repeat, there's no more fitting tribute to a well-loved mom who taught me to see the fundamental hilarity in our day-to-day existence. Rabid foodies, beware: what you're about to read will revolt you and utterly destroy any shred of respect you might [...]
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    Posted: May 11, 2008, 12:36pm EDT
    by brandon

  • If You Can't Stand the Heat

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    Spoon's coming up, but judging from the number of hits I still get from this post back from July, 2005--and the fact that I whipped up my first batch of the season yesterday--I thought I'd toss this one out there for another spin. Temperatures rose and fell over the course [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2008, 10:30am EDT
    by brandon

  • The Sound of Music

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    I've been out and about lately, seeing bands, hanging out at shows, and generally doing the whole music thing. Except for the big Style Weekly music event--I couldn't go to that. But that's okay. I'm down with the scene, you know? I don't have to go to every single show. [...]
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    Posted: May 01, 2008, 11:56am EDT
    by brandon

  • Do the Chicken Dance, Again

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    Just a little taste from the past to keep you going. This post originally published May 22, 2006. And I've eaten a lot of chicken since then. One of the hardest dishes I've ever prepared is roasted chicken. It's a dish I've prepared a lot, and never with any success--at [...]
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    Posted: April 27, 2008, 6:16pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Poem in Your Pocket Day

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    This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2008, 8:53am EDT
    by brandon

  • Time for Vegetables

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    I didn't think I'd make it this year. The 17th Street Farmers' Market is finally back, every Thursday (8:30 am-2:00 pm) and Saturday (9:00 am-4:00 pm). Be there or die of scurvy. [...]
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    Posted: April 17, 2008, 7:57am EDT
    by brandon

  • The Spice of Life

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    It's here, it's open, and it's FABULOUS. I should know, I almost missed carpool pick-up wandering around today, sniffing each and every fragrant jar. Check out the new Penzeys in Carytown. Deveron Timberlake will have the news in her column on Wednesday in Style Weekly, but just between you and [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2008, 7:13pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Sticky Lemon Chicken

    Number of comments: 5
    Can you believe he doesn't always scream a stream of profanities at you, like he does on Hell's Kitchen? Salon, in fact, had a piece on Gordon Ramsay not too long ago that made me follow their link to YouTube, and I found myself frittering away a large chunk of [...]
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    Posted: April 10, 2008, 8:44am EDT
    by brandon

  • Vegan? Or Not?

    Number of comments: 1
    I'm not a vegan. I have a hard time with a philosophy that prevents me from eating cheese, or even worse, lobster (take that, all you non-pescatarian vegetarians!). Besides, I have little to no will power as it is. I can't just suddenly ban whole food groups permanently from my [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2008, 8:32am EDT
    by brandon

  • Kindle Me This

    Number of comments: 2
    I got really lucky and Amazon sent me a Kindle to review. Sadly, I then had to send it back (a week late because I was frantically trying to finish reading Lush Life ). To read all about my experience when I did have it, follow this link to HomeStyle. [...]
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    Posted: April 02, 2008, 5:00pm EDT
    by brandon

  • Arroz con Pollo

    Number of comments: 1
    I felt just terrible that Valerie and Ross had to go over to Simply Recipes to get a recipe for arroz con pollo. I'd never posted one myself because what I make is so similar to paella--almost exactly the same, as a matter of fact, sans seafood. Plus a little [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 10:27am EDT
    by brandon

  • Umami Loves You

    I've gotten a lot (for me) of mail about my article in Style last week about the fifth taste, umami. For those of you who'd like to do more reading about it, below you'll find some links: Nature New York Times Wall Street Journal NPR [...]
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    Posted: March 28, 2008, 10:21am EDT
    by brandon

  • La Petite France

    Number of comments: 1
    *****UPDATED LINKS***** I re-visit La Petite France in today's Style Weekly after a twenty year break, and obsess, as many longtime readers of my blog would say, about eggs in Belle. But aren't you glad I gave you something to do with all of those candy-colored, hard boiled eggs you [...]
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    Posted: March 26, 2008, 8:56am EDT
    by brandon

  • March Madness

    Number of comments: 2
    I'm on a diet and so should you. Be. On one. You know. For advice, check out RVANews. [...]
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    Posted: March 24, 2008, 5:39pm EDT
    by brandon

  • State of the Plate 2008

    Number of comments: 7
    I'm crying tears of relief that the big Style Weekly restaurant issue is finally on newsstands (right now!) and no one's going to ask me who I think should be restaurant of the year. Again. With examples. At last, I can stop eating out for a while and get back [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2008, 6:15pm EDT
    by brandon

  • DIY Yogurt

    Husbands are a little like yogurt. They can be sweet (if they want to be) and smooth (if they shave). For some, a husband--like yogurt--is an acquired taste, and for others, we love it immediately despite (or maybe because of) its bracing astringency and its bold, unfamiliar snap of flavor. [...]
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    Posted: March 18, 2008, 8:24am EDT
    by brandon

  • Gangsta Cookin'

    Number of comments: 2
    Spinaches as clean as your mama's forehead--every Wednesday on My Damn Channel and the Cookin' with Coolio Show. Put it in the pan because you are the man. [...]
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    Posted: March 17, 2008, 12:09pm EDT
    by brandon

  • deLux

    Number of comments: 6
    Gourmet comfort food seems to be the phrase on the lips of every chef in town. I didn't have enough space to really talk about it in my review of deLux in today's Style Weekly. Everyone (and, of course, this is a gross generalization) cooking out there seems to want [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2008, 1:08pm EST
    by brandon

  • Little Mexico

    Number of comments: 6
    For my opinion of Little Mexico on Cary St., pick up today's issue of Style Weekly. [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2008, 9:17am EST
    by brandon

  • Happy Chinese New Year!

    Number of comments: 2
    Yeah, well, this video hasn't exactly improved since I shot it last year . . . [...]
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    Posted: February 07, 2008, 7:45am EST
    by brandon

  • Tobacco Avenue

    Number of comments: 3
    Click here to read the funniest post on the funniest new blog in town. [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2008, 6:07pm EST
    by brandon

  • Deceptively Disgusting

    Number of comments: 5
    As Jessica Seinfeld, author of Deceptively Delicious , and Missy Lane Chapman, author of The Sneaky Chef, duke it out in court over charges of plagarism, my children have already rendered a verdict--both books stink. Now,whether or not Jessica Seinfeld lifted ideas from Chapman's book (and Slate makes a good [...]
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    Posted: February 01, 2008, 8:31am EST
    by brandon

  • All in la Familia

    Number of comments: 1
    We all know this story. I myself frittered away the morning getting misty-eyed over videos of Taramundi on YouTube. But for those of you who'd like a quick recap of my trip to Spain (anyone?), pick up a copy of the mid-season arts issue of Style Weekly and rifle through [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 4:51pm EST
    by brandon

  • The Kitchen Sisters: Kibbe at the Crossroads

    Number of comments: 1
    Tune in to Morning Edition tomorrow to hear from The Kitchen Sisters, NPR's Peabody Award-winning series by Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva that uncovers quirky, little known, but always compelling stories about community cooking around the country. I've got this show automatically downloaded to my iPod via their iTunes podcast, [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 11:56am EST
    by brandon

  • Highwater at Toad's Place

    They make me eat everywhere. To read my thoughts about Highwater, the dining establishment at Toad's Place, see this week's Style. [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2008, 8:24am EST
    by brandon

  • Why Good Foods is Awesomer Than Ellwood Thompson

    Number of comments: 8
    Photo courtesy of FreeFoto.com It really is. So much more awesome.* I've become increasingly frustrated with Ellwood, even as I occasionally sing its praises, and have realized my visits were mostly a matter of proximity. I've mentioned before how annoying and yet uplifting it is when you find a special [...]
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    Posted: January 21, 2008, 8:28am EST
    by brandon

  • Tragic Losses

    Number of comments: 10
    Please take a moment to mourn the impending loss of Sammy's Bakery on Northside and the Metro Bakery in Carytown. According to Buttermilk & Molasses, who learned about Metro's closing from the most awesome of sites, RiverCityRapids, both are scheduled to close. It's a decided blow to the culinary pleasures [...]
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    Posted: January 16, 2008, 10:18am EST
    by brandon

  • And the Winner Is . . .

    Number of comments: 1
    I'm not a complete loser, even though I won nothing in the Menu for Hope raffle. I've been voted RVANews's best food blog, and even though I write for them, they assured me the fix wasn't in. Thank you to all my readers--my newest New Year's resolution is to post [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2008, 8:48am EST
    by brandon

  • Menu for Hope Raffle Winners!

    Number of comments: 1
    Congratulations to all the winners of Menu for Hope 4 raffle (sadly, not including me). We raised a spectacular $91,188.00--twice as much as last year! Even more congratulations to my own personal winners, Rachel L. Lorenz-Morales, who will soon have her own personal copy of 1080 Recipes winging its way [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2008, 8:36am EST
    by brandon

  • Thursdays with Lynne

    You've got it down, right? It's Thursday! Don't forget to listen to The Splendid Table today at 9:00 am on WRIR 97.3 FM! You don't need any more reminders, do you? [...]
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    Posted: January 10, 2008, 7:39am EST
    by brandon

  • Meat to Eat

    Number of comments: 4
    Sweeney Todd, meat, and the Bush administration. How are all those things related? Read all about it at RVANews, and when you’re done, come right back for a nice vegetarian recipe. Recipe after the jump . . . [...]
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    Posted: January 09, 2008, 9:09am EST
    by brandon
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