Aztek Grill has joined the ranks of Mexcian restaurants in Richmond. Their menu is more pan-Latin than most and goes a step beyond most of Richmond's typical fare. Click here for the whole burrito [...]
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Richmond Editor
Aztek Grill has joined the ranks of Mexcian restaurants in Richmond. Their menu is more pan-Latin than most and goes a step beyond most of Richmond's typical fare. 
On one of Richmond’s most dreary and dank evenings last week, a little restaurant on Broad Street became one of the warmest and intimate rooms I have ever experienced. Gary York, proprietor of Enoteca Sogno, presented Giuseppe Vaira and his Piedmonte wines. 
Check out Foodzie, an online marketplace for food from small passionate food producers and growers. It has been descibed by some as ETSY for food- it even has a map function that you can use to check out local producers.
Slate continues the converasation about the effects of the new administration's food policy on corporate giants and smaller organic farmers. What will the shift to a sustainability policy by the FDA mean for the agricultural landscape? Maybe only Mother Nature knows.
the diagram below makes me feel very organized- but in reality, the garden has been a bit more unruly and less calculated in its actual cultivation and planning.
My friends from Tasting Table sent a great link today to StillTasty.com, a great resource to demistify the world of expiration dates, "best before" questions, and other tips for keeping your favorite items safe and tasty. [...] 
Last week, after displaying my scapes ( God I love that word) like flowers in a vase, I finally tried to make some pesto- i used the basic formula for pesto ( trading out the basil in traditional Pesto Genovese for the scapes) with a few [...] 
My share from Amy's Garden had a nice surprise today. In addition to tiny white turnips, lettuce, bok choy, and chard, there was a bag of aromatic and spasmodic creatures, the garlic scape. This is the part of garlic that grows above the ground and eventually [...] 
but the Hill City Chop House is doing something right. You can read all about it in this week's Style Weekly.
