The Locavore Next Door

Posted on December 01, 2012

Growing up there were culinary traditions and ways of doing things that I just took for granted. It wasn’t...

Posted on November 03, 2012

Spiced Pumpkin Ale Bread Recipe This is not your typical dessert like pumpkin bread. This pum...

Posted on October 27, 2012

Okay, so I didn’t actually plan for my last two restaurant reviews to be of eateries you can find at our local a...

Posted on October 06, 2012

The cooler weather is already here and cozy, warm soup season is upon us. One of my favorite cooler weather meals is...

Posted on September 22, 2012

Monday was the soft opening of Plane View, the newest restaurant to occupy the second floor of the North Central West Virg...

Posted on September 15, 2012

I bought a bag of gorgeous peaches for just $5 at the farmers market the other day. I wasn't quite sure what I w...

Posted on September 01, 2012

Inspired by some gorgeous veggie finds at the Bridgeport Farmers Market (and some fresh green beans from my parents...

Posted on August 25, 2012

Food blogger Carrie Robinson creates a photo story of the foods, flowers and other festivities available weekly at the Bri...

Posted on August 12, 2012

My husband and I visited Oliverio’s Ristorante in Bridgeport a couple of weeks ago when a friend of his was in t...

Posted on July 28, 2012

From Market to Table- Summer Pomodoro Sauce Summertime is often synonymous to me with a bounty of homeg...

Posted on July 21, 2012

Word of mouth is great. A personal recommendation from a friend or family member about a local restaurant or busines...

Posted on July 14, 2012

This past May I was introduced to the Foodie Pen Pals program through a follower of mine on Twitter. What is Foodie...

Posted on July 07, 2012

You would have been hard pressed to find very many restaurants open in this area this past weekend. In fact, many...

Posted on June 30, 2012

Remember the old Wendy’s “Where’s the Beef” commercials? Well I want to know, “where’s the beer”? The craft beer, to...

Posted on June 15, 2012

After sitting down at one of Roberto’s six red and white checkered table clothed tables, the first thing that caught...

From the Bench: Gooch Holbert to Miss Fi...

Bridgeport High School’s football team is laced in tradition. Nothing at all groundbreaking there. From...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: Coach Wayne Jamison with Pa...

With football season in full swing and with the passing of Coach Wayne Jamison earlier this year, several Time Travel...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Stepping up in a Big Way...

Last week, I wrote about 1977 Bridgeport High School graduate Joff Rolland, who is fighting a second round of cancer and h...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: A Chance Encounter Gives Cit...

One person can’t remember a second of it. The other remembers it as if it was yesterday. The one who rem...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Off the Shelf: Get Lost in Mystery and A...

Nora Roberts writing under the name of J. D. Robb returns with her 47th entry in her “In Death” series.&nb...

Posted by Sharon Saye
The Grapevine: Labor Day Relaxation and ...

This Labor Day I find myself relaxing after a hectic but wonderful weekend and reliving all the memories created during th...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen Alonso
City Faces in Different Places

Please take a moment to check out this week’s City Face, Jim Dawson. How long have yo...

Posted by Hannah Edwards
A Little Know-Howe: Thoughts on Impact o...

Seeing the videos and pictures coming from North Carolina, it's easy to see why North Carolina State University made the d...

Posted by Brad Howe