Every Friday evening, a tap at the kitchen door means that farm fresh eggs have arrived at the historic Fan District bed and breakfast known for its hearty gourmet breakfasts. Mike, the creator of each morning’s breakfast, continually seeks the freshest and finest ingredients to include on the menu.
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Farm Fresh Eggs: Integral Part of Breakfast
Friday, June 3rd, 2011Broad Appetit in Richmond June 5
Monday, May 30th, 2011Here it comes again! For the fourth time, the annual “smorgasbord in the street” will feature small plates of signature dishes from area restaurants for $3 each on Sunday June 5! Broad Appetit also features music, chef’s demonstrations, farmers’ market, art, and activities to keep you busy all afternoon. It starts at 11 AM and runs until 5 PM on West Broad Street between Adams Street and Monroe Street. Admission is FREE, but samples will cost $3 each. Hosted by the Downtown Neighborhood Association, proceeds benefit the Central Virginia Food Bank and Meals on Wheels.
4th Anual Broad Appetit Info. This great street fair enables you to sample Richmond’s best cuisine, all in one place. Bring your appetite and graze down Broad Street; this opportunity only comes once a year! Bring your re-usable shopping bag and fill it up with produce from local farmers and producers for the next week’s meals. There will be plenty of beverages available for sale!
It’s traditionally been a great day so wear a hat and sunscreen, as well as comfortable walking shoes so you can take it all in. You won’t want to miss a single vendor!
What wine goes with chocolate?
Friday, May 27th, 2011Here are some wine and chocolate pairing tips from Matt and Tim Gearhart of Gearharts Fine Chocolates, here in Richmond, Virginia. Gearharts Fine Chocolates is the home of handcrafted confections of uncompromising quality made from premium chocolate, sweet cream and pure butter blended with top quality fruits, nuts, herbs, spices and liquors in their kitchen in Charlottesville, Virginia. Matt Gearhart presented these tips during a seminar at the Virginia Wine Expo in April and agreed to share them with you.
Richmond’s 35th Annual Greek Festival June 2 through June 5
Monday, May 23rd, 2011Saints Constantine and Helen’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral proudly hosts this wonderful Richmond tradition, now in its 35th year. Legendary food, dancing, friends, and traditions are made each year at this festival which runs from Thursday through Sunday, which even provides a drive-through option to pick up dinner!
But driving through is not the best way to take part in the Greek Festival – residents and visitors alike flock to this event to try the food, watch the dancers and listen to the music, visit the vendors, tour the cathedral and sample Greek life.
The cathedral is located in the near west end neighborhood just at the edge of Richmond’s downtown. Directions.
This is one of Richmond’s best-kept secrets and an event not-to-be-missed.
Omelette Mondays beginning in May
Monday, April 25th, 2011Most everyone has heard of Julia Child (1912-2004). It was in Paris that Julia met two French women, Simca Beck and Louisette Bertholle, who were writing a cookbook aimed at an American audience. They needed an American collaborator. Julia was perfectly suited for the job. She began testing recipes. For nearly ten years, she devoted herself to writing, testing and re-writing. She confided to her sister-in-law: “Really, the more I cook the more I like to cook. To think it has taken me 40 yrs. To find my true passion (cat and husband excepted).”
She was invited to appear on a television program called “I’ve Been Reading”, produced by WGBH, Boston’s public television station. The host of the show was reluctant to take time for a subject as trivial as cooking. But Julia was undeterred. She arrived with a hot plate, giant whisk and eggs, and made an omelet. Twenty-seven viewers wrote to the station, wanting to see more. The station produced three pilots, then launched into production of The French Chef. Produced and directed by Russ Morash, the series broadcast a total of 199 programs, produced between 1963 and 1966.By the end of 1965,
The French Chef was carried by 96 PBS stations. Sales of Mastering the Art of Cooking” were picking up speed – 200,000 copies sold. In 1965, Julia won a Peabody. In 1966, she won an Emmy. Time put her on the cover in a feature article on American food – “Everyone’s in the Kitchen.”
But this series is not about Julia, although America will miss her, it about Romaine Chatard Champion, the author of of the book “The Art of Cooking Omelettes” published in 1963. (more…)
