Go bananas over this popular fruit (7/9/2025) - Bananas first appeared in the United States in the 1870s. They were an exotic and expensive fruit. Availability improved greatly with the establishment of banana plantations in Central America. Today,… …
Museum specialist finds a Hawaiian treasury of recipes (7/2/2025) - The Gloucester Museum of History has plans for its second floor—an overview of Gloucester County. The vast job of researching what is already on hand has been underway for some… …
Down on the farm: Family leaves Boston, puts its roots in Mathews (6/25/2025) - On Ridge Road in Mathews, once known as Catch Penny Road, a 20-acre plot of land has a sign reading Blessed Harmony Farms. On Saturdays at the Mathews Farmers’ Market,… …
Sweet results from annual pound cake contest in Mathews (6/18/2025) - An annual Pound Cake Contest entered the conversation eight years ago when the first annual May Faire, a spring heritage festival, was held in Mathews. As time progressed features and… …
Retired from her day job, Della Garrett keeps her oven busy (6/11/2025) - She may have retired in 2014 from her professional banking job, but Della Garrett, a Gloucester native, is certainly a non-retired lady. She is president of the Virginia Branch of… …
Coffee came to America by way of Captain John Smith (6/4/2025) - The first mention of coffee in America was by Captain John Smith who had seen coffee cultivation in Turkey and introduced the idea to Jamestown colonists. By the mid-1600s coffee… …
This condiment really cuts the mustard (5/28/2025) - The many varieties of mustards found on grocery store shelves today have a rich history. They have been used as a condiment and as a medicine dating to ancient civilization.… …
Communion bread, baked with love at Abingdon (5/21/2025) - At Abingdon Episcopal Church in White Marsh the bread making for communion is taken very seriously. The bakers are known as the Abingdon Bread Guild. For the past two decades… …
Great nutrition from the smallest plants (5/14/2025) - Microgreens are young edible seedlings harvested shortly after they develop their cotyledon leaves (seed leaves) but before the true leaves appear. They are known for their concentrated nutrient content, potentially… …
Strawberry season: Pull out your recipes for this queen of fruits (5/8/2025) - Strawberries, now coming into season, have been around for centuries. Their rich and delicious history evolved from wild varieties to the 600 cultivated forms we know today that are available… …
Chili contest builds teamwork at marina (4/30/2025) - In the Deltaville area of Middlesex, Norton’s Yachts held a chili contest to build team spirit. Gina Soles Walsh, finance manager, said, “We feel team building is important to help… …
Egg salad, an American standard (4/23/2025) - Egg salad is one of those dishes of which there is no in-between; you either love it or you most definitely don’t. It will never be known precisely who invented… …
Dining in style with the Daughters and Sons (4/16/2025) - The York River Circle of The King’s Daughters and Sons, formed in 1928, recently held the 29th Book Author’s Luncheon at Providence Baptist Church in Ordinary. For 28 years ticket… …
The magic of Chocolate Easter Eggs,brought to you by the fire department auxiliary (4/9/2025) - Easter eggs, the symbol of new life and rebirth, have roots in both Pagan and Christian traditions. The custom of decorating and exchanging eggs dates back centuries, evolving from real… …
Pie man Lester Sterling loves to share his cooking (4/2/2025) - “As far back as I can remember my life has been influenced by food,” explained Lester Sterling as he recalled memories of both grandmothers’ cooking. Lester’s wife Carolyn (whose cooking… …
He engineers good meals on Gwynn’s Island (3/27/2025) - A civil structural engineer, Gary Goerss is busy each day getting his construction projects on Gwynn’s Island open and operating. But when it’s time to eat and making plans what… …
All the world loves chocolate chip cookies (3/20/2025) - First in the tastebuds of Americans is the chocolate chip cookie, created in the late 1930s when Ruth Grace Wakefield who had a degree in household arts, made what she… …Black Men Cooking fills the crowd with goodness (3/12/2025) - The Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Eta Chapter, has again brought to the county a group of men who know how to cook. The annual Black Men Cooking was… …
Fresh vegan goods from Mathews flower farm (3/5/2025) - In the Tabernacle area of Mathews there’s a farm where once students learned how to ride and care for horses. Today, the entrance sign reads Georgetown Farm Flowers and has… …
Cookbook assembled to boost daffodil club’s projects (2/26/2025) - “People enjoy daffodils and we want to enhance their enjoyment,” said Peggy Bowditch, founder of the Gloucester Daffodil Club, when asked why this club was organized. Enhancing they certainly have… …
Faithful spuds get their own month (2/19/2025) - February is National Potato Month. This vegetable, also known as spud and Irish potato, has been grown as a crop for at least 5,400 years. Today, it is the third… …
Gloucester man welcomes his friends and cooks what they like (2/12/2025) - He started cooking at the age of eight and hasn’t stopped. Keith Cerny loves to cook and share it with friends. Keith grew up in the Guinea area of Gloucester.… …Black Men Cooking returns Saturday (2/12/2025) - Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Eta Chapter, will host its annual Black History Celebration and Black Men Cooking Event from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena.… …
Susan Adams carries on the family cooking traditions (2/5/2025) - She grew up in a family of good cooks and made her first cake at 10 years old. By 12, Susan Brooks Adams was cooking dinner for the family when… …
Thanks, Mom! John Jones started cooking with his mother Peggy (1/29/2025) - Good cooking has always been a part of John Jones’s life. He was born in Hampton but, he said, “I grew up in Guinea. My mother is a native of… …