Pound cakes: Favorites from winning bakers (7/24/2024) - “How do you find the people to write about every week?” It is a question often asked of this writer. Well, it has been an interesting journey which continues today.… …
Get Ready to Pickle! Cucumbers are here in force (7/17/2024) - When cucumber season arrives, they seem to come in abundance. To preserve the harvest, pickling is the most popular method. It’s a way of preservation that has been around for… …
Two loaves at a time: Maggie DeVita keeps on keeping on (7/10/2024) - Making two loaves of sourdough bread in one day is just normal practice for 102-year-old Maggie (Marguerite) DeVita. “I enjoy sharing bread with neighbors and friends,” Maggie was quick to… …
Sisters honored their mother with special cookbooks (7/3/2024) - Irving Berlin wrote the song “Sisters” for the movie White Christmas in 1954. The lyrics were adapted for two sisters in the show. Mr. Berlin never knew it, but his… …
Cooking with Flowers: Local peonies yield wonderful recipes (6/26/2024) - Peonies have been around since 1000 B.C., and although not commonly eaten today, they were a frequent ingredient in medieval cooking when in season using the blossoms, seeds and roots.… …
Delicious recipes for a healthy lifestyle (6/18/2024) - As a community outreach program on good health during May, the Gloucester Seventh-day Adventist Church sponsored a vegan cooking class. Its notice in the paper said, “A vegetarian diet by… …
Enjoy a long tall drink of summer: June is Iced Tea Month (6/12/2024) - Nothing seems to cross social, ethnic and economic boundaries, particularly in the South, more than a glass of iced tea or sweet tea. June is National Iced Tea Month. Here… …
Freeze-dried foods offered by Gloucester business (6/5/2024) - Freeze-drying, also known as lyophilization, is a form of dehydration. Food is first frozen, then dried under pressure to remove its water content.A Frenchman invented this process in 1906. During… …
Gloucester resident keeps her family’s ham business on the move (5/29/2024) - The well-known company Padow’s Hams had its beginning in Richmond in 1936. Stephanie Padow Manheim of Gloucester, third generation, is today in charge of shipping online orders of these hams… …
Please pass the popular pepper! (5/22/2024) - It was known as Black Gold by merchants in the Ancient World. In today’s world, black pepper is the most popular spice on the planet, commonly found in nearly every… …
Recipes of beloved church member printed in her memory (5/15/2024) - There are many ways in which people have been posthumously honored. Severn Church in Gloucester thought the work of the Joyful Hands Circle had several reasons to publish “Stirring Up… …
Let’s celebrate the glorious hamburger! (5/8/2024) - May is National Hamburger Month and to further honor this All-American sandwich, May 28 has been named as Hamburger Day. The hamburgers were first created in Hamburg, German. Street vendors… …
Shay’s cooking passion started on the shores of Massachusetts (5/1/2024) - “Living in Virginia for a year has just been wonderful with its beautiful greenery, the open waters and such friendly people,” exclaimed Shay Edmond. “It’s not like the somewhat desert… …
Century-old recipes roar back to life (4/24/2024) - The 1920s roared; the decade was known as the Roaring Twenties. Between 1920 and 1929 America’s total wealth doubled. And in the world of food, things were really looking up.… …
Fun for the kids, tasty for everyone (4/17/2024) - When the grandchildren come calling, Grandmother looks for ways to entertain them. When the occasion is Easter, chocolate candy egg hunts often take center stage, among many other popular American… …
Carrying on: Hard-working farmer works to maintain the dream (4/10/2024) - In our neighboring county Middlesex, a real farm is in operation reminding one of the type of farm that both Gloucester and Mathews once held in abundance. Today they are… …
Crisp up your recipes with celery (4/3/2024) - Celery is a vegetable that gives you a refreshing crunch when you eat it. It’s often overlooked when considering a favorite vegetable but it does have a place in the… …
Ready for the market to resume (3/27/2024) - On the first Saturday in April the Mathews Farmers’ Market held on the court green will be in operation. Among the many treasured vendors awaiting a visit from you will… …
BBQ man has ‘always kept a finger in the food business’ (3/20/2024) - “Food Is Good, Life Is Good” is the philosophy Bob Stifel has practiced his entire life. He has kept this in mind, from being a professional chef to career man… …
Facts about flour, the basis of baking (3/13/2024) - About 32,000 years ago, it was thought that humans made flour from wheat for the first time using homemade tools as well as combination pestles and grinders. In today’s world… …
Church supper starts off a delicious benefit at Central (3/6/2024) - Soup, a part of humankind’s diet for millennia, became part of the diet as soon as people learned how to make clay pots and mud vessels. It’s a worldwide favorite,… …Get your pound cakes ready for May Faire (3/6/2024) - This year’s May Faire will include a pound cake contest, a perennial feature of the Mathews Historical Museum’s annual heritage festival. The 2024 May Faire will be held on May… …
Black Men Cooking: A day of entertainment, celebration and good eating (2/28/2024) - The weather cooperated, the sun shone brightly, and by noon the Abingdon Ruritan Club began filling with anxious ticket holders. The occasion was the 12th Black History Month celebration of… …
Gazette-Journal food columnist marks 45-year milestone (2/21/2024) - As Betty Wrenn Day looked back on her years of commitment to the Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal while sitting at her desk in the newspaper’s Mathews office, she reminisced on her food… …
Back to basics; The Potato gives a solid footing to a meal (2/21/2024) - The potato has earned its place on American dinner plates. The humble spuds we call potatoes are America’s favorite vegetable but their origin was not in the United States. The… …