Peaches, Peaches: Summer goodness is here(8/11/2021)-August is National Peach Month in the United States. Fresh domestically-grown peaches are available from late May until early October. July and August are the months in Virginia to buy… …
Family favorites come first in Mathews home(8/4/2021)-It was like moving back home for Jo Schramm in 2016 when she and her husband returned to the Bohannon area of Mathews. Their home overlooking Godsey Creek is just… …
Mother and daughter work on mealtime together(7/28/2021)-A mother/daughter team prepares the daily meals at the Sibley home in the Cash area of Gloucester. Bridget Sibley is teaching her 10-year-old daughter, Raegan, to cook. Now, after several… …
Time for a picnic… It’s summer, after all(7/21/2021)-July is National Picnic Month. We can thank the French for such a pleasant gastronomical event. Picnic was originally a 17th century French word, picquer-nique (picquer, to peck or to… …
Pound cake rises to the top in museum contest(7/14/2021)-The occasion was the Mathews Historical Museum’s first Old Fashioned Father’s Day Cake Contest, open to all types of cakes, held in the organization’s site on June 19 on Main… …
Sous vide cooking demonstrated in Mathews(7/7/2021)-Sous Vide (pronounced “soo-veed”) is a fairly new concept in the culinary world. Food is placed in an airtight plastic bag, then cooked in temperature-controlled water. The method made its… …
Picnicking on the Fourth of July?: Have a wing-dinging party(6/30/2021)-Deep-fried chicken wings have long been a favorite of Southern cooking, but the idea of cooking chicken wings in peppery hot sauce was born in the North. What food can… …
Grandmother’s cookbook guides talented baker(6/23/2021)-With both love and talent for cooking, Mathews County resident Linda Braxton spends a couple days each week baking. From her baking, rolls, Bundt and pound cakes are ready for… …
Carrying on after a lifetime of cooking(6/15/2021)-Living in Long Beach, California, Nancy Reno was looking through a magazine and spotted a farmhouse with land for sale in Mathews County, and thought she and her husband Dan… …
Baking is more than a hobby for WillB, age 12(6/9/2021)-He is only 12 years old but has set goals for his future, and is a young entrepreneur. WillB (William) Baldwin is owner of WillB Cakes. Now being home-schooled in… …
Family meals are a top priority: And she loves to bake(5/19/2021)-“For me there is nothing more gratifying than preparing a meal for my family, complete with dessert,” explained Nicole Foster, a wife, mother of two sons (John Wilson and Joshua)… …
A reason to celebrate May: It’s National Hamburger Month(5/12/2021)-May is National Hamburger Month. Tracing history back thousands of years we learn that even the ancient Egyptians ate ground meat, basis of the meat that now constitutes the 50… …
Olive Branch UMW finds sweet success(5/5/2021)-To make up for a lot of activities they were forced to cancel because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the United Methodist Women of Olive Branch United Methodist Church found… …
Turkeys are in season Here are recipes for the popular game bird(4/28/2021)-Tidewater Virginia, with a high number of wild turkeys, offers some of state’s the best turkey hunting opportunities, spring and fall. The spring season opened April 10 and turkey hunters… …
UMW cookbook grew from long friendship with Three Rivers(4/14/2021)-Joining hands, the Central Church United Methodist Women of Mathews and Three Rivers Healthy Families work together “to share our mutual love of children and our respect for families and… …
Are you in the mood for seafood?(4/7/2021)-“We have enjoyed cooking together and entertaining family and friends for many years.” Now Amy Blanock and Rob Martin are providing their culinary knowledge for all to enjoy at the… …
This month, make friends with garlic(3/31/2021)-Garlic has been revered as an offering fit for the gods and despised as a substance only to be fed to hogs. Believed to be a native of central and… …
Mathews native maintains recipes of her childhood(3/24/2021)-Mary Hudgins lived in Richmond for 33 years and has resided in Ashland for the past 15 years, but part of her heart is still in Mathews. “I spent most… …
Honoring the work of six female chefs(3/17/2021)-March among other things is Women’s History Month. For decades women have fought for equality in every aspect of their lives, including the professional kitchen. The Culinary Institute of America… …
Sap is rising: It’s maple syrup season in Highland County(3/3/2021)-Maple sugaring may have begun as a happy accident several centuries ago but it is now a thriving industry in which Virginia is a team player. Indigenous people living in… …
Vineyard takes root in Gloucester(2/24/2021)-In the Dutton area of Gloucester, beside the county line with Mathews, Zoll Vineyards is in the process of growing grapes for wine. The vineyard was established by owner Frank… …