Sure, cake is great, but nothing makes you feel warm and fuzzy quite like the smell of bread right out of the oven. Being the lazy male that I am, I set off on an endeavor to find places that would make it for me.

Postcard from WHRO’s “A Strolling Supper Party” celebrating Hampton Roads Mag’s Platinum Plates.

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Tony DeLateur goes from grain to glass at O’Connor Brewing Co. on 25th Street in Norfolk.

The Secret Sauce
By the time we got to De Vines Italian Eatery, the last stop on our Chesapeake adventure, we were already a little beat. AltDaily contributor and Chesapeake resident Jerome Spencer had recommended the place, which should’ve encouraged me a bit. And by this time I’d come to learn better than to underestimate the [...]

A Saturday in Chesapeake: Part 2 of our Weekend in Chesapeake series.

Herrin and a couple other guests recommended the Daikichi Roll ($6.50) as the thing to get, so after our standard appetizer orders of edamame and seaweed salad (beautifully presented, may I add; pictured at left), I went for it. The Daikichi Roll is a California Roll topped with shrimp, scallions and spicy sauce, “baked until [...]

Before I even say a thing about it,
I do need to put this fact right out there: I am a sushi snob. I worked for a while at a very upscale, traditional Japanese restaurant where in order to be hired I learned to identify every piece of nigiri (the raw fish that sits atop sushi) [...]

Grilled Meat. Unadorned. Delicious.

There’s nothing I love more than discovering mind-blowing vegan food at a restaurant with televisions streaming football on the wall.