Archive for October, 2009
Passion Restaurant
On business in Chesapeake with hubby’s company Wednesday night we took some of their clients to Passion Restaurant for dinner. Unfortunately, because we were with clients I was not able to whip my camera out and photograph all of our beautiful foo…
One Couple's Kitchen
Pizza the Dog
Richmond is home to many heroes. One of our villains is this dirt bag named James “Barf” Callahan. Mr. Callahan has been terrorizing the city with his jerky friends and lewd drawings for a while now. He hangs around with known graffitiers, pranksters, and scoundrels. He and his cronies wreak havoc on the capital city on their skateboards and they even have the audacity to photograph these terror
Pizzalicious
Chicken Quesadilla Stuffed Jalapenos
This is a great, fairly healthy recipe that I can’t, for the life of me, remember where I got. I modified it just a little bit and they turned out wonderfully. Its such an easy recipe and the presentation is pretty. Be careful not to wipe your eyes or …
One Couple's Kitchen
happy halloween! (& a goodbye to veganmofo 2009.)
happy halloween, everyone! we’re superhappyfaced about halloween fun & a bit sadfaced about the end of veganmofo, but next year will be just as gloriously fun – so it’s all good! we’re pretty darn happyfaced we were able to post every day for mofo agai…
happyveganface
Eat Here Now!
Right now, there are so many places I wanna eat that I have to delegate some of the dining to you. There’s too much to do and I’m stretched too thin with work, school and baby to make it out often. So, if you’re looking for ideas for eating out, here are my latest ones. [...]
Caramelized OpiNIONS, Uncategorized
Fall at South of the James Market
The South of the James Market gave us a drizzly welcome today, but a myriad of vendors continue to proffer their wares. Over the last few weeks we have enjoyed:The return of red and oak leaf lettuce from Victory Farms (these guys have the best lettuce)…
River City Food & Wine
Apples Galore and a Winner
Isaac took his class on a field trip to Carter Mountain Orchard last week. I was tad bit jealous as I have been wanting to go apple picking since fall rolled around, however I was excited because he brought back some delicious goodies. Plenty of apples, apple butter, and blackberry syrup- the perfect treats.
How do [...]
Eating Bird Food
News From Chocolate Cravings
Chocolate Cravings is a small, local business. The owner has been selling her chocolate creations… Guinness Brownies any one?… at local farmers markets for perhaps the last two years. She makes all kinds of chocolate barks, chocolate bars, chocolat…
Richmond Food Collective
An Exquisite Wine
2005 La Reine Des Bois Domaine de la Mordoree from Lirac.Available at J. Emerson.
River City Food & Wine
Local Beef Sources
The Vino Market is carrying Deb-Lyn Natural Beef from Dinwiddie. We picked up a thin cut rib eye for $13 a pound. Great price. Great taste. Locally grown.The Belmont Butchery is carrying Beechwood Farm beef from Goochland. We had a bistro steak this pa…
River City Food & Wine
Wild Ginger
If you find yourself on the Southside of Richmond in need of dinner, head over to Wild Ginger. We found ourselves south of the river one Friday and headed over The Vino Market for their wine tasting (Dave, Hunter, and gang are always welcoming). We als…
River City Food & Wine
friday fun!
happy friday, everyone! today’s been such an awesome day. i had scheduled myself a day off from work, got out early this morning & ran 14 miles (another fantastical training run in preparation for the half marathon in 2 weeks), had the most delicious l…
happyveganface
Pizza Box Bike Rack [PBBR]
Myself, Andy and my roommate Evan are big fans of two things: Pizza and bikes. Personally, I can’t think of a better way to spend a day than to ride around the city and grab a couple of awesome slices at a legit pizzeria.
But being a fan of pizza and bikes sometimes creates a conflict of [...]
PAMPARIUS, Uncategorized
Mamma Zu, Oregon Hill
I love the idea of being able to walk down the street to get great pizza. As soon as I heard Mamma Zu had the same pizza as 8 1/2, I was immediately stoked to not have to drive through the busy city to pick it up.
The pizza is exactly the same, save for a [...]
PAMPARIUS, Uncategorized
all special: all the time
this is *by no means* a response to restaurant week. i love the food bank (if one can love a food bank) and think that everyone should pay 25.09 to donate 2.09 to the local food bank. EVERYONE. and they should bring a can.
jk, jk. restaurant week is a great way for peeps to [...]
Uncategorized, Whine Me Dine Me
Day of the Dead Party
How to host a Day of the Dead Party, ‘ca.use every dog, dead or alive, must have his day
Monkey Dish
His and Hers Six Burner Review
October 26 through November 1 is the city of Richmond’s Restaurant Week. This means that over twenty restaurants in Richmond come up with a special three-course menu that costs $25.09 per person. Each restaurant then donates $2.09 per dinner to The Central Virginia Food Bank. Good food, good cause, and a great price- you can’t [...]
Eating Bird Food
easy & awesome autumn salad
we had a few veggies leftover from sunday’s soup & some spinach from our csa that needed to be used up before it had to be composted – and since food waste = sadface we decided to simply combine them all to make one fantastically excellent roasted vegg…
happyveganface
River City Supper Club #8 – Barrel Thief on Patterson
River City Supper Club #8 convened at The Barrel Thief on Patterson on a Saturday evening. We arrived at 7 PM to a patron-free establishment. This was good in some ways – we had our pick of table location, we could peruse the wine selection at our le…
