Chefs John and Karen Shields originally met while pursuing their individual culinary passions working for the renowned Charlie Trotter’s in Chicago where John was Sous Chef and Karen was Pastry Chef. The husband and wife team later took an opportunity to move to Virginia to redesign the Town House Restaurant that soon became world-renowned for imaginative…
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Chef Mashama Bailey was born in the Bronx and raised in Queens but has family in Georgia where she spent most of her young life. She learned to cook from her grandmother, aunts and mother during summers in Georgia. She went on to attend ICE and then travelled to France and around the world to …
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An Ode to Autumn Growing up in rural Western Pennsylvania in the 60’s and 70’s, our neighbor, Ernie, grew a summer garden that put everyone else’s to shame. Ernie raised corn, tomatoes, lettuce, and string beans. My favorite was the zucchini – the size of bowling balls. This August, there was an abundance of flawless…
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