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Interview: Talking Baking with the Cake Boss

By Jennifer Bennison

“Baking and decorating are two things I am so incredibly passionate about, and I love to share them with people.”

Burger Bliss

By Chris Hill

This is the backyard burger, a burger we are all most familiar with, and one that has a stronghold on my heart.

Introducing: Chef Chris Hill and Bachelor Kitchen

By Chris Hill

All I need is the kitchen, and a glass of wine, with some music in the background and life is good.

BARDO’s Vegstock is Coming

By Dana Staves

“We wanted to create an event that says, ‘hats off!’ to vegans and vegetarians.” Edward, chef at Bardo.

Inside the Ten Top

By Skye Zentz

Skye Zentz sits down with Ten Top owner Don Lester over a recent Sunday brunch to chat about the food, the fun and the frantic side of running a restaurant in Norfolk.

AltDaily TV: Cooking with Stove’s Sydney Meers

By AltDaily Staff

Mangia at Portsmouth Restaurant Week, which started yesterday and goes through Saturday.

A Squirrel, Some Cookies, and a Dream

By Jesse Scaccia

Squirrels Bakery in Virginia Beach is everything that is good about local businesses. (And yummmmy)

PHILLIP CRAIG THOMASON | A Chef’s Tour

By Allison Hurwitz

I went on a trip to Colorado—I thought I’d spend two weeks; it turned into two years. I ended up under a great chef who had come from the Bel Air in Beverly Hills—an incredible person to work under—then decided to go back to Paris to study cooking.

ALVIN WILLIAMS | It was a fried egg

By Marisa A. Marsey

Do you remember the first thing you ever cooked? I do. It was a fried egg. I was hungry and there were eggs in the fridge and I had seen people do them. This is when I lived in England, I was just five or six. I burned it.

The New Originals

By Hannah Serrano

Describe the transition from Relative Theory to The Boot. We were trying to have a better environment for live music. And also we wanted to expand our associations with local vendors, which had started with the little cafe we had at the record store.

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