I was very happy to learn a few weeks ago that Dennis Scholl was joining Knight Foundation’s permanent staff as the Miami program director, not least because he cares very much about the food and wine communities and is a wine importer (half of the Betts & Scholl powerhouse that I first read about in [...]

Yesterday morning, I went to the Charlottesville farmers’ market and almost bought beautiful figs. It was too difficult to choose between the tomatoes that stretched out in breathtaking rows at Waterpenny Farms and Radical Roots. I reluctantly left this place of thoughtful people and food, and drove to the District, where I came upon a [...]