I like Alice Waters best for writing in The Art of Simple Food how she glories in the daily picking, washing, tossing, and dressing of a salad that she then eats with her hands (I do too—more on that another time). As bizarre as it is to be in the prime of a growing season [...]

On Friday, I marveled at the green, green campus of the University of Miami on my way to a lunch session of Beyond Bootcamp, an intensive media training camp for journalists at the School of Communication. UM looks slightly different from the environs of the University of Virginia, especially at this time of year, and [...]

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 [...]