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April 30, 2007

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A Taste of Italy (at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg)

With my daughter in town and a week off, we were determined to do some fun and tourist-y things while she was here. Since we have season's passes to Busch Gardens Williamsburg,we decided to go there as a family and hit the roller coasters Amusement parks no matter how good they are are not exactly known for great food (or reasonable prices!), and we ate lunch before we left so no one would be hungry, and we figured we would leave before dinner. But everyone was having a great time and the weather was awesome (warm but low humidity, nice breeze), so we decided to find something to eat for dinner and close the park down. As a park that is centered on countries of Europe, there are great opportunities for some fantastic food, however, when you are serving thousands of people of varying tastes, that can be challenging. We have tasted food at the Festhaus (Bratwurst, German potato salad, and mile-high sandwiches), at the Smokehouse where they have incredible ribs, but our favorite pl...

New Life for a Train Station- Claire's at the Depot

I am a big fan of restaurants in unique locations, it really adds to the charm when a place has a Claire's at the Depot in Warrenton. Established in the town's old train depot built in the 1850s, Claire's is really the perfect mix of homey and genteel - an elegant place with brick walls, warm woods, and real linens that still makes you feel right at home. My husband and I found this gem when we were driving back and forth to visit my Mom who lived in Winchester, thanks to Yelp. It became one of our favorite spots to stop whenever we were in the neighborhood. My husband even picked Claire's to present me with a wedding band after 42 years of marriage! Apparently we are not the only ones who love it since Claire's was listed among Open Table's 100 most romantic restaurants in America! history. There is no place I know in Virginia that represents this more than As charming as the location is, without amazing food, the train station location would just be a...

Try It You'll Like It: Scrapple

I have decided to start a new feature on this blog to focus attention on foods that you may have tried but didn't like or that you have been afraid to try. I am hoping that this feature will help shed light, and gain interest in some misunderstood or maligned foods. Whether it is you, your spouse or your children who are fussy eaters, I want to get you to stretch your culinary muscle, try something new, some of these foods will be old favorite of mine, while I hope to share some of my adventures in trying new things as well. My first installment is about the much maligned scrapple . For those of you who may not be familiar with scrapple , it is a Pennsylvania Dutch/ German dish, mainly cooked for breakfast that is made from pork and cornmeal. The dish originated as a porridge made on butchering day, but evolved into a dish that was formed into a loaf, and now is sliced and fried. The Pennsylvana Dutch name for this dish is panhas ( PON - hoss ). It is still called that and sold ...

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