AltWeeklies Wire
Cheap Industrial Food Comes at a High Pricenew
As far as our understanding of where our food comes from, the image of a grazing cow is about as much as most of us want to know. Even recalls of tainted beef are becoming so commonplace that the latest one (of 143 million pounds of beef) may not do much to make the average consumer stop and think for long.
C-Ville Weekly |
Elizabeth Van Deventer |
02-27-2008 |
Food+Drink
Virginia Wine 2.0new
Michael Shaps is making Virginia wine work in a new way.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
02-20-2008 |
Food+Drink
Behind The New Yorker Story on Thomas Jefferson's Winesnew
The first bottle went at auction for $156,450, still the record for a single bottle of wine, but almost as soon as the gavel fell questions arose about their authenticity.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
02-07-2008 |
Food+Drink
How a Few Wine Lovers Upset the Va. Wine Industrynew
Immediately following the founding of the Wine Guild of Charlottesville, several distributors were furious. They said that by advertising how much wine actually costs retailers, and how much lower the Guild's mark-up is, the Guild would force distributors to undercut the shops and restaurants that are their most important customers.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
01-23-2008 |
Food+Drink
Agritourism Links Wineries and Rural Protectionsnew
Agritourism is good business, and it's a good way to keep Albemarle County's views lush and uncluttered.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Harding |
11-14-2007 |
Food+Drink
Local Meat Farmers Can't Swallow Food Regulationsnew
It is illegal to sell cuts of meat if they have not been slaughtered and processed in a United States Department of Agriculture-certified facility. Largely out of frustration with a system that costs hundreds of dollars per pig, many small farmers have taken to slaughtering animals themselves.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jayson Whitehead |
11-07-2007 |
Food+Drink
Charlottesville is a Hub for the New Local Food Movementnew
But what happens when food gets to be more political than flavorful?
C-Ville Weekly |
Meg McEvoy |
07-11-2007 |
Food+Drink
Art and Consommenew
How Will Richey -- book lover, wine lover and damn good cook -- puts poetry into the broth.
C-Ville Weekly |
J. Tobias Beard |
01-24-2007 |
Food+Drink
