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You are driving down a lonesome country road, through a swath of forest that gives way to a panorama of hazy blue mountains.

Out of nowhere, you spot a whitewashed building beside the road, barely larger than a trailer and just as humble-looking. You would have passed it by without a thought if not for the hand-painted sign: Thai Siam, Thai Food Takeout.

Skeptical, you take your chance on the little Thai place in Nelson County. It pays off. The food rivals, if not surpasses, dishes you’ve had at big city restaurants.

“They’re not just looking for a chef. They’re looking for someone to run the whole restaurant. So it was right up my alley.“

I’ve always wondered what it would be like to guest judge on an episode of “Top Chef,” one of my favorite shows.

Well, I recently got a taste — literally — of the reality judging trade as one of 20-plus people who judged the final round of the Holiday Inn Select’s “Making the Chef” competition, which was designed to choose a chef for the hotel’s new restaurant.

Mangia opens on Rivermont; Isabella’s, Pok-E-Joes re-open in new locations

Jerk chicken sizzles on the grill, snapping and crackling under the spatula of Nehrice Little, a Jamaican native who runs It’s a Wrap Caribbean Take Out.

If dietitians had their way, we would probably never eat out.
There are the bread basket and the tortilla chip bowl.
There are creamy sauces and fried everything to dodge, and there are always, always, big portions.

The house rules? Yours, so this restaurant owner says.

Business at the Foxfield Inn has been good so far this year, and that’s partly because of the power of the Internet.

When it comes to organizing any kind of gathering, two experts who penned a party planning book urge you to keep one thing in mind.

The Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival, one of the area’s most well known events, is coming up next weekend at Rebec Vineyards in Amherst.
  For many, the festival signals the start of the fall season.