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food sterling Pie man Lester Sterling loves to share his cooking (4/2/2025) - “As far back as I can remember my life has been influenced by food,” explained Lester Sterling as he recalled memories of both grandmothers’ cooking. Lester’s wife Carolyn (whose cooking…
food gary He engineers good meals on Gwynn’s Island (3/27/2025) - A civil structural engineer, Gary Goerss is busy each day getting his construction projects on Gwynn’s Island open and operating. But when it’s time to eat and making plans what…
food chocollate chip cookies All the world loves chocolate chip cookies (3/20/2025) - First in the tastebuds of Americans is the chocolate chip cookie, created in the late 1930s when Ruth Grace Wakefield who had a degree in household arts, made what she…
Black Men Cooking fills the crowd with goodness (3/12/2025) - The Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Eta Chapter, has again brought to the county a group of men who know how to cook. The annual Black Men Cooking was…
food missy Fresh vegan goods from Mathews flower farm (3/5/2025) - In the Tabernacle area of Mathews there’s a farm where once students learned how to ride and care for horses. Today, the entrance sign reads Georgetown Farm Flowers and has…
food daffodil Cookbook assembled to boost daffodil club’s projects (2/26/2025) - “People enjoy daffodils and we want to enhance their enjoyment,” said Peggy Bowditch, founder of the Gloucester Daffodil Club, when asked why this club was organized. Enhancing they certainly have…
food potato Faithful spuds get their own month (2/19/2025) - February is National Potato Month. This vegetable, also known as spud and Irish potato, has been grown as a crop for at least 5,400 years. Today, it is the third…
food cerny making chili Gloucester man welcomes his friends and cooks what they like (2/12/2025) - He started cooking at the age of eight and hasn’t stopped. Keith Cerny loves to cook and share it with friends. Keith grew up in the Guinea area of Gloucester.…
Black Men Cooking returns Saturday (2/12/2025) - Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Eta Chapter, will host its annual Black History Celebration and Black Men Cooking Event from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Abingdon Ruritan Club, Bena.…
food susan adams Susan Adams carries on the family cooking traditions (2/5/2025) - She grew up in a family of good cooks and made her first cake at 10 years old. By 12, Susan Brooks Adams was cooking dinner for the family when…
food jones Thanks, Mom! John Jones started cooking with his mother Peggy (1/29/2025) - Good cooking has always been a part of John Jones’s life. He was born in Hampton but, he said, “I grew up in Guinea. My mother is a native of…
food yum yum addie brundage Yummy cookies took prizes at library contest (1/22/2025) - The expression “yum-yum” dates to the 1800s with two possibilities for its origin: derived from a Christmas and Lent delicacy of that name in Holland, or from baby talk for…
Black Men Cooking returns Feb. 15 (1/22/2025) - Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Epsilon Eta Chapter, will host its annual Black History Celebration and Black Men Cooking Event on Saturday, Feb. 15. The program will be held from…
food soup Make some warm magic with soup in your slow cooker (1/15/2025) - January is National Slow Cooker Month and also National Soup Month. When these two items come together some delicious things result. They complement each other like Cinderella and the Prince.…
food ginny stevens She bakes and bakes and bakes some more (1/8/2025) - At 78 years young, Ginny Stevens is enjoying her days of baking, especially cookies and cakes. “Just as soon as the weather gets a little cool, I start baking. I…
food horsley A kitchen that produces many family favorites (1/2/2025) - For 46 years Cindy Horsley of Gloucester, has been seated at her desk serving as Grant Administrator for the J. Edwin Treakle Foundation, a local philanthropic organization. But her excellent…
food hickory farm Mini farm plows a niche in Gloucester (12/26/2024) - Once you turn onto Hickory Fork Road in Gloucester, within a couple miles you will see a sign reading, “The Farm on Hickory Fork;” stop by. Kyle and Katie Spruill…
food homemakers Merry Christmas recipes from the Central Village Homemakers (12/18/2024) - Again this year as they have done in many past years, the Central Village Homemakers are sharing their annual luncheon recipes. They are home-tested. This group of ladies does much…
gloucester library cookie contest 1 Gloucester Library receives 54 entries in annual Yum Yum Cookie Baking Contest (12/18/2024) - Gloucester County Public Library received 54 entries in its second annual Yum Yum Cookie Baking Contest. Contest judges were Paige Williams, owner of Kelsick Specialty Market, Gloucester County Community Engagement…
food eggnog It’s time to make your Christmas eggnog (12/11/2024) - Although no one knows who invented eggnog, most historians agree that it originated in medieval Britain as an exclusive beverage among the upper classes. They had access to the milk,…
food open house Celebrate and support King’s Daughters at Forever (12/4/2024) - Come Tuesday, the doors of Forever, the home of Brent and Becky Heath at Flat Iron, will open for the 35th Annual Christmas Open House, sponsored by the Ware River…
food cut capen Lisa and Harlen Capen are really enjoying country life (11/26/2024) - Lisa Capen’s great-great-great-grandmother Mary Ann Hudgins, a Mathews native, is surely smiling. Her great-great-great-granddaughter and husband Harlen moved from Poquoson to the Bavon area of Mathews about a year and…
Great foods for romance, as told by a dating site (11/20/2024) - Possibly working under the theory of the old saying “The Way to A Man’s Heart Is Through His Stomach,” a recent survey made by Dating Advice.com reveals some interesting statistics…
gift guide nov 21 simple appetizer Try this simple, flavorful appetizer (11/20/2024) - The holiday season is a special time unlike any other period over the course of a calendar year. A festive atmosphere undoubtedly contributes to the unique, warm vibe of the…
gift guide nov 21 healthy recipe ideas Healthy holiday recipe swaps (11/20/2024) - Although presents garner most of the fanfare during the holiday season, there is no denying that food and entertaining also figure prominently this time of year. Delish magazine reports that…

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