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The big experiment

Biology meets oenology under Joy Ting

Keep calm, drink tea

Want to be queen for a day? Dinsmore House gets us one step closer, with its two-hour afternoon tea. Offered for...

The full English

Said with complete seriousness: The Bread Basket English muffins will change your life. The Floyd-based bakery...

Beer me

Ever noticed the big chalkboard at Decipher Brewing? It’s called the Dead Drop Board, and it’s filled with the names...

Break me off a piece of that

No judgment if it’s your style to buy the whole cake and eat it yourself, but for those with a little more, shall we...

On the rise

When Marian Bayker got into breadmaking, she knew she’d be milling her own flour as part of the process. “It seemed...

Sunny outlook

One way to be sure your wedding photos are tops? Take your party higher—to Raven’s Roost overlook on the Parkway. A...

Road tunes

Some of the best business ideas begin as a “What if?” For tellAplay Entertainment owner Aaron Hale, that was, “What...

The best gets better

Acclaimed Keswick Hall aims even higher with three-year renovation

Grow your own way

Being a plant person isn’t as hard as it looks—just ask the experts