Christina Nifong
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Past articles by christina:
A taste of fall (with recipes)
This week I’ve been working on my next column, which is an ode to fall’s flavors -- pumpkin, winter squash, apples, cinnamon, even cauliflower and turnips. In the process I’ve perused a lot of recipes. Most of which were downright mouth-watering. → Read More
Fridge Magnet: Could Appalachia become as well-known Tuscany or Provence?
Chef Dale Hawkins was raised on a farm in West Virginia. He left, first for culinary school in Pittsburgh, then to cook at a top Walt Disney World Resort restaurant. But the tug of home was strong and Hawkins headed back, eventually wending his way to the very farm that reared him, to the very life he had once fled. → Read More
Fridge Magnet: Appalachian cuisine
Chef Dale Hawkins was raised on a farm in West Virginia. He left, first for culinary school in Pittsburgh, then to cook at a top Walt Disney World Resort restaurant. But the tug of home was strong and Hawkins headed back, eventually wending his way to the very farm that reared him, to the very life he had once fled. → Read More
Fun and food on the farm
The past two years, folks at Leaping Waters have put on a shindig that married music, food and fun on the farm in a way that felt more like a private affair than a ticketed event. → Read More
Fridge Magnet: It's late, but we're in peak strawberry season (with recipes)
There’s always a reason for me to think this won’t be a good strawberry year at our house. I tell myself we had such a cold winter, or the fall was so dry, or that house project surely crushed half the plants. → Read More
Roanoke chef wins $20,000
Aaron Deal, executive chef at Roanoke’s River and Rail restaurant, shopped, chopped, grilled and grinned Sunday night on the Food Network’s, Guy’s Grocery Games. Then he walked away with the show’s top prize of $20,000. → Read More
Fridge Magnet: Looking for a farmers market? Here's your guide
At the far end of Greenbrier Nurseries on Starkey Road, a banner hangs just beyond a black painted fence. Inside, amid tables of flowers and rows of hanging plants, unfolds a surprise: Roanoke’s newest farmers market. → Read More
A Feast of Food News
What’s a foodie to do? This Saturday boasts an overflowing plate of great eats. But could someone really nosh their way from Vinton to Grandin Village to Christiansburg? Sadly, you probably have to choose. Read on to find out where to pull up your chair. → Read More
Fridge Magnet: Meet Christina Nifong, our new food writer
Eight years ago, I packed up my life in Durham, N.C., drove 140 miles northwest and landed in Roanoke’s Raleigh Court neighborhood. → Read More
Well … Hello! - Roanoke Times: Fridge Magnet
My name’s Christina. I’ll be your new food writer and Fridge Magnet guide. → Read More
CornerShot: I'm going to miss your phone calls, Justin McLeod
Dear Justin McLeod, → Read More
St. Patrick's Day Parade sees record-breaking attendance, but no WWII vets
They came by bike and scooter, pushing strollers and on mopeds. They came by truck and car, weaving around blocked roads -- some staking out a spot as early as 7:30 this morning. → Read More
Roanoke bakery creates art good enough to eat
For eight years, Calvert LaFollette was a painter with a dream: to open a bakery. → Read More