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Cara Ellen Modisett

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Guest Column: When Space Becomes Sacred

Cara Ellen Modisett was part of the Leisure Media 360 staff from 1998 until 2012, and editor of this magazine for four of those years. Her work as a teacher, writer and pianist inspired a calling in another direction.
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Fine Dining in the Mountains

The ties to the region are strong – use of local ingredients, ties to old recipes, regular meetings with farmers – but these chefs create dishes a step or two beyond the traditional.
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Locavore Dining: An Abiding Passion for Cooking What’s Out Back

These restaurateurs share a passion for the closest tie possible between what they cook and where they obtain the ingredients. The happy result is a consistent diner’s delight.
Roanoke’s architecture reflects its personality: brick marked with the patina of years, neighbors to contemporary glass asymmetry, all reflecting and surrounded by the green of trees and mountains.

Roanoke: How to be a Visitor in Your Own Hometown

It’s not every city that lends itself as readily as Roanoke to a long-time resident’s stepping out into it as a visitor. Our editor at large got to visit treasures she’s enjoyed for 16 years, and can’t wait to recommend.
The origins of Early Girl’s sweet potato scramble: leftovers that had gotten a little too “mushy,” and bacon and sausage that happened to be around that day.

Great Dining Rooms, Great Recipes

These signature mountain restaurants earned that status the only way you can – with signature mountain dishes. here’s how to enjoy them and how to make them.
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Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

April 12, 2018

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