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Age-Old Barbecue Traditions: A Young Virginia Family Maintains the Old Ways

“A lot of times you go by feel instead of temperature. If a temperature gauge feels like it’s going into melted butter, then I know the meat is done.” —Josh Cress

The Pumpkin Chronicles

Wherein the family matriarch resorts to semi-extreme measures to have fall’s favorite snack on the Thanksgiving table.

December’s Wild Edible: Northern Spicebush

This flora features alternate shiny leaves that are an appealing dark green and look something like an egg would if it has been stretched out.

November’s Wild Edible: White Oak Acorns

With the widespread disappearance of the American chestnut across most of the Blue Ridge, the reigning signature tree of the region has to be the white oak.

Baking Pita Bread, Building Community

These enterprising brothers and their families have cooked up Middle Eastern favorites in Greenville for 35 years.

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Josh and Courtney Cress rely on hickory wood to create their barbecue at Kane Street Smokehouse in Gate City, Virginia.

Age-Old Barbecue Traditions: A Young Virginia Family Maintains the Old Ways

“A lot of times you go by feel instead of temperature. If a temperature gauge feels like it’s going into melted butter, then I know the meat is done.” —Josh Cress
Pumpkins are a major source of fall fun, but be sure to secure your supply of seeds well before the days before Thanksgiving.

The Pumpkin Chronicles

Wherein the family matriarch resorts to semi-extreme measures to have fall’s favorite snack on the Thanksgiving table.
Northern spicebush growing on the author’s Botetourt County, Virginia land.

December’s Wild Edible: Northern Spicebush

This flora features alternate shiny leaves that are an appealing dark green and look something like an egg would if it has been stretched out.
White oak acorns

November’s Wild Edible: White Oak Acorns

With the widespread disappearance of the American chestnut across most of the Blue Ridge, the reigning signature tree of the region has to be the white oak.
The Namouz family, from left: Zuhair, Hani, Feras, and Ziad.

Baking Pita Bread, Building Community

These enterprising brothers and their families have cooked up Middle Eastern favorites in Greenville for 35 years.
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Much of the Oklawaha Greenway is lined with trees.
The Good Walk

Walking Oklawaha Greenway

Located just minutes from downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina, this 3.25-mile scenic pathway winds through forests and wetlands.

May 1, 2026

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