The Calm Before…

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From Chef Mark

Press Release: l’étoile restaurant in Charlottesville expands garden to satisfy its guests for a true local dining experience This time of year, many Charlottesville are chefs have a split personality: They are behind the stove at night and nursing young plants in their garden during the day. The eat local philosophy of cooking is ingredient-driven, [...]

Thoughts on Virginia Peanuts

I have been craving Virginia peanuts for many days now, and if I bring them into l’etoile – they do not last long at all. Of course I love out culinary heritage here in Charlottesville and the rest of the state, but the peanut named after our commonwealth are hard to beat. The peanut plant [...]

Thoughts on a Virginia Christmas

Here it is two days from Christmas eve in Charlottesville. l’etoile will finish dinner service on the 23rd then it is off to be with family and friends for Christmas. I just thought that I would pass some thoughts on a colonial Christmas and how some of the tradtions are still evedent today. Christmas in [...]