Sneak Peek | VAEATS show, February 16, 2018

It’s a full plate on the Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 The Virginia Eats Show.

Coming right up: Jodi Newland of Sweetwater Cuisine [LINK] talks about next week’s Virginia Beach Restaurant Week [LINK]

Hunter Smith of Champion Brewing [Charlottesville, Richmond][LINK] tells us about Richmond being named the Number One beer city in the world [LINK] 

On the eve of President’s Day Weekend, Dr. Leni Sorensen [LINK] joins us from Charlottesville to discuss the eats + drinks legacy of Thomas Jefferson and his slave/cook James Hemings

From Savannah, Damon Lee Fowler [LINK], author of Dining at Monticello and Ham: a Savor the South cookbook tells us a bit about dining at Jefferson’s home

The absolutely fabulous Josh Seaburg, bartender at Hilton Norfolk The Main [LINK] shares some tasty tequila, and a recipe for a Colonial-themed shrub fit for President Washington (and you!)

And more! It’s Food News You Can Use – only on The Virginia Eats + Drinks Show, Fridays from 6-7 p.m. on air in Coastal Virginia at AM 790 WNIS and simulcast everywhere online at WNIS.com [LINK]. Miss an episode? We’ll post a link to the podcast/archive here on our blog the weekend following the show.

And a special Thank You to our sponsors – we couldn’t do the show without you! Virginia Natural Gas [LINK] Virginia Opera [LINK] Fellini’s Norfolk  [LINK] Emerson’s Cigars [LINK] History Bites at The Mariners’ Museum and Park [LINK]

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