At Orchard Creek, clean ingredient culture starts with basics like butter
Published Friday, Apr. 16, 2021, 3:34 pm
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Cheese and Charcuterie Board at Orchard Creek
If you aren’t a chef, you probably don’t put a lot of thought into the butter that you use on your bread or even what is served at a restaurant.
But as more and more consumers start to seek out food sources that follow ethical sustainable farming practices, they are being lead away from big-box groceries stores and landing instead at farmers’ markets, CSA pickup locations or even local bakeries working in tandem with the providers to deliver healthier food options to customers.
Staunton’s Chicano Boy Taco picks Midlothian for second location
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Equipped with sandbags out front and a “We’re Back” sign, Chicano Boy Taco reopened in Staunton after a flood last summer. (
Courtesy of Justin Hershey)
On a rainy afternoon last August, Justin Hershey was getting ready to lay down for a nap at his place in downtown Staunton a small city west of Charlottesville in the Shenandoah Valley.
He’d noticed the gutters outside his home were struggling to keep up with the rain coming down, so he called the staff at his nearby restaurant, Chicano Boy Taco, to check in. They said things were going fine.