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Moon cake festival

Chefs are rolling up their sleeves to prepare moon cakes at the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival

Miles Young, pastry chef

Miles Young is the sole pastry chef at Westminster Canterbury. He works with about 10 cooks who prepare meals for the 900 residents at the retirement community in Henrico County.A coconut pie that he made last week called for 200 eggs, again all cracked by hand, not liquid eggs, although ...

A sampling of residents who have fascinating jobs

From an auto-odor buster to a petite-pet keeper, the Richmond area is flush with people who have unique jobs.

Deconstructing Honey Cake

‘Honey cake is not so much loved as revered,” Arthur Schwartz writes in “Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited” (Ten Speed Press, 2008). Truer culinary words have never been written. Honey cake is a symbolic super food and an undisputed fixture on many Rosh Hashanah tables. But just as with fruitcake, which routinely is served and goes uneaten on Christmas, honey cake ...

Japan, England, Marlborough celebrate city's 350th birthday together

Special guests paid tribute yesterday morning to Marlborough as it celebrated its 350th birthday, showing that the three communities are bridging the world.