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At The Reston Farmers Market: Cherry Glen Goat Cheese
The Farmers Market returns to Lake Anne tomorrow after a brief hiatus due to the Reston Multicultural Festival. As wonderful as that was, we missed our weekly cheese fix from the Cherry Glen Goat Cheese booth. Cherry Glen is a 58-acre farm in Boyds, Maryland that raises goats and makes a wide variety of award-winning, soft-ripened…
October 3, 2014A Cocktail for Apple Season: The Szarlotka (Polish Apple Pie Cocktail)
‘Tis apple season! Before I moved to Virginia I had no idea what Fall was. Having lived in California for most of my life, I never experienced actual seasons. The first time I went leaf-peeping and apple picking I was blown away. How had I not known about this?! And oh, THE HONEYCRISPS!! Fall also ushers in a slew of holidays and…
October 1, 2014Food Truck Wednesday Returns to RTC
Leave your sad sack lunch at home — tomorrow is Food Truck Wednesday at Reston Town Center! I don’t work at Town Center but if I did THIS would be the most exciting day of the month. I tend to eat lunch at my desk getting crumbs in my keyboard and inevitably spilling some sort of detox juice on my…
September 23, 2014Tavern64 Regional Kitchen: Building Community With Local Food
We’ve heard the term “farm to table” a million times at this point but what does it really mean and why is it important? According to Tavern64 Regional Kitchen in Reston Town Center it means sourcing food directly from farmers and producers themselves and not using large distributers. Tavern64 goes one step further and focuses…
September 22, 2014The Excellent Coffee Hiding at Pitango Gelato
It’s possible that you walk past one of the best coffee shops in Reston without even realizing that it’s there. Pitango Gelato at Reston Town Center is known for its Italian ice cream made from organic milk and free-range eggs. What many people don’t know is that it also serves high-quality espresso prepared by some of the most skilled…
September 18, 2014A Reston Resident’s Lavish End-of-Summer Feast
It’s September but I refuse to believe that summer is over. The produce at the Reston Farmers Market is still in full force. There is a bounty of ripe tomatoes, peaches, peppers and eggplant at the height of their season. These gorgeous fruits and vegetables are begging to be eaten NOW before they disappear to make room for squash…
September 16, 2014Classes with Street Cred at the RCC
Tucked into the Fall 2014 Program Guide from the Reston Community Center are an array of super-cool courses that we at Modern Reston can’t wait to sign up for. Some of these classes reflect current trends and some are more artisanal in nature. Here are some of our favorites:
September 11, 2014At the Reston Farmers Market: Baby Ginger
When we asked Reston Farmers Market mainstay The Farm at Sunnyside what they recommend we buy now, they enthusiastically told us about their crop of baby ginger. Baby ginger is regular ginger only harvested early from September – November. It’s quite different from the ginger we are used to seeing in grocery stores. Mature ginger has a tough husk and is…
September 9, 2014Virginia is for Lovers… of Craft Beer!
Beer has always been part of Virginia’s history but today it’s seeing a renaissance with over 60 craft breweries and the recent designation of August as Virginia Craft Beer Month. The Travel Channel also recently named Virginia one of the nation’s top seven beer destinations. In our efforts to tout “all that is local” we…
September 7, 2014Decadent Adult Milkshakes à la Ted’s Bulletin
Cupcakes are old news. Haven’t you heard? Since Ted’s Bulletin arrived on the scene in Reston Town Center the buzz has been about spiked milkshakes—creamy, chilled confections with a mighty kick. Taking a cue from their menu, we decided to give it a-go at home and create our own milkshakes inspired by our favorite cocktails. We promise you’ll…
September 7, 2014