Community Cornerstones: Mel’s Cafe

a man outside a restaurant

by Channing Mathews This month my journey through the Black food and wine-ways of Charlottesville led me to Mel’s Café on Main Street, run graciously by its dedicated, self-taught chef […]

Pass the Cornbread!

Photo includes a picture of a white plate with a black cast iron skillet sitting on top. In the skillet is a partially eaten warm and fluffy piece of yellow cornbread. A knife sits carefully placed within the side of the cornbread to gather another fluffy piece. There is a dollop of whipped butter on the top with a spattering of chives, and a hint of black pepper at the top.

by Channing Mathews When I think of cornbread, I am immediately transported to my maternal grandma’s Floridian kitchen, where both my grandma and eldest Auntie were always cooking up a […]