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Mountain Slices: Pizza in West Virginia
In West Virginia, pizza isn’t just a food—it’s a love letter to the state’s rich Italian heritage, with pizzerias rivaling some of the best in the country. During the early 20th century, Italians immigrated to the Mountain State in search of employment in the coal mines. With them came family…
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Nancy Bruns : Salt of the Earth
For Nancy Bruns, salt is life. It’s in her veins. It’s in her history. It’s in her land. The J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works co-founder has made it her livelihood — and her legacy. Located in Malden, West Virginia, J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works harvests all-natural salt by hand from a 400-million-year-old ancient ocean…
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Aaron and Marie Clark : Timing
Most things in life – the truly special things, anyway – depend on timing, and there probably isn’t anyone who understands this better than Aaron and Marie Clark. From their first meeting at Bennigan’s in the early 1990s to years spent working together and separately at iconic Charleston restaurants like…
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Belief : The Story of Anthony Wilkins and Gourmet Fast
The extra six hundred dollars of unemployment benefits that arrived during the early weeks of the pandemic helped – a lot – especially since he had only been receiving about sixty dollars a week since the world came to a halt and restaurants were forced to close. It wasn’t enough,…
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Mountain Slices: Pizza in West Virginia
In West Virginia, pizza isn’t just a food—it’s a love letter to the state’s rich Italian heritage, with pizzerias rivaling some of the best in the country. During the early 20th century, Italians immigrated to the Mountain State in search of employment in the coal mines. With them came family…
Read More
Nancy Bruns : Salt of the Earth
For Nancy Bruns, salt is life. It’s in her veins. It’s in her history. It’s in her land. The J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works co-founder has made it her livelihood — and her legacy. Located in Malden, West Virginia, J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works harvests all-natural salt by hand from a 400-million-year-old ancient ocean…
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Aaron and Marie Clark : Timing
Most things in life – the truly special things, anyway – depend on timing, and there probably isn’t anyone who understands this better than Aaron and Marie Clark. From their first meeting at Bennigan’s in the early 1990s to years spent working together and separately at iconic Charleston restaurants like…
Read More
Belief : The Story of Anthony Wilkins and Gourmet Fast
The extra six hundred dollars of unemployment benefits that arrived during the early weeks of the pandemic helped – a lot – especially since he had only been receiving about sixty dollars a week since the world came to a halt and restaurants were forced to close. It wasn’t enough,…
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