The Washington Post recently did an interesting story about the burgeoning food scene in Charlottesville.

If you haven’t had a chance to read it, click here.

After seeing the article, I can’t wait to check out Mas, a Spanish restaurant that supposedly serves up great tapas.

Anyone else have a favorite restaurant in Charlottesville? Or any thoughts on what makes the dining scene better than Roanoke’s, if anything?

While I’m sharing random tidbits, I’ll share a random recipe. I found this recipe for Mango Chicken Curry on Simply Recipes. Yellow curry…golden raisins…mangoes…heavy cream…what more could you want?

Since Swagat, one of downtown Roanoke’s Indian restaurants, has apparently closed down, maybe it’s time to perfect some Indian food at home. Enjoy!

Before I go, I wanted to let you all know that I’ll be in Florida this weekend and the first part of next week visiting my grandmother for Mother’s Day. When I get back, we can dish about grouper sandwiches and conch fritters and key lime pie.

Until then, please enjoy the guest blog entries on Monday and Tuesday by my colleague Nona Nelson, who can typically be found over at Happy Wag, the Roanoke Times pet blog.

Thanks, Nona!

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