In doing my pepperoni roll research, I learned about Barney's Bakery.



This bakery is in my neck of the woods, but I wasn't entirely familiar with it until I begun the research process.

They don't have a storefront, but they do distribute in grocery stores around the Northern Panhandle.

They have pepperoni rolls: pepperoni, pepperoni & cheese, pepperoni & hot cheese, and minis.

There's also fudge - so much fudge! Cookies & cream, maple nut, chocolate, peanut butter, chocolate peanut butter.







And nut rolls - Hungarian nut, apricot and poppyseed.




Just wow! What's your favorite item?

Taste of West Virginia is one of my favorite events of the year, and I'm lucky to have judged it for the third year in a row now. And, I was in excellent company with Ann Hart, Tim Urbanic, Mike Costello and Brittany Furbee. There were such incredible dishes that I just wanted to share with you! And, I love that more restaurants from around the state are getting involved - and it's all in support of the American Red Cross

The newest establishment to begin brewing their own beer is in Walton - Roane County.

Walton Mountain Brewing Company has been operating as a bar and restaurant for some time. But, recently, they received their own license to begin brewing.

They're located next to a hardware store/deli that has a little bit of everything. Tom and I actually walked through here to get to the brewery (though it has its own entrance).

They had just opened, and we were waiting for 1 p.m. on this Sunday to roll around so we could get our hands on a craft beer.


The space has pool tables, TVs and lots of taxidermy animals. So, we watched some TV and put in our food orders first.

The menu is pretty big: burgers, pizza, fried appetizers, bbq, hot dogs and more.

I went for a cheeseburger with a side salad.

And Tom got the pulled pork.

At the time of this writing, they had just one beer on tap: Gusher Blonde Ale. Mm!


And, apparently they do some fire pits because look at these cute s'more kits!