An off-the-beaten-path burger joint with a wrestling theme: It's what's for dinner. Squared Circle Burgers is a new wrestling-themed burger restaurant on Campbell's Creek Drive. The space itself is what you might expect - some basic tables and chairs with wrestling belts and memorabilia on the walls. The menu focuses, of course, on burgers: The...

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There are so many talented bakers in our area running home businesses. And, I'm hoping to feature them as time allows. But the first one that came to mind was The Baked Flamingo, which is operated by my friend Emily Watson. She creates cookies for all occasions, and she has even held a cookie-decorating...

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Tropical Smoothie Cafe is a chain restaurant, but when I saw this one in Martinsburg, it was the first I had heard of it. So, I wanted to check it out. "It started on a beach in Florida. The calm gulf waters, friends enjoying games in the sand and a need for replenishment...

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During COVID, desperate times call for desperate measures. And since I can't travel far for food... food is traveling for me. Or, maybe one of my very best friends came to visit me from Nashville and brought me a pizza (and cinnamon roll!) from Slim & Husky's, which has been recognized as having some...

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Here is my latest column for the Charleston Gazette-Mail: The list of gravies in Appalachia is never-ending.There’s chocolate gravy — made with sugar, flour, cocoa, butter, milk and vanilla, which likely had Mexican influence in Appalachia.And sausage gravy — made with sausage pan drippings, flour, milk, salt and pepper to create a creamy...

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