From oysters to ice cream, listed below are our Meals class winners.
Frozen Burritos
(Sous Casa: in Richmond)
Created by Richmond chef Jim Hamilton, Sous Casa burritos pack large taste in a tidy tortilla parcel. Having cooked for touring musicians from Beyonc to Phish, Hamilton understands the calls for of life on the go and has created a freezer-friendly choice that really rocks. Sous Casa’s “freshly frozen,” made-in-Richmond burritos, signify a various crosssection of cuisines, from the traditional Frollo Verde with hen and salsa verde to a Saag Paneerito, with curried spinach and paneer cheese. Extra choices embrace vegan, glutenfree, and low-carb options, and recipes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And these are burritos that give again. The corporate makes an area donation with each order; over 10,000 burritos so far have been offered to Virginia meals pantries, church buildings, and nonprofits.
$3.25-$5.75 EatSousCasa.com
Misty Level Oysters
(Cherrystone Aqua-Farms: in Cape Charles)
Cherrystone calls their Misty Level oysters the “filet mignon” of their choices, and that’s becoming for this meaty delicacy, with a excessive meat-to-shell ratio and a superb salinity with each slurp. Plucked straight from Virginia’s Jap Shore waters round Cape Charles, Misty Factors are ultimate on the halfshell with a squeeze of lemon. “The Ballard household has raised oysters within the pristine waters surrounding Virginia’s Jap Shore since 1895—and we completely like it!” says director of promoting Caitlin Hart. “In the present day, the fifth technology continues this positive custom utilizing sustainable farming and harvesting practices to supply the very best tasting oysters in Virginia.” Cherrystone’s oysters and clams ship from the Jap Shore straight to your door.
Beginning at $52 ClamAndOyster.com
Grass Fed Beef Biltong
(Ayoba: in Springfield)
The van Blommestein household is Northern-Virginia-based, with sturdy South African roots. Their household has been producing the meat snack biltong, a scrumptious, meaty muchie with a uniquely tender texture, since 2017. However please, don’t name it jerky! Ayoba’s conventional South African biltong is marinated in spices and air dried to create a mushy and chewy mouthfeel with explosive taste. The protein-packed meat has hints of coriander and rosemary, however their grass-fed beef biltong is as particular for what’s in it as what they pass over—particularly sugar, nitrites, and synthetic flavors. In South Africa, the phrase ayoba expresses pleasant approval—a becoming time period for a snack with loads to like.
$7.99-$23.99 AyobaFoods.com
Lucha Crunch Bar
(Gearharts Nice Goodies: in Charlottesville)
CIA-trained chocolatier Tim Gearhart masterfully combines daring and, at occasions, sudden flavors with premium chocolate in his Charlottesville-based flagship store and manufacturing kitchen. It’s all about contrasting taste and texture in Gearharts’ Lucha Crunch Bar, which was impressed by Lucha Libre, in any other case often called Mexican wrestling. Creamy and tart lime caramel goes toe to toe with crunchy bits of half-popped popcorn inside a milk chocolate shell, with spicy pink chili sprinkled on high. There’s milky sweetness, salty surprises, and delicate warmth. You possibly can’t miss the brilliant, punchy (no pun supposed) coloured packaging of this whole knockout of a chocolate bar. Accessible on-line and in addition in Gearharts’ Charlottesville and Richmond storefronts.
Coconut Brittle
(Bakefully Yours: in Manassas)
“I created this firm as a result of I couldn’t discover nice tasting handmade grain-free, dairy-free, and soy-free treats at grocery shops,” says Bakefully Yours founder Sarah Seligman. “And now, 5 years into this enterprise, many shoppers take pleasure in these treats and admire the high-quality, allergy-friendly components.” Seligman’s allergy-friendly bakery, Bakefully Yours, produces cookies, brownies, and brittle from their gluten-free facility in Manassas. Their three-ingredient, natural coconut brittle is a wonderfully balanced candy and salty indulgence with simply the correct quantity of crunch. Attempt it as a topping on ice cream, with yogurt, or take pleasure in snacking on it proper out of the bag. Bakefully Yours treats can be found on-line and at shops nationwide.
$10.25 Bakefully.com
Candy Potato Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
(M Catering: in Richmond)
Chef Michael Corridor has been perfecting his barbecue sauce for years, and the result’s one that completely balances candy and savory flavors. Chef Corridor’s Candy Potato Chipotle Barbecue Sauce marries the spice of smoky chipotle peppers with the sweetness of candy potatoes and brown sugar. Hints of honey, molasses, sizzling sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and hickory smoke spherical out the complexity of this delectable dressing. Corridor initially concocted the recipe in 2015 because the chef and proprietor of Spoonbread Bistro in Richmond. That 12 months, it took dwelling honors at a Richmond Instances-Dispatch’s Savor occasion. Now the chef at Tavern 19 on the Independence Golf Course in Midlothian, Corridor sells the bottled sauce on the golf course present store.
$10.99 IndependenceGolfClub.com/Tavern-19
Premium Ice Cream Pints
(Richlands Creamery: in Blackstone)
Constructed from milk sourced straight from the household’s third-generation dairy farm, Richlands Creamery ice cream pints are on the high of their class. From traditional flavors like vanilla and strawberry to artistic choices like banana pudding and lemon cream, Richlands has one thing for everybody. “We pleasure ourselves on the care that we give to our land and animals, and we predict you possibly can style the goodness in each chew of ice cream,” says proprietor Coley Drinkwater. Opened in June of 2019, Richlands gives all method of milky goodness, from two p.c, entire, and chocolate milk to heavy cream; but it surely’s the ice cream that places a smile on the faces of tourists to their Blackstone ice cream parlor.
$4.99-$5.29 RichlandsDairyFarm.com
Heavenly Kettle Corn
(in Virginia Seaside)
Accessible in 5 mouth-watering flavors, like tangle of lime, candy warmth, and crab corn, Heavenly Kettle Corn is an addictive, salty snack with a mission. The corporate donates 5 p.c of gross sales from each bag to nonprofits that profit youngsters, veterans, and households of regulation enforcement. Proprietor Jeremy Bigler says he began the enterprise to show his youngsters real-world expertise, and the family-run operation pops every selection in small batches from their Virginia Seaside dwelling. Every bag has a resealable zipper so it can save you some for later, if by probability it’s not eaten in a single sitting! Search for this “corn with a trigger” at farmers markets, shops, and breweries round Hampton Roads.
Applesauces
(Mrs. Marcy’s Homemades: in North Chesterfield)
Discovering herself with an abundance of time and apples from her dwelling backyard, serial entrepreneur Marcy Thornhill launched Mrs. Marcy’s Homemades from her Chesterfield dwelling in the course of the peak of the pandemic. Thornhill says she was concerned about preserving the bounty from her backyard whereas making a wholesome snack for her household. With quite a lot of flavors obtainable, together with traditional apple, strawberry, blueberry, and orange, the product line grew shortly. Because of an look on Virginia This Morning, Thornhill quickly started promoting in retail shops like Southern States, The Market at twenty fifth Avenue, and Pole Inexperienced Produce. Mrs. Marcy’s final mission? To make all of her merchandise “blissful, wholesome, and do-it-yourself.”
$5-$9.50 MrsMarcysHomemades.com
Summer time Winter Crest di Galle
(Foggy Mountain Pasta: in Herdon)
Based within the mountains of Appalachia in 2016, Foggy Mountain Pasta is all about wheat. They supply sustainably grown heirloom varieties to imbue every chew of pasta with a definite taste. Within the Summer time Winter Crest di Galle, candy and tender summer season wheat combines with nutty, firmer winter wheat in a tubular mohawk form that holds its personal in opposition to daring sauces. “Really farm to fork, our pasta proudly options the distinctive flavors, colours, and textures of every grain, the way it’s milled, and the place it’s from,” says proprietor and pasta maker Gabriel Key. Key’s Foggy Mountain artisan handmade pastas can be found to order on-line and on the market at farmers markets throughout Northern Virginia.
$10.99 FoggyMountainPasta.com
