Like pizza? Of course you do. Here’s a great and easy way to make your own at home (almost) from scratch!
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Remodeling Tips: Lights! Cabinets! Action!
Area experts talk about the steps and the realities of fixing up your home.
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Gardener’s Paradise: Salem Veterans Administration Medical Center
Who knew that in addition to offering a broad variety of plants at great prices, the Salem VA Medical Center also uses its plantings as job training for veterans.
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Recipe: Cottage Cheese Ice Cream
What better way to showcase regional culture than through its food? We received a copy of the book “Grazing Along the Crooked Road: Recipes and Stories – Past and Present” by Betty Skeens and Libby Bondurant that does just that.
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Cheesy Comfort: Baked Macaroni and Cheese
Winter is the perfect time to enjoy your favorite comfort foods, like this delicious recipe for baked mac & cheese. Tell us what some of your favorite dishes are!
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Lovely Places to Live
Our tour of neighborhoods in the Roanoke Valley begins to the north, in Botetourt County, and then swings south and west into Roanoke City, Salem and beyond. Plus, meet some people who live there.
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The 16 Trees of Christmas
At the Roanoke County home of Mark and Elizabeth Bower, Christmas is more than a special occasion; it is an abiding passion so strong that they’ll decorate the entire home twice this year.
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Holiday Treats: Peanut Butter Pinwheels & Divinity Candy
The holidays are my favorite time to cook. Not only does the food fill the house with comforting aromas, but it also conjures up memories of childhood Christmases.
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Inspired by a Five-Cent Coca-Cola Ad
Robert and Angela Natt’s downtown-Roanoke condo combines convenience for both their jobs with whimsy and fun generated by both the condo and the pieces they’ve put in it.
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An Amateur Designer’s Dream Condo
Michelle Anderson has used her 1,100 square-foot space to put the bounty of magazine clips, show ideas and advice into motion to create a perfect living space.
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Going Green & Multi-gen at the Lake
Wayne and Joan Peppers wanted a home to accommodate their 17-member family; they got that and then some, with a LEED-certified home built even sooner than they’d planned.
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September/October Advertiser Quick Links
Here are links to some of the wonderful businesses that supported our September/October “Homes” issue. We encourage you to visit their websites soon – and tell them you saw them in The Roanoker!
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Landscape Secrets
Start with a simple rule of (green) thumb: In the front yard, your plantings should play a secondary role to the front of the home; in the back yard, landscaping rules.
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At Home With Two Architects
A re-done kitchen-dining-study area brings a family close to each other and to the outdoors.
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Garden Week Goes to Salem
The blend of great architecture, beautiful gardens and a backdrop theme of Roanoke College history and culture creates a compelling cluster for the April 23 event.
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