In Orange, Virginia, amber hills of grain melt into purple vineyard vines. It’s where horse farms neighbor tiny villages, and fried chicken is as likely to be on the menu as a crab cake. It’s where people like James Madison made his family homestead and developed his ideals and conflicting principles of freedom, and the Grand Dame of Southern cooking, Edna Lewis, was raised. The history runs deep, the food is soulful, and the people are hospitable.
Three small towns comprise Orange, Virginia. There’s Barboursville, a quaint village marked by impeccable, Italian wines and horse farms. There’s Orange, the county center with tree-lined streets, and all the comforts of home, and then there’s Gordonsville which might as well be Virginia’s own Stars Hollow. Read more…
