Eat It Up! A Guide to Specialty Food Sources in and About Roanoke, New River Valley, and Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia with Recipes
by Maxine Fraade

The Complete Guide to Locating Delicious, Hard-to-Find, Gourmet, Ethnic, Ultra-Fresh, Organic, Weird, and Wonderful Foods in Southwest Virginia


"Foodies love few things more than finding a new source for high quality ingredients. Eat It Up! provides a much needed guide to many of the area's hidden food treasures."
David Tenzer, "Foodie For Thought" columnist as seen in City Magazine

Looking for authentic Indian papadums * home made butter * free range chicken * lemongrass * Korean kimchee * bagels * fair traded coffee * vegan mayonnaise * low-carb crackers * fried apple pies * stone ground tortillas * chevre cheese * iced oreo cheesecake * nostalgic candy * chili pepper wine * aged beef * chestnut honey * Chinese dumplings * white truffle oil * Virginia hams * organic bread * pick your own asparagus * Belgian beers * soft shelled crabs * habanero potato chips * jerky…?

Find it in Eat It Up! Over 120 shops, stands, outlets, farms and markets! All the information on where in our region to find extraordinary:

  • Bakeries
  • Candy, Nuts and Other Treats
  • Cheeses and Dairy Products
  • Ethnic Food: Arabic, Asian, Bosnian, Indian, International, Mexican, Latino
  • Farmer's Markets
  • Fish and Seafood
  • Gourmet Stores
  • Natural Food Stores
  • Pick Your Own farms
  • Produce Stands and Country Stores
  • Specialty Stores
  • Wineries
  • Wine Shops
  • Helpful Indexes to help you locate shops, and Recipes too!

    And much, much more…

    Eat It Up is the result of my search for authentic, outstanding food products in Roanoke, the New River Valley, Smith Mountain Lake, and the surrounding areas. As a part of every class or group I speak to in Roanoke, I discuss new or unfamiliar ingredients and where to buy them locally. This guide is a much-expanded continuation of that discussion: where I go to shop for food - not only ethnic, but all kinds of fine edibles - and what I look for when I get there.

    Published by Aubergine Press, $11.95 plus tax. Look for Eat It Up! at Cantos and Rams Head Book Shops in Roanoke, Provisions Gourmet, and many other specialty gourmet and food shops in the area.

    Email: maxinefr@aol.com for information about mail order. Discounts available for bulk purchases

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