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Review
Dixie Diner's menu lists tons of options
The Burger King in a Virginia Beach shopping center that had turned Mexican became the Dixie Diner last March. Restaurant critic Tammy G. Jaxtheimer wondered if the new place offered hot open-faced sandwiches, cold platters and breakfast anytime. It offers that and much more

Black History Month
African culture and garb
Although Yewande Sole (pronounced sho-lay), 45, says it had been her dream since she was 13 or 14 to have five businesses, she had no idea her vision would take root in Hampton Roads.

Review
Warm up in style at Burtons Grill
Burtons Grill in Virginia Beach has concocted the perfect Irish coffee, perfectly executed, according to The Virginian-Pilot's food writer Lorraine Eaton.
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Food & Cooking
- Common Grounds coffee shop connects communities
- The Martins, a wrestling family, make wine on Knotts Island
- Retail shop offers Saturday breakfasts
- Downtown Norfolk Restaurant Week
- Intracoastal boaters have a new fine-dining option
- Whitner's Barbecue - new joint for great 'que
- Warm up with chili at annual cook-off
- A saber toast adds pizzazz - and danger - to uncorking
- Foodie fortune: Five predicted trends for 2010
- Five New Year’s toasts to try, including two without alcohol
- Cooked neighborhood goose? Let's give it a shot
- From buffet or menu, it’s Asian spice of life
- Fix a gift for cooks, wrap up something tasty
- Video: Turkey Problems? Microwave It
- Family-owned bakery holds a lot of sweet memories
Home & Garden
- Do you know how to be a good neighbor?
- Go Antiquing: On the road for an antiques adventure
- A green clean with lemon and salt
- Want to sell your home? First step: Get with the decade
- Protect your home from winter temperatures
- Local inn owners embrace homework
- A door for all seasons
- Wreath-a-thon! Creating 44 wreaths during one workshop
- North Carolina's 'Christmas flower' in ample supply
- A gift for your host
Health & Fitness
- Yoga for Art lovers
- Pool Etiquette: The unspoken rules of lap swimming
- Get tips at the Health and Fitness Expo
- Brute Strength Gym boasts seriously strong clients
- The art of writing New Year's resolutions that stick
- Boxing classes take a swing at building confidence
- Yoga Festival aims to spread interest
- New yoga studio offers mindful care of body, spirit
- Breast cancer patients find community in exercise class
- Interactive: What people think about swine flu
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