Lynne Olver built her massive Food Timeline with rudimentary coding and more than 15 years' labor. After she died unexpectedly, her husband couldn't find a custodian for it. And then, a writer had a hankering for bread pudding, and some scholars at Virginia Tech had an idea.

Food writer Matthew Korfhage is leaving for Philadelphia. Here are some of the Virginia and Hampton Roads foods he'll miss the most.

Island Jerk Hut, home to the best jerk chicken and pork in Hampton Roads according to a Virginian-Pilot Taste Test, has re-opened in Chesapeake after a year. Opening weekend lines stretched for hours.

Get used to surcharges and higher prices on crab at Hampton Roads restaurants: Low stocks and supply chain issues mean crab prices have risen by 50% or more.

Okie Doughkie Donuts will serve yeast doughnuts — and also decadent croissant doughnuts inspired by Dominique Ansel's famous cronut in New York.

On Mondays throughout the summer, Virginia Beach restaurant J&K Style Grill is playing host to a series of parking lot battles among area chefs. And alongside food presentation and taste, “trash talkin” is one of the categories.

Starting in Virginia Beach, Instagrammable Crumbl Cookies plans a blitz of locations all across Hampton Roads.

Rodman's Bar-B-Que, a Hampton Roads tradition, closed in February. But it won't stay closed for long.

Charlotte's Cafeteria, in Phoebus, offers a model of restaurant that used to fuel much of American life, but which has become much more rare.