John Layton John Layton spent a year on the barbecue circuit. From Louisiana to Texas, in state fairs and county festivals, he tasted and tested where grilling is king, the coals are hot and the best sauce wins. And after extensive development, Layt...

If you have been to the Maryland Wine Festival, you know that there is more to it than clinking glasses, wine tasting, music, laughter, picnics, and – that ultimate experience – discovering a vintage so delicious that you just have to buy a few b...

“Common Ground” founder Walt Michael takes time to strum his guitar on the lawn of “The Hill” (McDaniel College). In the crucible of the ’60s, young Walt Michael went to West Virginia as a poverty-fighting volunteer. Among the mountain peop...

Artist Mark Wheatley works at his drawing board on a cover for one of his graphic novels. Growing up in Tidewater, Va., Mark Wheatley loved comic books; a little too much, as far as his parents were concerned. “From about the fifth grade I was one ...

Beer and food will be the main attractions on September 25 when hundreds of homebrew and microbrew enthusiasts gather for the Fourth Annual Maryland Microbrewery Festival at Union Mills Homestead in Westminster. But another aspect of the brewers’ ...

Steve Guthrie has spent 28 years in the Carroll County school system. Steve Guthrie has spent much of his professional career working directly with students. After 28 years in jobs ranging from high school teacher to human resources specialist, Guth...