Best of the Blue Ridge

We happened to cruise into the town of Fulks Run, in northwestern Virginia, on what devotees know as Fried Ham Friday. What luck! One day each week, the big table at the back of Fulks Run Grocery , a small provisions store, is cleared so that people can sit down and eat sandwiches at what normally serves as the ham shipping department for Turner Ham House.

Michael McCarthy, Oysters, & Pizza - Our Local Commons

It's hard to contain our excitement on the drive to Michael McCarthy's home in Afton, a half mile from the Nelson County line. We imagine that the man who's owned Dr. Ho's Humble Pie for just over five years might have some dough up his sleeve; because there's something eminently craveable about pizza (even at 10 o'clock in the morning), especially when it comes from Dr. Ho's.

Watch now: Charlottesville Inside-Out | Jason Pollock / Dr. Ho's Humble Pie (#802) | WCVE PBS Video

Catch up with a local musician who was a founding member of the hit-song producing band, Seven Mary Three; then check out our favorite recipes at a beloved restaurant just south of Charlottesville. Watch online: Jason Pollock / Dr. Ho's Humble Pie (#802) from Charlottesville Inside-Out.

Dr. Ho's Humble Pie

4916 Plank Road . North Garden, VA . (434) 245-0000 http://doctorhoshumblepie.com/ Best pizza in the Charlottesville area? Best cheese bread? Best wings? Best french fries? Best nachos? Best fried fish? Best strombolis? For any one restaurant to merit all of these superlatives would be remarkable. For it to be done by a 38-seat dive nine...

Ramen Slurp

This week it's a look at real ramen with Ivan Orkin, author of Ivan Ramen: Love, Obsession and Recipes from Tokyo's Most Unlikely Noodle Joint, the Sterns are in North Garden, Va., at Dr. Ho's Humble Pie, we talk to Gustavo Arellano of the syndicated Ask a Mexican!

Dr. Ho's Humble Pie Wins First Bacon Festival

Dr. Ho's Humble Pie won this year's CURED Central Virginia Bacon Festival. The restaurant won with three bacon-inspired dishes: a bacon-inspired strudel, a bacon-inspired salad and a maple bacon doughnut. Fourteen restaurants competed in the festival, trying to win over the crowd with their bacon creations.