Virginia Willis
Restaurants
How a Family of Greeks Ended Up with an Iconic Italian Restaurant in the Deep South
The oldest Italian restaurant in Augusta, Georgia, is a fifth-generation Greek family–owned red sauce joint called Luigi’s.
Recipes
$20,000 Rice Pilaf
Before I attended culinary school, my attempts at preparing rice were absolutely disastrous. Most often the final results were more like gloppy oatmeal, at best. The pilaf method I learned at L’Academie de Cuisine was my saving grace, which is why I call this recipe $20,000 Rice Pilaf (that was the cost of a year of school at the time).