Chris Agharabi elevates a homey classic

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From the April 2023 issue

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Chris Agharabi likes to keep things simple. The serial restaurateur says his style is “well executed, well plated and balanced.” Evidently, his customers at Ava’s Pizzeria & Wine Bar like what they taste. 

Named for daughter Ava, the restaurant started in St. Michaels and Cambridge, Md. The newest location is in the downtown Rehoboth Beach corner space that once held Jake’s Seafood.

St. Peter’s Episcopal turns holiday sweet into a successful fundraiser

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From the Winter 2022 issue

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In 2017, the choir at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Lewes began fundraising for a trip to Ely Cathedral in England. They organized silent auctions, wine tastings and other events. But new choir member Joanne Ward had a novel idea. “Have you ever done a cookie walk?” she asked her fellow singers. 

Participants pay for empty containers, which they fill with goodies baked by volunteers, explained the professional musician, who organized a walk in New Jersey, where she’d lived before moving to Milton.

Equipped with a box and protective gloves, St. Peter’s walkers stroll the parish hall choosing preferred treats from banquet tables, which line the walls and create a dividing line down the room’s center.

Vibrant fall soup is packed with veggies

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From the October 2022 issue

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Patty Jacobs loves to live near the coast. 

She grew up in Linwood, N.J., a bedroom community outside Atlantic City. She’s also lived in three Florida seaside areas — Key West, Key Largo and West Fort Lauderdale — as well as Sonoma County, Calif. She moved to Delaware after meeting her husband, Ted, who owned a beach home in the Oak Orchard area.

Jacobs also never strayed far from hospitality. Her mother, whose family was in the industry, owned a restaurant at the Mays Landing Country Club in New Jersey. “I was raised in the business,” Jacobs says. “When I was probably 8 years old, I stood on a milk crate and sliced vegetables.”