Entertaining
Snow Sports
Mac Forehand: Breaking Boundaries
World Champion freeskier and Stratton Mountain School alumnus, Mac Forehand, speaks on his gravity-defying stunts, passion for freeskiing, and deep ties to Stratton.
Food & Drink
A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION
Brooks Addington speaks on the past, present, and future of TÖST.
Entertaining
Sandwich It In
Whether it’s just a quick bite on the go or a carefully constructed masterpiece, one thing is clear: we love our sandwiches in America. Sandwiches are just as much a part of the fabric of American cuisine as pasta is to Italian food. Sure, the name might change as you move around the country, but as long as you layer bread with delicious toppings, it’s a sandwich…
Food & Drink
Holiday Entertaining
It’s your turn to host—don’t panic! We’re going to share a few tips on preparing the moistest of turkeys and provide recipes for accompanying sides to satisfy a diversity of palates and dietary needs. With a little planning you will create an easy, elegant, and welcoming gathering…
Food & Drink
Specialty Craft Beer Stores
Not everyone has the time to make a road trip to visit the breweries found in our Southern Vermont beer tour article. Not to worry—many of the various beers that these breweries are producing can be found at some of the finer beer stores located throughout the region…
Food & Drink
Earthly Spirits
Restaurant chefs and good home cooks know that using fresh herbs elevates a fine dish to a sublime one. The same is true of cocktails – almost every herb we enjoy in cooking can be mixed with spirits or wine to produce an exceptional drink…
Food & Drink
Bloody Delicious
There is something about this combination that sums up Vermont dining at its best: artisanal bread and cheese, locally distilled vodka, fresh tomato with herbs and spices, all served in one tantalizing glass…
Food & Drink
We Love It Cheesy
Some have referred to Vermont as the Napa Valley of cheese – there are cheeses here that rival those from around the world. There is something about the air, the water, the grass, and the artisan’s passion that allows an independent farm to create world class products on a small scale…
Food & Drink
Masterful Chefs
Cooking Up the Classics is a unique cookbook involving collaboration between chefs at local restaurants, community volunteers, and Manchester Music Festival. Culinary works of art are paired with fun and curious stories of renowned composers as well as more contemporary rock musicians – from Mozart to Mick…
Food & Drink
Mom’s Latkes
The best-known Hanukkah food is potato pancakes, called latkes. My mother made her latkes with unpeeled potatoes, saving a lot of time and effort in the preparation. Running the potatoes through the rinse cycle in an empty dishwasher is…
Food & Drink
Gingerbread Cookies
In many homes, the winter holiday season begins when Christmas trees come inside and wreaths are hung outside. In my house, the smell of gingerbread cookies baking is the true indicator of Christmas. I’ve been baking this family recipe since I was seven – in fact, it was the first thing I cooked by myself…
Food & Drink
Holiday Eggnog Recipes
There are two kinds of people: those who love eggnog and those who loathe it. I was a loather. Having only had the kind from the supermarket, I found it gluey, overly sweet, and artificially flavored. The unscientific poll that I ran on social media showed that a majority like eggnog, but few have ever had it homemade. I decided to try making it from scratch to see if it was palatable…
Home
Flowers and Foliage
Step away from the sap-sticky pinecones and needle-dropping evergreen boughs! To do something very creative with our holiday décor this season, we are adding bouquets of fresh flowers around the house. We are choosing arrangements with shimmering, silvery eucalyptus and…
Home
Be Our Guest
There are so many dos and don’ts for the dinner table! But, what if setting the table was like composing a symphony in which the melody was memories from your childhood?…
Food & Drink
As American As Apple Pie?
Apples are versatile, nutritious, and downright delicious. They come in more varieties than most of us can name and can be used in almost as many ways…
Food & Drink
Goat Cheese Tart
Recipe for The Reluctant Panther’s Local Goat Cheese and Fresh Herb Tart Topped with Port Wine Braised Onions…
Food & Drink
The Carnivore’s Solution
“Kangaroo steaks,” says, Nick DeLauri. “That’s one of the more exotic meats a customer has asked for at the counter.” “But, that’s a highly unusual request,” he says. “In springtime, cooks tend to want a fresh leg of lamb and, of course, a great ham for Easter dinner.”…
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Come to the Table and Give Thanks
You don’t think much about a dinner table when it sits there unoccupied and unused. It is just furniture. Something you need to dust, from time to time, and to move when you have to vacuum. It can be a handy place for putting packages. It helps if the table is well made or old or somehow distinguished. But it is still just a table and, somehow, lifeless. But in the last months of the calendar year, the dining room table comes into its own, especially in New England…