Food & Drink
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…
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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…
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From The Ground Up
The VanDerWielens’ philosophy is simple: provide the freshest seasonal ingredients, ethically sourced, from local purveyors. Diners are served beautiful meals that are traceable from start to finish, because local and fresh taste better and are better for the community and the environment…
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Make It To Go
Choose a package of pre-sliced Finocchiona salami, a dry-cured sausage lightly scented with fennel and a wedge of their own imported provolone, which they age and then package in-house. Throw in a beautiful loaf of Earth Sky Time’s crusty sesame bread…
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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…
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Bread
Bread, it is well known, is the Staff of Life. While we cannot live by bread alone, we break bread together, sharing food and companionship. Bread is the most fundamental of created foods – not as easy as picking greens and eating them, but not much more work. Finely ground wheat, water, and leavening – this is the simplicity of basic bread…
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Eggs
Have you ever experienced the rich, clean, and creamy flavor of an egg a day or two after it appeared in the nest, from a hen that ranged freely in her yard and scratched up her own food? A farm-fresh egg can vary in size, and has a higher nutritional value than a supermarket egg. The shells often range in color from snowy white to pale blue, or pink, to dark brown – and any shade in between….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Perfect Wife 20th Anniversary Celebration
It’s hard to believe that twenty years ago, on December 11, 1996, The Perfect Wife Restaurant and Tavern opened its doors for the first time. Over the past two decades they’ve become a staple for Manchester locals, travelers, vacationers, second home owners and everyone in between. And they’re celebrating with a big thank you to all who have made the restaurant what it is today.
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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…
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Rising Above The Rest
The goal of Dorset Rising is to provide the community, small shops and fine dining establishments with the best fresh bread and baked goods in the region … Join them and be ready to immerse yourself in the aromas and tastes of handcrafted artisan bread & baked goods all baked fresh daily.
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Goat Cheese Tart
Recipe for The Reluctant Panther’s Local Goat Cheese and Fresh Herb Tart Topped with Port Wine Braised Onions…
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A Literary Agent Finds Cheese-Making Success at Consider Bardwell Farm
“Farming has taught me a lot about publishing,” she says. “When I’m back in New York and I hear editors tip-toeing around an author, being too polite, or not getting to the point about something, I look at them and say, ‘Why don’t you just be direct?’”
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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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The Vermont Country Store Cookbook
It is a splendid combination of the history of a successful small-town Vermont business and of the foods that most Vermonters treasure.
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Apples of Uncommon Character
If you wanted to eat an apple when I was growing up, your choices were a thick-skinned McIntosh, a bland Red Delicious, or an equally bland although slightly juicier Golden Delicious.
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Whose Farm, What Table?
“Farm to table” means the food you eat, whether in a restaurant or your home, came from a specific local farm or producer—a movement that is thriving here in Southern Vermont.