Food & Drink

EARTHLY SPIRITS

Include herbs from your garden to enhance your summer cocktail spirits.

Food & Drink

cocktails with herb garnishes
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…

Out and About

taste of vermont 2017
Taste of Vermont

Taste of Vermont delights every year with a feast of edible goodies presented sampling style in the Stratton Mountain Base Lodge. More than 35 vendors came together on March 18 to offer up their signature, local cuisine to more than 400 guests. Purveyors included Fortuna’s Sausage & Italian Market, The Copper Grouse, Raven’s Den Steakhouse, […]

Food & Drink

Homemade White Holiday Eggnog
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…