After your outstanding dinner, spend those calories on great Providence walks and places to visit along the way. Providence has always had great food — the city teems with citizens hailing from Italy, Portugal, France, and all parts of Asia, and it’s home to one of the nation’s top culinary schools. Discovering a bounty of […]
Keep preparations for the big feast effortless using these 25 Thanksgiving tips from Yankee Magazine. 1. First, be thankful. Take time and pause to reflect on the big and small things in your life that you are grateful for. 2. Make a timeline so that you can schedule your day and oven usage. 3. Read […]
In our world, Jasper White is the king of New England. We may be a bit deferential, but this is the chef who made anadama bread, clam chowder, and johnnycakes cool again after years of embarrassing teases that New England food was no good. His latest, The Summer Shack Cookbook: The Complete Guide to Shore […]
This collection of easy, elegant holiday recipes will impress your guests, and leave you plenty of time to enjoy the seasonal festivities.
Latkes play an important role in traditional Chanukah celebrations not just because they taste so good — it’s really all about the oil. Chanukah — from the Hebrew word for “dedication” — is a significant holiday because it commemorates the events of 168 to 165 b.c., when the Jews of Jerusalem led a successful revolt […]
Nothing eats away at a family’s mealtime together like children’s sports. Everywhere parents hustle from practices to games — often one season merging into the next without a break — all the while hoping their kids will grab a bite while tugging on their uniforms. The Malpiedes and the Lynches of Needham, Massachusetts, know about […]
Ah, the poached pear … Just saying it aloud is an elegant adventure for the mouth. And as much as a whole, luscious pear, simmered in delicately flavored liquids, is for certain a thing of elegance and beauty, the process is easy and the results versatile. We tend to think of poached pears as a […]
A collection of fun and easy summer vegetable recipes that put the flavor of the season’s harvest on your table. Nurtured all summer long and tended to perfection, piles of red and yellow tomatoes in every shape and size await your inspection. Neat stacks of white and golden corn nestled in silk … hard-shelled squashes […]
Is it possible to keep potatoes from sprouting and turning green? Also, what are potato eyes? Read on for the answers.
Not far from Horseneck Beach and the east fork of the Westport River in Massachusetts, the rolling vineyards of Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery pattern the land with acres of even rows of thriving grapevines. Bob and Carol Russell carefully chose this fertile farmland for its unique microclimate, which offers the warmest temperatures in the […]
1. Be organized. Gather together everything you are going to need from start to finish and be sure to make a trip to the restroom. Once you get started, you can’t walk away — this is live fire cooking. Do you have enough charcoal (or propane)? Do you have all the ingredients? Do you have […]
If dining on deck, especially with kids, avoid snacks that will blow away or are oily: “Chips, pretzels, and crackers fly away with the slightest puff of wind, and the kids’ hands get covered in grease — which ends up on everything they touch on a boat, and that can be dangerous. Cut-up fruits and […]
