Food

Potato-Tomato Tart with Aged Gouda

Made with potatoes, tomatoes, and robust aged Gouda cheese, this savory tart makes for an elegant and delicious dinner.

Food

Old-Fashioned Grape-Nuts Pudding

We love this Grape-Nuts custard recipe with its cereal “crust” and creamy filling. Find out why Grape-Nuts pudding is a classic New England dessert.

Side Dishes

Harvard Beets

The origins of the name are a little murky, but if you like your beets half sugar-sweet and half vinegar-sour, then you’re already a fan of Harvard Beets.

Condiments

Rhubarb Sauce

This simple, tangy rhubarb sauce recipe uses only three ingredients and produces the most delicious rhubarb topping you’ve ever tasted.

Breakfast & Brunch

Mamaleh’s Home-Cured Lox

Why settle for pricey store-bought lox when you can get a terrific, more economical result by making it at home?

Food

Zucchini Carrot Muffins

Yogurt keeps these delightfully moist zucchini carrot muffins fresh for days (if you can hold on to them that long), and the nutmeg gives them extra zip.

Desserts

The Best Carrot Cake Ever

Made with carrots, pineapple, walnuts, and spices we think this easy sheet cake topped with cream cheese frosting is the best carrot cake ever.

Food

Classic Deviled Eggs

A tray of classic deviled eggs is always a welcome sight at any party, picnic, or cookout. Here’s our favorite easy recipe.

Desserts

Blueberry Pound Cake

Easy and elegant, this blueberry pound cake is studded with wild Maine blueberries tossed in cinnamon and sugar, then topped with a sweet glaze.

Food

Aunt Val’s New England Corned-Beef Dinner

This classic recipe for New England Corned-Beef Dinner is a St. Patrick’s Day favorite. The extra-flavorful broth gives the meat a richer, clearer flavor.

Desserts

Graham Cracker Pie

This simple graham cracker pie recipe, filled with creamy vanilla pudding, comes from chef Erin French of The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine.

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