Food
One of the winners of this year’s Editor’s Choice Food Awards is Dancing Deer Baking Co., specifically their delicious molasses clove cookies. These spicy treats put Dancing Deer on the foodie map when the company first launched as a small wholesale operation in 1994. Twenty years later, they’re still one of our favorite cookies (Dancing Deer […]
Food
Homemade Onion Dip
If your life is like mine, the holiday season means a calendar that’s jammed for six weeks with a series of parties and get-togethers where the main event is eating, eating, maybe some gift-giving, and then some more eating. This also means we spend a fair amount of time beforehand cooking, baking, and asking “What […]
Think of New England food and a few key ingredients will come to mind: corn, molasses, seafood, maple syrup, blueberries. Yes, cranberries, too, but few restaurants specialize in them. And no, apples aren’t native to our shores (only crabapples). The others, often in combination, are the cornerstones of classic New England dishes such as johnnycakes […]
For pumpkin-pie crust with absolutely maximal crispitude, you can’t beat the last-minute-assembly method in which you bake the crust separately from the filling, then combine them just before serving … When it works, it’s spectacular. Prepare a prebaked 10-inch pie shell and set it aside. Now take a separate 9-inch pie pan and coat with […]
Main Dishes
Cooking the Perfect Roast Chicken
Marjorie Druker, developer of the original recipes for Boston Chicken, says you can make any chicken recipe if you can make a great roast chicken.
Eating locally should also mean embracing traditional regional food. Find 15 eras of authentic New England flavor at these favorite eateries.
Cooking Advice
VIDEO: Egg Nests
Leftovers are on the menu for days after Thanksgiving, starting with breakfast. Watch food editor Annie B. Copps prepare Egg Nests with leftover stuffing. Recipes: Egg Nests
Our seasonal recipes from our Yankee Holiday Cookbook will have you eating deliciously (and New Englandy) from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve. No other time of year is as festive or as rich in food traditions as November and December, from the turkey and sweet potatoes at Thanksgiving to the cookies and roasts that anchor […]
Cooking Advice
The Yankee Kitchen: How to Peel an Apple
Lifestyle editor Amy Traverso skinned a lot of apples when she was writing The Apple Lover’s Cookbook. Watch as she demonstrates her favorite technique to peel an apple.