View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Seasonings. FLAKE FINISHING SALT ATLANTIC SALTWORKS Salem, Massachusetts Colonial Americans harvested their own salt from the Atlantic long before Morton and Diamond Crystal came along. Looking to boost their locavore skills, Heather Ahearn and Alison Darnell began experimenting with those early methods using water […]
Food
Easy Caramel Sauce
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Jams & Preserves Category. MARMALADE BLAKE HILL PRESERVES Grafton, Vermont Vicky Allard is a third-generation preserve maker from Hampshire, England. When she and husband Joe Hanglin purchased Blake Hill Farm in 2004, they found a bumper crop of wild blackberry and raspberry bushes growing […]
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Beverages. CHAI SPICE TEA BLEND CHAI WALLAH Guilford, Vermont The trick to a great chai is getting the balance of tea and spices–cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and black pepper–in exactly the right proportions to make a drink that’s simultaneously warming, sweet, dusky, floral, and a […]
Bottle Goods
Locally made aoilis for sale.
October means that everything-pumpkin season is here again, and while the world keeps finding new ways to add the popular “pumpkin spice” flavor to things we never thought possible (snack chips, gum, bagels….dog treats?), pumpkin classics like this reader-favorite pumpkin bread recipe from the Harborside House in Marblehead, Massachusetts rely on real pumpkin for the […]
Boston Cream Pie
How a savvy entrepreneur named Bo Muller-Moore took on a corporate giant and made a leafy green an “Eat More Kale” star in the process.
There’s a new exhibit at Plimoth Plantation, a working bakery that will bring early American baking traditions to life. Located in the newly renovated Craft Center, the bakery (named the Plimoth Bread Company) is ramping up to offer fresh breads and pastries for purchase, tastings, workshops and classes. Plimoth has always had […]