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Marinated Lima Beans
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Copper Pennies
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Pumpkin Pie
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Banana Nut Bread
We asked Yankee‘s former food editor, Amy Traverso (whose book on cooking with apples will be published in 2009 by W.W. Norton), for her five favorites among the more than 40 varieties commonly available in New England. MCINTOSH Although native to Ontario, the Mac is the most popular apple variety in New England. Tender, tart […]
Squash, indigenous to Mesoamerica, has been around for at least 5,000 years. The ancient civilizations of these regions were known to cultivate it, and over time the crop spread north — eventually as far as New England and Canada — and became a staple. In fact, the native tribes referred to corn, beans, and squash […]
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Butternut Squash
All over New England, at farm stands, groceries, and local markets, September’s crisp air ushers in an annual switch from summer’s bounty of berries, peppers, and tomatoes to autumn’s festive bins of hardy gourds. Some knobby and mottled, some flamboyantly hued like a maple leaf’s last stand, winter squashes — acorn, buttercup, turban, carnival, and […]
Fall is harvest season for root vegetables. These four root vegetable recipes are the perfect way to enjoy them!
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Canning Recipes | Best Cook Verna Soini
Verna Soini of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, shares two of her blue-ribbon canning recipes from the country fair. Verna Soini’s plump hands are stained red from the beets she’s peeling as she prepares her favorite relish. On the stove, jars are jostling gently in a hot-water bath. In another kettle, freshly packed jars of pickled green beans are […]