Side Dishes

Beanhole Beans | Best Cook

Tom Curren’s recipe for beanhole beans pay homage to a New Hampshire logging-camp favorite.

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Thanksgiving Side Dishes | The Heart of the Feast

Celebrate the best part of the meal with a fresh take on familiar Thanksgiving side dishes. Let’s be honest: The best part of Thanksgiving (besides dessert) isn’t the all-American bird, the great symbol of the fall holiday. I have nothing against turkey (when properly cooked, it can yield wonderfully moist, delicious meat), but it’s really […]

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For the Love of Baked Beans

Our recipe archives are overflowing with recipes for this classic New England dish; here are a few of our favorites for baked beans.

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Quinoa Salad with Apples and Kale

Last year, the US Apple Association, an educational and advocacy organization for apple growers, asked me to develop some apple recipes that made use of the fruit in novel and delicious ways. One of my favorites was this quinoa salad studded with kale, pine nuts, sautéed apples, and feta (I’m a big fan of quinoa […]

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At the Farmers Market (and a Sweet Apple-Pickle Cucumber Recipe)

One of my favorite ways to promote my apple cookbook is by doing demos at farmers markets around New England. And now that fresh early summer apples like Paula Red and Lodi are in season, I’ll be visiting a lot of them in the coming months. Today I was at the Kendall Square market in […]

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Quick Bread-and-Butter Apple Pickles

This relish is actually a bit different from the bread-and-butter pickles you may know from childhood. It’s also much simpler. It does have a similar flavor profile, though: sweet and bright, with warm spices. It’s a quick pickle in every sense—just a thirty-minute bath in the vinegar before it’s ready to serve, and I simply […]

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Fiddleheads and Salad Greens Recipes

Eat your greens this spring with these tempting recipes for arugula, fennel, beet greens, young dandelion leaves, and that special New England treat — fiddleheads. RECIPES

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Pickle Recipe from the Best Cook

The May/June 2009 Best Cook, Ruth Feeney of Maine, shares this recipe for sour mustard pickles that was handed down from her mother. Now it has been handed to you. See below. YANKEE RECIPES: Click here for more than 70 recipes for pickles and preserves. RECIPEDelivered Daily: New England Recipes and Tried & True Kitchen […]

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