Pureed, roasted and baked, Butternut Squash — a New England favorite — makes winter a sweeter season. It’s one of the best-tasting, easiest squashes to cook with—once you get the peel off—and the base of many a soul-warming soup. It also has deep New England roots. Butternut squash got its start in Massachusetts in the 1940s, but […]
Food
New England’s traditional, hearty, slow food warms up our winters. This is the season to get out that old pair of skates, to take advantage of a solitary woodland pond where the ice groans like a living being, or just to pull on heavy boots and mittens for a walk to the post office, with […]
Breakfast & Brunch
Eggs Benedict Arnold
Serve this recipe for Eggs Benedict Arnold with fried potatoes and a fruit garnish. Beautiful and divine!
In our favorite fried smelts recipe, fresh smelts (2 to 5 inches long) are pan-fried and served with a light cucumber salad on the side.
Soups, Stews & Chowders
Wild Mushroom, Leek, and Potato Soup
Warming Mushroom, Leek, and Potato Soup is creamy and delicious. Perfect for cold winter weather!
Desserts
Shoo-Fly Pie
This molasses-infused, crumb-topped shoo-fly pie recipe earns rave reviews.
Breakfast & Brunch
Potato Doughnuts
This 1994 recipe for festive Santa cookies, flavored with lemon and coconut and decorated to look like St. Nick, is a reader-favorite.
