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 […]
I just spent a weekend touring some of coastal Maine’s most beautiful farms on a press tour with the Maine Farmland Trust. The purpose of the trip was to not only give a group of writers a taste of Maine’s best food, but to educate them on some of the challenges to building a thriving […]
A few weeks ago while taking a quick after-work tour of my vegetable garden I made an important conclusion: I was about to drown in tomatoes. This was a bit of a sea change for me. At the height of gardening season I start thinking of my plants like they’re my own children. And like the kid […]
Summer is in its final phase, with autumn nipping fast at its heels. The nights are growing cooler, color is blooming in the trees, and our appetites will soon be turning to apples, pumpkins, and hearty soups instead of berry cobblers and refreshing salads. But before unpacking the scarves and sweaters, I urge you to […]
