View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Sauces Category. PESTO VEGETABALL’S FARM Claremont, New Hampshire Darlene Ball makes this fragrant, flavorful pesto with fresh basil (sourced locally in season), Parmesan and Romano cheeses, pine nuts, garlic, and a secret ingredient: butter. It tastes so incredible we can’t help but wonder why […]
VEGETABALL’S FARM Photo Credit: Heath RobbinsView the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Sauces Category.PESTO
VEGETABALL’S FARM
Claremont, New Hampshire
Darlene Ball makes this fragrant, flavorful pesto with fresh basil (sourced locally in season), Parmesan and Romano cheeses, pine nuts, garlic, and a secret ingredient: butter. It tastes so incredible we can’t help but wonder why we didn’t think of that before. Her pesto adds robust flavor to pasta, homemade pizza, scrambled eggs, toasted panini, and even soup. We’ll even own up to eating it straight out of the container.
Suggested Retail Price: $6.50 per 7-ounce container
Where to Find It: Select co-op and specialty food stores throughout New Hampshire and Vermont, including Roy’s in Peterborough, NH.
WOZZ! KITCHEN CREATIONS Photo Credit: Heath RobbinsBALSAMIC BLUEBERRY & MAPLE DRESSING
WOZZ! KITCHEN CREATIONS
Hardwick, Vermont
Soon after globe-trotting couple Warrick (Wozz for short) Dowsett and Ashley Thompson settled for good in Vermont, they got to work creating a line of small-batch condiments, dressings, and glazes inspired by both the flavors of their travels and seasonal ingredients closer to home. Made with local fresh blueberries and pure maple syrup, their Balsamic Blueberry & Maple Dressing is a standout, lending a unique, sweet, and fruity tang to salads, poultry, and seafood.
Suggested Retail Price: $10 per 8.5-ounce bottle
Where to Find It: Select specialty food stores throughout New England, including Fresh Market in Bedford, NH; Fruit Center Marketplace in Milton and Hingham, MA; Onion River Coop in Burlington, VT; online at: wozzkitchencreations.com
Aimee Tucker
Aimee Tucker is Yankee’s senior digital editor. A lifelong New Englander and Yankee contributor since 2010, Aimee has written columns devoted to history, foliage, retro food, and architecture, and regularly shares her experiences in New England travel, home, and gardening. Her most memorable Yankee experiences to date include meeting Stephen King, singing along to a James Taylor Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood, and taking to the skies in the Hood blimp for an open-air tour of the Massachusetts coastline.
We recently picked up some containers of this pesto which Darlene had donated to the 2015 NHPTV auction. As a treat, she gave us a container.
WOW!
This is incredible! The Parmesan cheese, the garlic, and the olive oil came through as a wonderfully savory treat.
A week later, with her pesto gone, we bought some Pesto from a local health food store. Blah! After looking at the ingredients, it was lacking the pine nuts (almonds instead), they used sunflower oil instead of olive oil, as well as other differences.
We can’t wait ’til next year and we go back and pick up her NEXT donation!!!!
This stuff is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!
We recently picked up some containers of this pesto which Darlene had donated to the 2015 NHPTV auction. As a treat, she gave us a container.
WOW!
This is incredible! The Parmesan cheese, the garlic, and the olive oil came through as a wonderfully savory treat.
A week later, with her pesto gone, we bought some Pesto from a local health food store. Blah! After looking at the ingredients, it was lacking the pine nuts (almonds instead), they used sunflower oil instead of olive oil, as well as other differences.
We can’t wait ’til next year and we go back and pick up her NEXT donation!!!!
HBH
Darlene is an incredible person and a great mother and cook!!