Five hours south of Moffatt’s Christmas Tree Farm, Seth Johnson steers his flatbed truck into the Stamford, Connecticut, rest area. Earlier this morning, while Seth was loading on these Frasers and balsams in Northern Vermont, the loudest sound was a jake brake muttering on a milk truck coming off nearby Denton Hill. Now, as he […]
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We ask comedian Bethany Van Delft … How Do You Keep Them Laughing? Bethany Van Delft worked for years as a successful runway model and high-end-restaurant manager until she realized her true calling: comedy. Today, the Massachusetts native and Boston resident performs in clubs across the city, has been featured in the Boston Comedy Festival, […]
A collection of lovely images featuring late fall in Vermont from photographer Richard Brown.
New England’s beer culture is as rich and robust as a dark, toasty stout. Our region boasts more than 100 breweries, so picking its five best beermakers poses a rather enjoyable challenge. In 2010, Kerry J. Byrne, a food and beverage writer for the Boston Herald (and creator of coldhardfootballfacts.com, a site devoted to beer, […]
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The 5 Best Breweries in New England
What are the best breweries in New England? We asked beer, food & football expert Kerry J. Byrne to name the ones worth seeking out (and sampling!). New England’s beer culture is as rich and robust as a dark, toasty stout. Our region boasts more than 100 breweries, so picking the five best breweries in New […]
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Angels Among Us 2014
Our annual celebration of ordinary New Englanders — the angels among us — who are making an extraordinary difference in the lives of others.
Travel
What the Bay Gives
The bountiful waters off Duxbury, Massachusetts, which once fed Pilgrims, today are still home to a thriving ecosystem and abundance of fish. Saquish is a long spit of sand and cobble guarding the entrance to Plymouth Bay. It has a few beach houses, marshes and mudflats, and crazy currents. It’s also Skip Bennett’s favorite place […]
A Belmont, Massachusetts, artist transforms her two-story condo into an eclectic home that’s especially festive during the holidays.
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A Christmas Miracle
A chance encounter stirs the author’s memory of the man who gave him a new life.
In November 1888 a 22-year-old Vermont woman named Kate Gillette was plucking and dressing turkeys for the Boston market on her family’s East Randolph farm while waiting for a teaching job to start in December. Worried about how she would live on the $7 a week that the position paid, she tried a novel variant […]
Think of New England food and a few key ingredients will come to mind: corn, molasses, seafood, maple syrup, blueberries. Yes, cranberries, too, but few restaurants specialize in them. And no, apples aren’t native to our shores (only crabapples). The others, often in combination, are the cornerstones of classic New England dishes such as johnnycakes […]
Main Dishes
Cooking the Perfect Roast Chicken
Marjorie Druker, developer of the original recipes for Boston Chicken, says you can make any chicken recipe if you can make a great roast chicken.