Traveling through Essex, Massachusetts, we came across a wonderful little antique shop along the road side called White Elephant Shop. Inside I saw this interesting arrangement of antiques of the area. Just loved the still life arrangement and the rich history of each.
Looking back at 100 years of history along the scenic Mohawk Trail in northwestern Massachusetts.
Three professional furniture restorers take us treasure-hunting at Todd Farm, showing us how to turn one man’s trash into flea-market gold. [slideshow post_id=”563558″] On a damp and chilly October morning, in the still-dusky dawn, more than 200 vendors set up their booths at Todd Farm Antiques & Flea Market in Rowley, Massachusetts. They return Sunday […]
Step back in time and into a Norman Rockwell painting at Stockbridge, Massachusetts’ Main Street at Christmas celebration. The weekend celebration includes everything from historic house tours to holiday caroling. The celebration culminates with the recreation on Main Street of the famous painting. Enjoy this slideshow of some favorite outtakes that photographer Joel Laino captured […]
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Cured Meat & Fish. COLD SMOKED ATLANTIC SALMON SULLIVAN HARBOR FARM SMOKEHOUSE Hancock Village, Maine The team at Sullivan Harbor produces 75,000 pounds of luscious cured and smoked seafood each year, and we’re especially fond of their smoked salmon. It’s silky, with a perfect sweet/salt […]
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Confections Category. FARM MARKET COLLECTION BLACK DINAH CHOCOLATIERS Isle Au Haut & Portland, Maine Steve and Kate Shaffer began making chocolates out of their home kitchen on Isle au Haut in 2007. Soon, they expanded to their barn. This year, demand for their truffles […]
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Baked Goods. MACARONS MOOCHIE’S MACARONS Derry, New Hampshire Francophiles, rejoice! After a futile search for authentic macarons, the popular French meringue-based cookies, Nina DiBona Pauk decided to get out her mixer and make her own. When the results proved too tasty to stay a secret, […]
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Seasonings. FLAKE FINISHING SALT ATLANTIC SALTWORKS Salem, Massachusetts Colonial Americans harvested their own salt from the Atlantic long before Morton and Diamond Crystal came along. Looking to boost their locavore skills, Heather Ahearn and Alison Darnell began experimenting with those early methods using water […]
Columbus Day Weekend has now passed, and with it, a definitive shift in themes comes to New England. The season of agricultural fairs has ended, apple picking is winding down, and many campgrounds have closed their gates until May. While fall foliage is nearing peak in Southern New England, in the north the colors of […]
View the winners of the 2014 Editors’ Choice Food Awards — Beverages. CHAI SPICE TEA BLEND CHAI WALLAH Guilford, Vermont The trick to a great chai is getting the balance of tea and spices–cardamom, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and black pepper–in exactly the right proportions to make a drink that’s simultaneously warming, sweet, dusky, floral, and a […]
October means that everything-pumpkin season is here again, and while the world keeps finding new ways to add the popular “pumpkin spice” flavor to things we never thought possible (snack chips, gum, bagels….dog treats?), pumpkin classics like this reader-favorite pumpkin bread recipe from the Harborside House in Marblehead, Massachusetts rely on real pumpkin for the […]
Gray seals once were all but eliminated from New England waters. Now they attract great white sharks, thousands of tourists; and enrage fishermen, who wish them gone.
