Food

Best Cook: Adding Flavor with Spices

When Ron Morin wakes up in the morning, he often has the menu for that night’s dinner already set. He dreams his recipes and then sets out to create the evening’s meal–maybe shiitake mushrooms and eggplant in Chinese brown sauce, or haddock poached in curried almond milk. Ron and his wife, Lisa Kaplan, live in […]

History

About Our Hard Cider — And, Yes, Our Hard Tea, Too

Jud’s New England Journal For September 2012 Welcome to the September 2012 edition of Jud’s New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine, published since 1935 in Dublin, N.H About Our Hard Cider – And, Yes, Our Hard Tea, Too It’s difficult for outsiders to believe how […]

Food

The Encyclopedia of Fall: C is for Cider Doughnuts

Visit an apple orchard this fall and you’re just as likely to see folks munching on golden-brown apple-cider doughnuts as you are actual apples. Beyond the standard cake doughnut, cider doughnuts have apple cider added right into the batter, lending a touch of sweetness and a subtle cider tang that most people find dangerously addictive. […]

Food

Winter Squash | The Flavor of Fall

We call it “winter” squash, but that’s a misnomer. Like most vegetables, the butternuts, acorns, Hubbards, and delicatas piled on shelves at this time of year are planted and picked during the warm growing season we just eat them in the winter. They’re close cousins of the zucchini and pattypans overwhelming your garden in July […]

Food

Roasted Potato Salad

I’ve seen more than my fair share of back to school commercials. A few weeks ago I was thinking they were on too early in the year. Now, I’m faced with the reality that summer is wrapping up in a few short days. Most years, I’m clinging to every last second of summer. This year, […]

Food

Fresh Tomato Sauce

Growing up in an Italian family meant that fresh tomato sauce was right up there with “plate” and “fork” on the list of dinner table must-haves. It was ladled onto a mound of steaming rigatoni. Smoothed between layers of noodle and ricotta in a lasagna. Spooned over meatballs on a toasted sub roll. And finally, […]

Main Dishes

Spinach Quiche

When my husband travels a lot for work, I like to make meals that hold up well to reheating for a couple of days. Enter this spinach quiche with ham and goat cheese. I baked this quiche Sunday night and have been enjoying leftover pieces for the past few days. Occassionally, I pack it in […]

How To

Crafts | Design Custom Dinnerware

Anyone who has ever spent time searching for the perfect set of dishes knows how frustrating it can be to find exactly what you want. If you can’t locate dinnerware that suits your personal taste, try your hand at designing your own custom dishes. Not only will you end up with a set of custom […]

Breads

Fan Tan Dinner Rolls

Who doesn’t love a buttery dinner roll? No matter what season it is or what’s on the menu, a good roll is like the proverbial little black dress — always appropriate and always in style. I’ve been a vegetarian for over a decade, but in truth I consider myself more of a “carbohydratarian.” My love […]

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