Even attention-span-challenged teenagers admit to having a good time camping at these sites. Here are our picks for the best camping in New England. Boston Minuteman Campground Littleton, Massachusetts Even attention-span-challenged teenagers admit to having a good time camping close by the historic sites of Lexington and Concord — plus, the campground is big enough […]
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Pinch me. I just got back from Food & Wine magazine’s annual culinary extravaganza in Aspen. The official title (and they do like it when you say it right) is the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen. Now before I make you drool with all the yummy things I got to do and see, I […]
Shep and Linnette Erhart, of Franklin, Maine, were back-to-the-landers in the 1970s, eating macrobiotically and gagging on the cost of the imported seaweed in their daily miso soup. While picnicking Down East one day, they spotted some seaweed that looked similar. “We took some home and put it in our soup pot,” Shep recalls. “Delicious.” […]
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How to Win a Blue Ribbon | Cooking Contest Tips
Have you ever thought about entering one of your creations in a cooking contest? Maybe you have, only to find out that, as in any competition, it takes strategy and perseverance to learn how to win a blue ribbon. Here are a few of the tips for you that we picked up talking to hundreds […]
Some men bring their wives a dozen long-stemmed roses when they want to express their affection. Dr. Guy Esposito digs deep for the perfect gifts for his wife, Italian chef Mary Ann Esposito, in his own way. He literally digs into the ground for fragrant bundles of basil. Or he plucks tomatoes from the neat […]
Paula Marcoux brings the 17th century alive for visitors to Plimoth Plantation as one of the dedicated staff who painstakingly maintain the Mayflower II, a full-size replica constructed in England in 1957 to reenact the original 1620 voyage across the Atlantic. Last year, to commemorate the ship’s 50th anniversary, Paula worked with the brewers of […]
In her small, Alpine-style kitchen away from the busy streets of Center Conway, New Hampshire, Jan Duprey, a small woman with a thick braid of dark hair pulled off her face, draws a pan of roasted squash seeds out of her oven. A hot, nutty fragrance wafts into the room. “I do this all the […]
Read about the five chefs in The Maine Course in May/June Yankee. Listen in as Annie B. Copps talks about the Portland chefs and local foods with the hosts of The Frugal Yankee . Then make this menu of mussels, asparagus salad, risotto, chicken, and rhubarb soup the way the chefs do. Each one added […]
New Hampshire hiker Jan Duprey makes trail lunches a treat with a trusty potato salad and balsamic vinaigrette dressing that doesn’t spoil on a hot day. No mayo! With author and journalist Marty Basch, she hikes in the White Mountains nearly every day. Read more about Jan’s and Marty’s outdoor adventures at martybasch.com For more […]
I love this time of year in New England, and I hate this time of year in New England. I love that the days are getting longer and warmer and that there are indeed signs of short-sleeve weather on the horizon. But I hate setting the clock forward. I really do. It was getting lighter […]
I spent last Friday with Guy and Mary Ann Esposito. They are just lovely people. You probably know Mary Ann Esposito from her television cooking show, Ciao Italia, the longest-running cooking program on TV—19 years, I believe. If not, she’s written more than a dozen cookbooks, so if you don’t know about her, you might want […]
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Pizza Recipes for Grown-Ups
When Sonya Speranza was 7 years old, she took her first trip in an airplane. She traveled all the way from Hartford, Connecticut, to the village of Pescara, Italy, to meet her relatives and to see the place where her mother had grown up. In the backyard of the family home stood a rustic wood-fire […]