Last Friday evening was a fine one with a hint of warmth and the sun sinking into a good pink sky. I was on my way to a party at a friend’s house on one of our more remote dirt roads, also known at this time of year as mud roads. She lives way off […]
What could be better than skiing for free at Okemo? How about skiing for free and donating some non-perishable food items to a good cause? I think that is better than just skiing for free. FREE SKIING AT OKEMO FOR APRIL FOOLS — NO FOOLING! LUDLOW, Vt. – When skiers and snowboarders visit Okemo Mountain […]
The vast majority of artists are never able to make a living from their art, and the fate of even those who do is typically to slip into obscurity after death. If they were any good at all, their work may enjoy a second life on the antique and auction market 50, 75, 100 years […]
The Kitchen Table Bistro Richmond, Vermont thekitchentablebistro.com Lara Atkins feels lucky about her location near Burlington’s Intervale, a fertile region of Vermont that’s home to several strong community-based farm-preservation projects. “We love winter, don’t get me wrong, but when it’s time, we’re happy to let it go,” she says. “As a chef in Vermont, well, […]
Black Trumpet Portsmouth, New Hampshire blacktrumpetbistro.com “I confess that I’m a comfort-food-loving chef, and I celebrate winter’s hearty soups, stews, and braises like nobody’s business,” says Evan Mallett. “Yet that first murmur of spring opens up a world of freshness every year and jump-starts the creative process. That’s not to say that we chefs keep […]
La Morra Brookline, Massachusetts lamorra.com “Oh, man–by the end of winter, it is the toughest time,” says Josh Ziskin. “It’s so hard to write a menu. We stick really close to what’s locally available, and spring takes its time. We don’t put asparagus on until it’s in season, and that can take a while.” But […]
Farmstead, La Laiterie, and Farmstead Lunch Providence, Rhode Island farmsteadinc.com “By the time the first ingredients start poking through, I am so ready,” says Matt Jennings. “After getting through winter, to see food growing again is monumental for the psyche. I think in New England we really do appreciate it more when it comes along. […]
Dressing Room Westport, Connecticut dressingroomhomegrown.com Chef Michel Nischan spends much of his time promoting local food systems and preparing heritage recipes at his restaurant. He gets twitchy when wintered-over parsnips arrive. “It’s a perennial root in northern regions,” says Michel, “and when properly tended, survives the winter, so that you can dig it up in […]
Oh, the weather. It’s that time of year in New England when, you know, you could stick a fork in us, cuz we are d-o-n-e. That’s not a complaint, but I’m definitely ready for some warm air on my skin. I didn’t get out of town this winter, a must for most of us, so […]
I only met her once. I remember thinking she looked like a witch. She looked a little bit like the plastic skeleton from my fifth grade classroom. She had long, gray, stringy hair that hung down in clumps and her teeth seemed gray too. Her clothes were torn and filthy. She called herself Emma. She […]
This morning, after many days of a slow thaw, snow is sifting down earnestly. We are forecast to receive one foot and the TV news is showing drivers in the south spinning their wheels. It’s odd to note that, up here, where we have so much more of this white stuff, I rarely if ever […]
Last Sunday was to be my uncle’s 100th birthday. Our family tends to be long-lived, many living into their 80s, some into their 90s, but no one, to our knowledge, had lived this long. No one else from that generation in our family is still living. Since last summer, Uncle Bobby had been planning a […]
