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FOOD
Twig Farm cheeses are aging gracefully in Vermont
Michael Lee doesn’t own goats anymore but still makes artisan goat cheeses on his farm in West Cornwall, Vt.
BOTTLES
The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey are getting out of the beer business and closing Spencer Brewery
The brewery was founded in 2014 and made the country’s only officially recognized Trappist ales, but "brewing is not a viable industry for us and that it is time to close.”
GETTING SALTY
David Welch started out at Formaggio Kitchen. Now he’s the big cheese at his own restaurant in Chestnut Hill
After a detour into high-end private catering (more on that later), he opened Chef Dave’s in Chestnut Hill earlier this year, not far from his home in Jamaica Plain.
FOOD
Crepe escapes: You can travel the world just by eating pancakes
It's no wonder this simple, fast, easy-to-eat, transportable food is favored the world over. And if you knew how easy it is to make French crepes, you’d probably make them quite often.
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The importance of a grocery store
Supermarkets are centers of culture and community. In America, that also makes them targets.
New England has another strong showing in annual specialty food awards
Seventeen foods from 13 New England producers, many of them veteran winners, picked up awards.
Salted egg chips might become a new snack habit
These salted egg chips from the Singaporean company IRVINS arrived in the United States about a year ago. The snack made the list of favorite things for Andrew Zimmern, who for years hosted “Bizarre Foods.”
SIPS
You can Rise & Shine later in the day, too
The classic espresso martini is a 1990s darling that’s been making a very forceful comeback in bars around the country. Here's a fresh spin on it from Jason Percival at the Banks Fish House in Back Bay.
FOOD
Pinkies up! 6 great spots for a spot of tea around Boston
What better way to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s platinum jubilee than with a cuppa? Here are a few places in and around Boston where you can enjoy this time-honored tradition in proper style.
DEVRA FIRST
Where to eat dollar oysters around Boston
Here are a dozen different places to take advantage of the best dining deal in town.
Bread Obsession has quickly become just that
New shop in Lexington has already become a go-to bakery.
‘We’ve had an extraordinary foray into the world of honey’
Runamok of Vermont, known for their artisan barrel-aged, smoked, and infused maple syrups in sleek glass bottles, has now introduced a line of honeys.
Bee’s Wrap is on a roll
Now you can have plenty on hand to snip off any size you need: smaller pieces to wrap an onion, a wedge of cheese, and to freeze a baked good, or larger odd sizes for celery stalks and rhubarb.