The roasted garlic in this compound butter gives it a sweet flavor that you don’t get with fresh garlic. It is delicious on just about anything. We especially love it on buttermilk biscuits warm from the oven...
Hidden away on the first floor of an old brownstone in the West Village, is a tiny front room shop with an absolute treasure trove of cookbooks. Bonnie Slotnick has stocked her shelves with hundreds of rare, unique, and specialty cookbooks. It was here that I found a 1957 edition of Meta Given’s Modern Encyclopedia of…
Every October, Nantucket hosts a cranberry festival, celebrating the harvest of the island’s famous cranberry bogs. Nantucket cranberries are some of the best you can find. We couldn’t resist making a compound butter using our island’s famous fruit. This combination is wonderful on toast or freshly‐baked biscuits. It would make a praise‐worthy addition to any…
Established in 2001, Sport Hill Farm is one of the newer farms in Easton, CT. The farm features an educational center, as well as a summer camp for children. Their on‐site market offers a beautiful array of fresh vegetables, dairy products and eggs, as well as local artisan products. Sport Hill Farm also sells produce…
Over 100 years old, Snow’s Farm of Easton, CT is the oldest and largest supplier of organic lawn and garden soils in Fairfield County. The family behind Snow’s Farm is dedicated to organic farming and practices. They offer mulch, soil, manure, sand, stone, hay and firewood. During the holiday season, they also sell Christmas trees.…
Autumn is the best time of the year to go for country drives in Connecticut. Though we live in a suburban area, we are lucky to be so close to such bucolic landscapes. Driving north for just thirty minutes, you find yourself surrounded by charming farmhouses, babbling brooks and rusty red horse trailers sitting in…