In addition to Peanut Butter and Raisin Bread (see previous articles), November is National Pepper Month. And pepper is the stuff of legends, quite literally. Indeed, for centuries, there existed a remarkable monopoly over pepper trade routes thanks to the traders’ clever fabrication of fantastic tales of creatures who ferociously guarded the precious spice. The… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 11/20/2017
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This Week in Food History – 11/13/2017
Raisin Bread is another tasty food to celebrate throughout November. “Bread may not always nourish us; but it always does us good,” said Henry David Thoreau. Indeed, we know from his journals and diaries that he spent long hours concocting bread recipes using techniques from a wide spectrum of sources, from the Romans to the… Continue reading This Week in Food History – 11/13/2017
Thanksgiving 2017 at 158 Main
Summer 2017 dragged well into Fall. The nontraditional hot Autumn days were welcome by many. We served Brunch and Lunch outside for many more days than usual, for one thing. But Fall is a New England tradition, and so it pushes its way through, as though every tree and mountain insisted on showing off the… Continue reading Thanksgiving 2017 at 158 Main
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