For some, people the “must-have” list for St. Valentine ’s Day includes flowers, chocolate, candles, soft music, and, of course, Champagne. Only the wine produced in the same-named region of France can bear that title, but would a nice sparkling wine do just as well? Could the magical pop of the cork, the fizzy, gurgling
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Join FLAVOR at Sun WineFest ‘12 Break out of the January doldrums by joining the Northeast FLAVOR team at The Sun WineFest ‘12 held January 27-29 at the Mohegan Sun casino and resort. As an event sponsor, FLAVOR will greet fellow foodies, sell FLAVOR subscriptions (a portion of our proceeds will be donated to the
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Where to Get Your Gingerbread House Fix I think I was about 10 when I fell in love with gingerbread houses. My mother came home with what I still consider one of the nicest gingerbread cottages I’ve ever seen. The roof was shingled with chocolate kisses, the front walk paved with multi-color bricks of mini-Chiclets
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I have vivid memories of walking down the street eating warm, slightly charred roasted chestnuts out of a paper bag on my first visit to Paris. In Manhattan, in the colder months, it is my most sought-after street food. After all, few other phrases evoke joy and merriment like the words, “Chestnuts roasting on an
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Six Seasonal Micro Brews Worth Trying “I don’t like pumpkin beer,” I said. In fact, I was fairly certain that I didn’t like any fall microbrews at all. If I wanted pumpkin pie in a glass, I would make a smoothie—not buy an artisan beer. But I was about to discover that I was wrong
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In Defense of Zucchini “Take my zucchini. Please.” Based on what we hear around New England in September, comedian Henny Youngman’s famous one-liner about his wife could just as well be applied to zucchini. Even my friend Jean, a die-hard farm shareholder who strives to find a use for every green bean and tomato that
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Summertime is all about firing up the grill, but by August, many of us are ready to move on from the tried and true burgers and dogs. We talked with Dennis Michael Sherman, better known as Denny Mike of DennyMike’s ‘Cue Stuff (one of the expert demonstrator’s at the Mainely Grillin’ & Chillin’ Festival on
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Lobster Lover When you live in Maine, earwig bugs aren’t the only things that crawl out of the woodwork in summer. Everyone I’ve ever known comes to visit—from Great Aunt Edna’s cousin Alan, to the guy who called me “Lisa Pizza” in kindergarten. People I love. People I like. People I never really liked. People
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I was once in California at the height of their strawberry season. Like so many things in California, the berries seemed larger than life. Even though purchased at a roadside store, they were unmistakably local—not picked in order to ripen on the way to their ultimate destination, no white core supporting their sexy scarlet exterior:
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Our friend Kate Krukowski Gooding, hunter, gatherer, chef and author of the wonderful Black Fly Stew: Wild Maine Recipes is known for her ability to make just about anything delicious. In fact, as she says in the preface to Black Fly Stew she says: I don’t use real black flies in my cooking, but we
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