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RECIPE: Tourtière (French-Canadian Pork Pie)

Tourtière is a traditional French-Canadian meat pie, originating from the Quebec and Acadia regions of Canada. It is traditionally made with minced pork and is highly seasoned with cinnamon, cloves, allspice and nutmeg, but has been made with any regionally … Continue reading

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RECIPE: New England Compote (Gluten-Free)

Faced with a calendar packed with potluck Holiday parties, what’s a local foodie to do? Fortunately for us, this New England Compote, featuring pumpkins and apples, is both delicious and uses ingredients found locally even during the holiday season. First, … Continue reading

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RECIPE: Venison Stew

In 2011, over 12,000 deer were hunted in Vermont. With the average deer weighing 190 pounds, that amounts to roughly 2.2 million pounds of meat and carcass that needs to be processed. It’s no wonder entire cookbooks are devoted to … Continue reading

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RECIPE: Old-Fashioned Sour Pickles & Bread-and-Butter Pickles

Local Thetford, Vermont, cookbook author Beatrice Vaughn was a prolific writer, penning cookbooks in honor of maple syrup, apples, citrus, jams and jellies, and preserves and pickles. Pickling, the process of preserving food by fermentation in brine, is a method … Continue reading

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RECIPE: Rhubarb Wine

Rhubarb is a harbinger of spring. When little else is available to eat from the early spring garden, the long red stalks with fanning leaves offer to cooks a strong, tart fruit (okay, technically vegetable) to incorporate into their dishes. … Continue reading

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