Kitchen Vignettes

Fire cider has all the fiery flavors, including hot peppers, horseradish, garlic, and ginger, to name a few. Add the sweetness of honey and the tangy bite of apple cider vinegar and you will be sold! It is perfect when it’s really cold outside and you need your insides warmed and your body energized.

John Yanga, a refugee from South Sudan, is truly a vegetable whisperer, expertly transforming every imaginable vegetable from his farm into exquisite dishes.

For his heirloom salads, John draws on the historical idea of a compound salad which assembles a little bit of everything from the garden.

Clafoutis is a classic French dessert, falling somewhere between a thick crepe and a sweet quiche.

Lisa and Andrea Sockabasin have been harvesting fiddleheads since they were little girls, a springtime tradition in Wabanaki culture, and one that has been passed down across thousands of years of generations.