Writer Mark Bittman finally reveals how he plans to shake up one of the...
In September, Mark Bittman, the well-known food writer, authored his last column for the New York Times. After five years covering food issues as a columnist for the paper, he was leaving to embark on...
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‘New England loves classic’ pies
A dozen pie options are available to customers at The Crust & Crumb Baking Co. at Thanksgiving, ranging from a chocolate-infused midnight pumpkin pie to coconut cream pie to pork pie. The downtown...
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Capital Region Food Program distributes holiday boxes to nearly 2,500 families
More than four decades ago, Maria Manus Painchaud’s father organized fewer than 100 holiday baskets for hungry families in Concord during the holidays. Last week, she watched volunteers fan out to rows...
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Crop rotation
Across time and seasons, cultures and landscapes, people and technology – things change. So goes it with the Concord Monitor’s food blog. “On the Food Trail” is not so much disappearing, though, as it...
View ArticlePigs and NHPR
“A Pig’s Life: From piglet to pork chop” got a little press today on NHPR’s Foodstuffs segment. I chatted with All Things Considered host Peter Biello about what drove me to pursue this project. Check...
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Women on the farm
That women are an integral part of New Hampshire agriculture is a no-brainer for Diane Souther. “They were always doing the work,” she said during a recent interview at Apple Hill Farm in Concord....
View ArticleCulinary pros at Concord Regional Technical Center
My colleague Nick Stoico did a fabulous story on the Concord Regional Technical Center students who’ve made it to the regional and national levels of the ProStart Invitational culinary competition....
View ArticleFree frappes
If you’re passing through Warner and are hankering for a cold coffee-cream concoction Tuesday, you’re in luck. Schoodacs Coffee Shop is handing out free frappes tomorrow 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., one per...
View ArticleBeer, wine at farmers markets?
In case you missed Sunday’s Monitor, Allie Morris pointed out that Senate Bill 306 has been approved by the Legislature, meaning breweries and vineyards may be able to hand out small samples of beer...
View ArticleHow to waste less food? Pick the ugly ones
My colleague David Brooks wrote about the waste problems – and potential solutions – we run into because we all like our fruit and veggies to look pretty. Read here:...
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