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Spotlight: Contessa Restaurant at The Newbury Hotel in Boston

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Spotlight: Afternoon Tea Vermont Style

Photo courtesy of Shelburne Farms

Savor Afternoon Tea, Vermont Style... Enjoy daily afternoon tea in the Tea Room, one of several lovely common rooms at Shelburne Farms, and more.
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Sojourn Bicycling Vacations Announces New Taste of Vermont Bike Tour for Summer 2014

Sojourn Bicycling Vacations showcases Vermont's finest artisanal producers with their new Taste of Vermont Bike Tour. This deluxe summer trip blends visits to a selection of the State's finest cheese makers, craft breweries, and organic farms with exceptional bicycling routes through Vermont's picturesque countryside.

The trip is designed for strong intermediate and avid cyclists, and will run during the months of July and August, 2014. Long at the forefront of the fresh local foods movement and high on the list of top cycling destinations, Vermont is the perfect location for such a trip.

The six-day Taste of Vermont Tour includes 300 miles of some of the state's finest cycling routes. Avid cyclists can challenge themselves on a climb through Middlebury Gap as well as a classic loop through Smuggler's Notch, so named for a Canadian bootlegging passageway during Prohibition. The trip also includes miles of rolling terrain as it loops through farmland across Vermont.

Along the routes, cyclists will visit with the entrepreneurial minded Vermonters behind the successful specialty products for which the state is known. Visit with respected craft producers like those of Hill Farmstead Brewing, Jasper Hill cheese, and the patriarch of an eighth generation sugaring operation that is still using traditional taps for their maple trees.

Specialty dinners are included at the Swift House Inn in Middlebury, the Inn at Mountain View Farm in East Burke, and Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe. Each property conveys a true taste of Vermont -- picturesque settings, history, and cuisine featuring fresh local products. The trip kicks off with one of Vermont's foremost wine makers pairing his wines with a specially prepared dinner.

For more information, visit www.gosojourn.com

Photo courtesy of Sojourn Bicycling Vacations

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Buy One, Get One Seafood Delivery Special Available on Maine Lobster Pies

This week, GetMaineLobster.com is offering a buy one, get one free seafood delivery special on its popular, soul-warming Maine lobster pies. For just $130.95, a discount of more than 40 percent off of the standard price, the live Maine lobster and seafood delivery service will ship eight 8.7-ounce Maine lobster pies via two-day air.



GetMaineLobster’s signature lobster pies were created by Margaret Salt McLellan, 2008 Maine Lobster Chef of the Year. Hand-picked fresh Maine Lobster meat is combined in a rich cream sauce and topped with a flaky biscuit. The pies bring the celebrated flavors of Maine to the table anywhere in the continental United States.

Succulent bites of rich Maine lobster meat is doused in a silken béchamel sauce that has been infused with delicate, natural seasonings and then wrapped with light, flaky pastry. The fresh aromas emerge in a wave of steam as the fork cuts through the buttery biscuit. The Maine lobster pies are also great for freezing for a special occasion.

For more information, visit GetMaineLobster.com or call (866) 562-.4817.


Photo courtesy of GetMaineLobster.com

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Farmers Talk

In this TV series from Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (NOFAVT), farmers talk about the history, art and craft of farming.



Featured Clip: Jon Wright, owner/operator of Taylor Farm, Londonderry, Vermont, in conversation with Gerald Wilcox, fourth generation dairy farmer and owner/operator of Wilcox Dairy in Manchester, Vermont.

Courtesy of NOFAVT on YouTube