We’re deep into harvest season — although some people might say we’re heading into the holiday season, since it now seems to start with Halloween rather than Thanksgiving. Either way, […]
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OUTDOORS
Three Days in the Woods With Two Dedicated Hunter-Harvesters
A hunting trip to Central Mass. becomes a lesson in patience and observation
HOLDEN — I’m sitting in a tree stand 15 feet off the ground. I’ve been here since 6 a.m. and it’s now 8:45. I believe I saw a deer at […]
KITCHEN TABLE
A Sweet Reward for Fall Foragers
The best applesauce mixes wild and cultivated flavors
A study published this summer in Science suggested trees are the best tool we have to stabilize our rapidly changing climate. We could increase the world’s forest cover by a […]
kitchen table
Boletes Ask for Butter
Layer them over pan-grilled bread for a well-foraged meal
It’s been a good fall for mushrooms, with plenty of rain followed by some warm, sunny days. I’ve been out in the woods looking for boletes — being careful not […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
A Great Drink From a Great Decade
Rescuing the cosmopolitan from its sickening devolution
I’ve had a bout lately of nostalgia for the 1990s, a decade when we were younger, prettier perhaps, and definitely more civil with one another. One reason for this nostalgia […]
wine
Rosés for Late Summer Dinners
Grapes locals love in Liguria and the Azores
With July behind us and each evening on our glorious peninsula growing shorter, we sense this summer beginning to flit through our grasp. We cherish our last few visitors somehow […]
in season
Striped Bass: A Reason to Live Here
How to use every part of a prized catch
Striped bass migrate north from the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River during the summer into Cape Cod Bay. I learned from my grandfather that catching a “schoolie,” which is a […]
