This summer, the Intervale Center hosted Summervale, a nine-week summer event series celebrating local food, farmers, and community each Thursday evening. Along with 8 local food vendors, 18 local bands, and food-themed kids activities, we were delighted to host a weekly tasting series curated and staffed by Slow Food Vermont. Aiming to introduce festival-goers to heirloom Read the Rest…

It is pouring rain here in Vermont, again.We’re warm and dry right here, at this moment, but I can’t keep my thoughts from those who have lost their homes, their farms and businesses, and everything to the flooding from Hurricane Irene.It is truly heartbreaking to see the damage. There is still so much to do Read the Rest…

True confessions for the New Year – I am a baked goods junkie. I prefer to choose baked goods over fruit, over candy, over even ice cream. It’s a hard cold world out there, and I feel bolstered and encouraged by a little something-something on a regular basis. Even the bliss of a simple slice Read the Rest…

Have you heard about our partnership with the Plumpest Peach? Owner, Jessica Bongard creates inspired slow food menus to satisfy nearly any palate. She sources all her ingredients locally, and when the situation calls for it, she includes specialty ingredients as well. We are lucky to have her exercise her creative menu crafting for the Read the Rest…

I love to travel. I love everything about traveling, from researching the destination to that familiar fluttery anticipation as I lock the door of the house behind me and set out. It doesn’t matter if it is a weekend road trip or an overseas adventure, I love to step out of my ordinary life and Read the Rest…

The concept for our collaboration with the Vermont International Film Festival started just a few months ago, but the preparation for the dishes my mother and I prepared goes back to culinary knowledge built over more than 500 years. Peruvian cuisine is a mixture of cultures (Indigenous, European, African and Asian), influences and recipes that Read the Rest…

It is pouring rain here in Vermont, again.We’re warm and dry right here, at this moment, but I can’t keep my thoughts from those who have lost their homes, their farms and businesses, and everything to the flooding from Hurricane Irene.It is truly heartbreaking to see the damage. There is still so much to do Read the Rest…

I have been reading several books by Herve This over the past couple of weeks in preparation for the upcoming Just Cook It potluck. The last potluck focused on souffles was so fun, and very inspirational, making me really excited about this coming Sunday’s event. I found that souffles are easy enough to incorporate into Read the Rest…

A few years ago, I learned how to make cheese at home. Really simple, fresh cheeses, just some mozzarella and some nice yogurt cream cheese. It was very empowering, the act of turning plain and simple whole milk into another food altogether. I was very proud of myself, it felt like magic, like a form Read the Rest…

I am in the midst of writing a paper about Ohio Wine. Here is a glimpse into how it will unravel: “What is it? The Italians drink it, the French rave about it, the Germans analyze it and we (Americans) write about it…Wine!”[1] Here I am a victim of that statement, an all American wine Read the Rest…