Garlic Town, USA, in Bennington, Vermont, can be likened to Willy Wonka’s candy wonderland but with a garlicky twist. Picture this: Over 120 vendors, food trucks, craft producers, bands, kids’ activities, and more, all dedicated to celebrating the divine allium and the…
Read More →By Anne Archer, Vermont Country correspondent. It has been said, the best holiday gift is one you make yourself. However, if your artistry is on par with a 4-year-old, the second-best option is buying a handmade gift from a local museum gift…
Read More →From farm to tablecloth, textile farmer works to revitalize a lost art and a lost industry
By Danielle M. Crosier, Vermont Country Magazine. DANBY — Andrea Myklebust was standing in the shade of the studio doorway of her farm in Danby on a steamy summer morning, brushing small pieces of plant material from her clothing and fingering a…
Read More →Garlic Town USA, The Wonkaland of Garlic
Garlic Town, USA, in Bennington, Vermont, can be likened to Willy Wonka’s candy wonderland but with a garlicky twist. Picture this: Over 120 vendors, food trucks, craft producers, bands, kids’ activities, and more, all dedicated to celebrating the divine allium and the…
Read More →Vermont maple syrup: sweet and good for you, too
By Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine. When it comes to maple syrup, most folks don’t need a reason to pour on their yogurt, in their hot morning cereal or over their pancakes and French toast. Connoisseurs of the sweet boiled sap of…
Read More →Microgreens anytime of the year from Brattleboro’s Grateful Greens
By Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine. Whatever the time of the year, you can get fresh greens at various locations across Southern Vermont thanks to Grateful Greens in Brattleboro. Grateful Greens has been growing microgreens since 2019, sprouting up here in Brattleboro,…
Read More →Getting to know our food, and how being good stewards of the land can help us eat better
By Katharine A. Jameson, Vermont Country correspondent. We’ve been divided for a long time. Since shortly after Europeans set foot on the land we now call “ours,” we seem to have found discord of one sort or another. We’re out of synch…
Read More →Sweet treats: Southern Vermont has you covered
By Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine. Whatever treat your Valentine might have a sweet tooth for — cookies, cake, pastries or chocolate — Southern Vermont has what Cupid ordered. Vermont Country Deli “Chocolate-covered strawberries are always a big hit,” said Christine Meyer, store manager…
Read More →The Art of Gifting: Southern Vermont’s Unique Holiday Shopping Experiences
By Jennifer Brandt, Vermont Country correspondent. BENNINGTON Bennington Museum After exploring fourteen galleries, a research library, and a 10-acre park with ever-changing sculptures, bring home a piece of the Bennington Museum that will last a lifetime. Show off your Jane Stickle quilt print tote…
Read More →By Gordon Dossett, Vermont Country Magazine. MANCHESTER — We in the Northshire must admit: If Vermont relied on us for its reputation for craft beer, we’d be, well, crying in our beer. The state’s craft brewery with the greatest reputation — Hill…
Read More →Southern Vermont hard cider company brings new recipes to a historic New England beverage
By Michael Albans, Vermont Country Magazine. BENNINGTON — The first recorded reference to cider dates back to Roman times. Julius Caesar discovered Celtic Britons fermenting cider from native crabapples, and in northern Spain, farmers fermented apples before the birth of Christ. In…
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