A Boulangerie on Beaver Brook in Lyme If your baking skills are as sad as mine, you'd be smart to place an order at Beaver Brook Bakery Read More »
The Farmstand At Four Mile River, Old Lyme Just in time for cozy autumnal comfort foods, you can head directly to the farm and peruse the cases. Read More »
The Lyme Juice Company Reopens at White Gate Farm, East Lyme Head to White Gate Farm for The Lyme Juice Company's Hot Shot (it will cure what ails you!) on Saturday mornings. Read More »
Sunset Hill Vineyard, Lyme The most important harvest of the year is currently taking place. Yes, wine grapes! Read More »
Cupcakes and Flying Hearts, Old Lyme You probably already know about my obsession with bite-sized food items so, for me, this place is a bonanza! Read More »
Hadlyme Country Market There are only a handful of reasons to go to Hadlyme (unless you live there), and most definitely the Country Market is a good one. Read More »
Four Mile River Farm Delivers Locally Raised Meats to Your Door Great news for local carnivores! Read More »
Healthy PlanEat: An Online & Local Farmers’ Market Enjoy fresh and local farm products all year long with this new start-up, an online farmers' market. Read More »
Thanksgiving To Go 2020 This might be the year that calls for turkey take-out. If you've got just a few at your Thanksgiving table, here's a round-up of the full feast, just the turkey, and our favorite bakeries. Read More »
Farmers’ Markets Pandemic Update We've checked in with the local Farmers' Markets to see how to shop this year, whether it's order ahead, drive-up or in-person with restrictions. Here's our list. Read More »
Farm Stands Pandemic Update Before there were Farmers’ Markets in every town on the Shoreline, we shopped the farm stands for our produce and pies. Despite the availability of farm fresh food everywhere, we have some favorite farm stands that we scurry to for specific goodies: Read More »
Find Local Meats, Cheese, Eggs and More at Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm Fill your fridge and freezer at this farm store in Lyme. Read More »
Yankee Cider Barn Opens in East Haddam Staehly’s Farm and Winery has expanded down the street, with a renovated 100-year-old barn dedicated to tasting their wide variety of hard ciders. Read More »
Celebrate with Cove Cakes A showstopping mini wedding cake to celebrate Erin's engagement. Read More »
What’s Up at White Gate Farm A sure sign of spring is the reopening of White Gate Farm Stand in East Lyme. Read More »
Thanksgiving To Go & Turkeys, 2017 Get your full-on feast at any one of these local spots this year... Read More »
Feast on Fall Flavors at Staehly’s Spend a quintessential New England fall day at Staehly's annual Fall Flavor Fest. Read More »
Bialys! Howard’s Bread in Essex There's nothing quite like a crispy toasted bialy, shmeared with butter and Howard's Bread has got them down. Read More »
Farm Stands Before there were Farmers’ Markets in every town on the Shoreline, we shopped the farm stands for our produce and pies. Despite the availability of farm fresh food everywhere, we have some favorite farm stands that we scurry to for specific goodies: Read More »
Thanksgiving Guide-Just the Turkey Free range, organic or pasture-raised, find your perfect bird here. Read More »
Summer Cocktails We like a fancy cocktail as much as anyone, but we also like to keep things very simple, especially when we’re heading to beach, boat or field. Read More »
The Bird Pressure-fried, turducken or organic - here's everything you need to know about turkey. Read More »