The Food Issue 2013
South Burlington Anticipates Trader Joe’s; The Meteoric Rise of Hard Cider; Chocolate Reigns at 3 Squares
Champlain College Gaming Students Take Top Honors at GameFest
Vermont’s burgeoning video game development scene got another boost over the weekend — students from the Champlain College Game Studio in Burlington won top honors…
With Dominican Cacao, 3 Squares Chef Matt Birong Makes Vermont Farm-to-Table International
What happens to a Vermonter when he tries to leave the Dominican Republic with nothing but 20 kilos and a hunting knife in his bag?…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again After someone broke into a church in St. Charles, Mo., and stole an undetermined amount of ice cream from a freezer, police…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): How we react to the sound of the wind gives clues to our temperament, said philosopher Theodor W. Adorno. The unhappy…
WTF: Is “Salad-Bar Syndrome” a Real Thing?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
Demand for Hard Cider Surges, and the Industry Organizes
Finding Citizen Cider isn’t easy. But on a recent Friday night, dozens of people undertake the search, for the company’s weekly cider-tasting party. First they…
Montpelier’s Summit School of Traditional Music and Culture Extends Its Reach
Despite Vermont’s reputation as a jam-band haven, traditional music has been a cultural force here since European settlers arrived in the 1700s. The genre gained…
Book Review: Some Far Country by Partridge Boswell
Woodstock poet Partridge Boswell’s debut collection is titled Some Far Country, which raises a question right from the start. Are these poems about a desire…
Art Review: “User Required” at BCA Center
Step into Burlington’s BCA Center on the Saturday Night Fever-style illuminated-glass-brick flooring, and one thing becomes clear: The new exhibit, called “User Required,” is less…
When Kitchen Calamities Strike, King Arthur Flour’s Baking Hotline Comes to the Rescue
My biggest kitchen catastrophe to date struck two weeks before my wedding day in 2011. I was elbow-deep in flour and cocoa powder, daydreaming of…
Opinion: America’s Heritage: Going, Going, Gone
This month, I’ve noticed a fire sale on America’s heritage. New York City is selling its public libraries and schools — unique, historic, beloved neighborhood…
How Doug Davis Revolutionized the Burlington School Food Program
On a recent Thursday evening in the Burlington High School cafeteria, Burlington School Food Project director Doug Davis stood before a small group of Burmese…
Letters to the Editor
Read to Secede Fear not, Mr. McClaughry [Feedback, “Pro-‘Union,’” April 10]: Should our fair state ever secede from the union, we have a most excellent…
A Ferrisburgh Farmer Aims to Bring Vermont Food to Urban Markets by Wind-Powered Barge
The hulking, unpainted plywood box that protrudes from an open-sided barn on Burroughs Farm Road in Ferrisburgh is just starting to look like a boat,…
