Bite Club

Local homebrewer Bryce Healy adds hops to his brew in South Burlington.

Attention, Homebrewers: Vermont's Best Taprooms Want Your Beer

by Hannah Palmer Egan Posted on January 5, 2015 at 2:11PM

want to nurture as much of Vermont's homegrown desire to be the best as possible. It is so good for our state."

2014: a Banner Year for #VTBeer

by Hannah Palmer Egan Posted on December 29, 2014 at 9:00AM

Arguably the biggest thing in Vermont beer this year was the portable, nonbreakable, camp-worthy can. Heady Topper paved the way for craft brews in aluminum (the Alchemist also began its truck-can sales in February).

Chocolate-hazelnut panna cotta, Phoenix Table and Bar, Stowe

Alice Levitt's Best New Restaurant Dishes of 2014

by Alice Levitt Posted on December 29, 2014 at 8:52AM

To me, this was not an especially amazing year for Vermont food overall. Rarely did my heart flutter with eros when I tried a new restaurant. Most of the meals that did excite me were new concepts at established restaurants: The embarrassment of Lebanese-inflected, lamby riches at Kismet during Vermont Restaurant Week; the outsize flavors of taqueria nights at 3 Squares; and the tender meatballs served outside the Common Man all made me take note.

Nate Johnson mashing in the first brew in Prohibition Pig's new brewery last Friday.

Prohibition Pig Brewery and Tasting Room Opens

by Hannah Palmer Egan Posted on December 22, 2014 at 5:25PM

close to 20 beers since he came on full-time,” Rich said. “You’ll see a lot of different beers coming through the pipeline.”

Italian Christmas cookie plate, Sweet Simone's

Holiday Sweets: Five Pastry Chefs Dish on Dessert Traditions

by Hannah Palmer Egan Posted on December 22, 2014 at 8:00AM

Lisa Curtis, Sweet Simone’s My mom is 100 percent Italian and every year we had a 3-day cookie-baking extravaganza. We would make 12 to 15 varieties of traditional Italian cookies: Italian Rainbow cookies, pignoli cookies, Swedish cookies, macaroons.

Alice Eats: Marquis Theatre

by Alice Levitt Posted on December 16, 2014 at 1:27PM

Tacos, like pizza, are simply one of those foods that are good even when they are bad. Still, the two (of four options) that I tried were a bit of a mixed bag.

This cocktail is a friendly, wintry mix.

Farmers Market Kitchen: Merry Cider Cocktail

by Hannah Palmer Egan Posted on December 16, 2014 at 11:27AM

Merry Cider Cocktail One cocktail Ingredients:

With sweet sausage, squash, sage and chickpeas, this pantry pasta nods to the hills of northern Italy.

Farmers Market Kitchen: Squashy Saucy Chickpea Pasta

by Hannah Palmer Egan Posted on December 9, 2014 at 2:21PM

Ingredients: Water and salt for pasta

Alice Eats: SpagHeady & Meatball Dinner at the Common Man

by Alice Levitt Posted on December 9, 2014 at 1:00PM

The prix-fixe ended with a choice of tiny but rich Mason jar desserts. The PB&J was composed of a base of peanut butter mousse topped with a thin layer of fluffy cake that bore an almost suspicious resemblance to Wonder Bread.

Chocolate chip cookies at Bluebird Coffee Stop at the Innovation Center

Vermont's Seven Best Cookies

by Hannah Palmer Egan Posted on December 6, 2014 at 9:59AM

With the holiday season officially upon us, we at the Seven Days food desk have cookies on the brain. Thus, we kick off our first monthly "Seven Best" list with an ode to some of our favorites in the sweet state of Vermont.