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Magic Hat Brewing Is Leaving Vermont; Zero Gravity Will Expand

by Sasha Goldstein Posted on June 16, 2020 at 5:47PM

The move will sever the final Vermont ties to an iconic local business cofounded by entrepreneur Alan Newman in 1994. Magic Hat #9 shot the beer maker to fame, and it earned the title of eighth largest craft brewery in the U.S. in 2011, according to its bio.

Home on the Range: Gone Fishin' With Vermont Wild Kitchen

by Jordan Barry Posted on June 16, 2020 at 4:30PM

If you've had a successful fishing trip (or trip to the grocery store's fish department) and are looking for another recipe, Seven Days writer Melissa Pasanen has your back. In her recently released The Little Local Vermont Cookbook: Recipes for Classic Dishes, Pasanen heads to the state's "fresh, cold-running streams" for one of spring's "natural pairings": wild watercress and brook trout.

Bakers Against Racism Bake Sale Comes to Vermont

by Jordan Barry Posted on June 15, 2020 at 2:28PM

Corrente is still taking orders for her contribution to the bake sale: Customers can choose from Haymaker's legendary chocolate chip cookies, fluffernutter cookies, or pistachio and chocolate chunk cookies. Preorders launched on Saturday, and as of Monday morning, Corrente had already raised $400, which she will split equally between Black Lives Matter and the Equal Justice Initiative.

Shrimp with tomatoes and white beans served over greens

Home on the Range: Shrimp With Tomatoes and White Beans

by Melissa Pasanen Posted on June 8, 2020 at 8:48AM

In April, I drove to Charlotte and picked up a couple pounds of sweet, juicy, shell-on locavore shrimp. When I used some in my standby recipe, I left the shells and heads on to save time and get it on the table fast.

Home on the Range: Radish-Top Pesto

by Jordan Barry Posted on June 5, 2020 at 9:00AM

This is a flexible — and storable — recipe. It would work as a pasta sauce or in a potato salad.

A little free pantry on Loomis Street in Burlington

Little Free Pantries Pop Up in Burlington Neighborhoods

by Sally Pollak Posted on June 4, 2020 at 12:20PM

Various efforts have mobilized to address this crisis, from large-scale institutional and government assistance to neighbors helping neighbors. Panitch said she's been asked how she can be certain that people who use the pantry are in need of food.

Cheese & Wine Traders team members wearing masks

Vermont Retailers Incentivize Customers to Mask Up

by Melissa Pasanen Posted on June 2, 2020 at 2:26PM

is useful," he said. "It's easier if we're all on the same page."

The closed Outback Steakhouse in South Burlington

Closed: Outback Steakhouse and Vermont Sandwich Company

by Melissa Pasanen Posted on May 27, 2020 at 4:13PM

Farrell cited an expiring lease as the sole reason for closure. She said it had nothing to do with the challenges restaurants are facing due to the pandemic.

New Indian-Himalayan Restaurant Opens in Burlington

by Melissa Pasanen Posted on May 27, 2020 at 3:46PM

Indian restaurants are outdated," he continued. The restaurateurs plan to distinguish themselves by preparing "every recipe we know well" fresh from scratch, Gharti said.

Cars waiting in line to receive food on the Beltline Tuesday in Burlington

Burlington Street Becomes Food Distribution Site

by Sally Pollak Posted on May 26, 2020 at 3:40PM

The food distributed Tuesday included 1,000 Farmers to Families kits, according to Nicole Whalen, spokesperson for the Vermont Foodbank. Paid for by the USDA and put together by the Abbey Group of Enosburg Falls, each box contains 15 to 25 pounds of produce, 20 pounds of chicken and 7.5 pounds of dairy products, according to Whalen.