The amount of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg imparts a medium level of spice but feel free to up the ante on these three mainstays for a stronger flavor. If you are looking to kick the heat another notch ...

When gingerbread is baking the whole house smells good, so make this easy cake when guests come to stay. I like to serve the gingerbread slightly warm as it really brings out the heady flavors. Enjoy ...

It took a chance encounter at a friend’s dinner party for Vicki Meany and Chari Polley to enter each other’s orbit some twenty years ago. They immediately hit it off. Not only did they live less than ...

Wil Sideman has a handful of belongings he holds dear. There’s the retractable fishing rod given to him by a shop technician in China, and the salmon fishing tool made of lead and carved bone given to ...

I’ve been a fan of cabbage soup ever since I first had it at a Ukrainian restaurant (“The Uke”) in Fall River, Mass., years ago. It is incredibly comforting, and it doesn’t hurt that cabbage is such a ...

Lynne Irons knows how to let plants just be plants. Sitting among rows of overgrown flowers and vegetables at her home in Vineyard Haven last fall, she cheerfully claimed to embrace a gardening ethos ...

A funny thing happened in our front yard in West Tisbury this summer: a pumpkin patch – a very, very big pumpkin patch – sprang up. At first I thought it was just one plant, maybe two. I was wrong. By ...

Katherine Megrue-Smith’s love of Martha’s Vineyard saved a historic home. Located atop Menaca Hill on Chappaquiddick, the storied property caught her eye nine years ago. Although she and her husband, ...

This baked pasta has all the good stuff – a marriage of winter squash and caramelized onions, a pink sauce from crushed tomatoes and a bit of heavy cream, a combo of Parmigiano and ricotta, and a ...

The holidays are quickly approaching, which means it’s never too early to stock up on gifts. Looking for something local? Head to the Ag Hall in West Tisbury, where twenty-plus artisans will showcase ...

It’s hard not to feel hungry after spending time with Joan Nathan, whose name has been synonymous with Jewish cuisine since her first cookbook was published in 1975. Nearly a half-century later, ...