'Tis the Christmastide, ready your wassail and boots to march into the apple orchard to chase away the bad spirits. Not a holiday drinking ritual you're familiar with? The English know it well,...
Recipes
Recipe: Endive and Apple Salad with Honey Vinaigrette
Apples in your glass and apples on your plate. Longdrop Cider Co. in Boise, Idaho, makes an aromatic, semi-dry cider called Over Yonder, featuring Idaho-grown Jonathan apples. Its fruit comes...
Recipe: Colorado Cider Co.’s Smoky and the Cider
Contrary to popular belief — or maybe it's the quintessential snowcapped Rocky Mountains imagery — Colorado has pretty mild winters. Additionally, and unrelated in any other sense than the following...
Recipe: Perry and Mushroom Toast Heaven
True perry, made from 100 percent pear juice, isn’t always easy to come by, but is entirely worth the effort it takes to find one. Once you taste a magnificent perry, you’ll find a new appreciation...
Recipe: Branch Line’s Cider-Braised Bratwurst
Simple sophistication meets New England hospitality at Branch Line, a neighborhood rotisserie and wood-fire grill in Watertown, Massachusetts. Best known for its signature Green Circle Rotisserie...
Recipe: Skillet’s Apple Butter Cocktail
Advocates of modern American diner cuisine, Seattle's Skillet restaurant group also embraces the classic American fruit of fall: the apple. What was once street food served from a vintage airsteam...