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From Lancaster, PA: The Intercourse Canning Company
04.11.09 | Permalink | Comment?

What: Intercouse Canning Company
Where: 3612 E Newport Rd, Intercourse, PA
Highlights: Clearance items and free samples. Intercourse Canning Company offers canning services for many companies in the area including Kitchen Kettle Village and Jake & Amos. If you show up in the early season as we did you’ll probably find plenty of delicious pickles, relishes, and [...]
Breakfast
Gould’s Sugar House in Shelburne, MA
03.30.09 | Permalink | Comment?

What: Gould’s Sugar House
Where: Shelburne, MA on the Mohawk Trail
Highlights: Everything, really. Pancakes are text book examples of everything you want in a pancake; light, fluffy, hot, golden brown, and ready to soak up just a little butter and then loads and loads of this season’s maple syrup, made on the premises. Sausage is mildly [...]
Markets, Neighboorhoods
Another World: New Britain’s Polish Enclave Pt. 1
10.30.08 | Permalink | Comment?

“Enclave” is a word that seems to be thrown around a lot, and the meaning can be a bit nebulous depending on how it is used and who is using it. It’s a word with French origins, but enclave is one of those funny words that ends up sounding somewhat like what it actually [...]
Farms, Markets
Sweets and Produce at Lyman Orchards
07.23.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Lyman Orchards is more than just a farm, it’s a bona fide agritainment destination in Connecticut. And it’s pretty, of course.

That’s the deck next to the Apple Barrel, Lyman’s market. There’s plenty of seating for outdoor eating as well as a walk-up for hot dogs, burgers, and other grilled eats. But our main interest was [...]