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Dean Johnson

Dean Johnson has never lived more than 10 minutes from the Merrimack River. A longtime columnist for the Boston Globe and Boston Herald, he has written for dozens of publications, including Rolling Stone, Variety and Boston Magazine. He can be heard weekly on WBZ-AM.

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Food & Drink
Home for the Holidays – Panela Pork Loin

Viviana Acevedo, the owner of the Colombian restaurant Panela in Lowell, shares the recipe for her Panela Pork Loin.

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Food & Drink
Home for the Holidays – Cranberry Apple Pie

Cranberry with apple isn’t the most popular combination for a pie, Alaina and Doug Brackett, the owners of Purple Carrot Bread Co. in Lowell, swear by this delicious recipe.

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Food & Drink
The Baer and the Beanstalk

Charley Baer is truly a working farmer. He tends 25 acres in South Berwick, Maine, to harvest just one product … heirloom beans.

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Food & Drink
Home for the Holidays – Nana’s Stuffing

Some people learn family recipes out of love, some out of respect. Jimi Gallant of Andover’s new 34 Park, did it out of desperation.

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Food & Drink
Weeding, Sowing, Growing

Chris Horne and family have turned a small New Hampshire plot into the thriving Horne Family Farms, one plant at a time.

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Bridal
Get Hitched Without a Hitch

Want a fairy tale wedding? Here are some tips from local bridal experts on how to avoid some of the most common wedding mishaps.

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Food & Drink
Good Eats – Vera Ristorante

In a seaside city known for its impressive slew of good restaurants, Vera Ristorante is already near the top of that list.

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Food & Drink
Good Eats – Future Shock

It reads like the perfect definition of insanity: opening a new restaurant in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. Here are some of their stories.

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Food & Drink
Good Eats – Groton Station House

There was a time when dining out options in Groton largely involved deciding between pepperoni or extra cheese. Thanffully, those days are gone.

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Arts & Entertainment
Something To Hold On To

Here’s something that may have slipped past you while you were desperately making sure your Instacart orders went through: Vinyl record sales revenues, prepandemic, were set to top CD sales this year.

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Community
Infinite Zest

Fabrizia Spirits has been around since 2008, and though limoncello is its core product, the company has branched out over the years to also offer a blood orange liquor, a creamy limoncello liquor, and a line of canned cocktails.

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Travel
The Changing Face of Biddeford, Maine

Biddeford’s culinary, arts and business scenes are all blossoming … so much so that local wags have a come up with the word “Biddesance” to capture the city’s resurgence.

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