Dean Johnson

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.