Food & Drink

As the temperature drops, we’ve scoured restaurants in the MV, and found incredible drinks to keep your insides cozy.

The 2008 vintage of Cristal Champagne was rated 100 points, and may very well be the best bottle of Champagne you could ever consume.

Not all Champagne is created equal. Don’t rely on name, reputation or price when choosing a vintage. Each can be very misleading.

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

South Lowell’s Moore Street has been called “Sacred Heart” for its church, and “Spaghettiville” and “The Bleachery” for its factories.

Hasty pudding is a slow-cooked concoction of corn meal, milk, eggs, molasses and spices. Perfect for the cold, with rich historical roots.

As the temperature drops, we’ve scoured restaurants in the MV, and found incredible drinks to keep your insides cozy.

To keep the season merry, we’re presenting a few recipes from Angelina’s Italian Restaurant. Perhaps they’ll change the ways you celebrate.

For Jocelyn’s Mediterranean Restaurant & Martini Lounge, the holidays are about connecting with family traditions, and cooking is one huge way to connect.

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.

To keep the season merry, we’re presenting recipes from Merrimack Valley’s finest chefs, such as Moonstones Executive Chef Adam Hervieux

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