Food & Drink

Community cookbooks are time capsules in print, capturing eras, locations, and sometimes even subcultures. They also can make you giggle.

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.

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

As the temperature drops folks are looking to stay warm. We’ve scoured restaurants in the MV, and found incredible drinks to keep your insides cozy.

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

It is always challenging to find local foods to incorporate into our holiday feasts. Horne Family Farms is here to help with their delicious bean dip.

This holiday season, dig deep into your pantry and then turn to the bounty of local dairy options to ensure your guests have already had an amazing meal even before dinner hits the table.  

Coffee fans rejoice! This week on The 495 we’ll be discussing everyone’s favorite bean with the owners of Dancing Ox Coffee. These two former professional dancers now run a North Carolina roastery with Merrimack Valley roots.

As the temperature drops folks are looking to stay warm. We’ve scoured restaurants in the MV, and found incredible drinks to keep your insides cozy.

If you’ve attended a local farmers market over the last couple of years, you’ve likely had a conversation with HamdAllah Olona, creator of GoodieKrunch.

Some people decide to learn traditional family recipes out of love, some out of respect. Jimi Gallant, executive chef for the Lupoli Companies as well as Andover’s new 34 Park, did it out of desperation.

This holiday season, spend less time cooking and more time with family, as restaurants and businesses across the Valley make Thanksgiving dinner easy during stressful times.