• Long-Weekend Europe from Boston: The Easiest Nonstops for a Fall Escape

    Long-Weekend Europe from Boston: The Easiest Nonstops for a Fall Escape

    The easiest nonstop flights from Boston to Europe this fall and winter, which routes are seasonal and how I’d plan a long weekend in each city.

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  • Pork Normandy: Apples, Cream and Calvados from the Pays d’Auge

    Pork Normandy: Apples, Cream and Calvados from the Pays d’Auge

    Pork chops with golden apples, a flambé of Calvados and a cream sauce: the orchard cooking of Normandy in under 40 minutes.

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  • The Shoulder-Season Riviera: Why Late October in Portofino and Cannes Works

    The Shoulder-Season Riviera: Why Late October in Portofino and Cannes Works

    Why the Riviera in October works: softer light, fewer crowds and calmer towns in Portofino and Cannes, plus which hotels stay open and how to plan a trip.

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  • Boeuf Bourguignon: From Burgundy to Julia Child’s Boston Kitchen

    Boeuf Bourguignon: From Burgundy to Julia Child’s Boston Kitchen

    Beef braised slowly in red Burgundy with bacon, mushrooms and pearl onions: the French classic that Julia Child taught America to cook, starting in Boston.

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  • Apple Picking, Grown-Up Edition: New England Orchards Worth the Drive

    Apple Picking, Grown-Up Edition: New England Orchards Worth the Drive

    My guide to grown-up apple picking in New England: seven orchards with cideries, wine tastings and good food, from Ipswich and Harvard to Vermont.

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  • French Onion Soup: The Late-Night Classic of Old Les Halles

    French Onion Soup: The Late-Night Classic of Old Les Halles

    Onions cooked slowly to deep mahogany, a rich stock and a molten Gruyère crust: the soup that fed Paris after midnight.

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  • Nantucket After the Crowds: An Autumn Guide

    Nantucket After the Crowds: An Autumn Guide

    A guide to Nantucket in the fall: cranberry season, the best year-round hotels, what stays open, fall events and why to book the Christmas Stroll now.

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  • Tortelli di Zucca: Mantua’s Sweet-and-Savory Pumpkin Pasta

    Tortelli di Zucca: Mantua’s Sweet-and-Savory Pumpkin Pasta

    Mantua’s famous filled pasta pairs roasted pumpkin with crushed amaretti and fruit mostarda, then finishes it in brown butter and sage.

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  • The Off-Season Cape: Why October Is the Best Month on Cape Cod

    The Off-Season Cape: Why October Is the Best Month on Cape Cod

    Why Cape Cod in October is the best month of the year: quiet beaches, Wellfleet OysterFest, where to stay, what’s open and a simple fall weekend plan.

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