• 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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  • Apple Cider Doughnuts: The Taste of a New England Orchard in October

    Apple Cider Doughnuts: The Taste of a New England Orchard in October

    The farm-stand doughnut that tastes like a drive through the foliage: reduced cider in the dough, a crisp cinnamon-sugar shell and a soft, spiced crumb.

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  • Where to Stay for Head of the Charles Weekend 2026

    Where to Stay for Head of the Charles Weekend 2026

    The best Head of the Charles hotels for October 16–18, 2026, plus where to watch the races, where to eat and drink and how to book before rooms sell out.

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  • Peak Foliage, Done Properly: A New England Foliage Itinerary for 2026

    Peak Foliage, Done Properly: A New England Foliage Itinerary for 2026

    My 2026 New England foliage itinerary follows peak color south over four days, from the White Mountains to Connecticut, with a lovely inn at each stop.

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