Sponsor Spotlight: Harvest Co-op & It’s Fresh Approach
(Bikes outside Harvest Co-Op in Jamaica Plain) Local food and community involvement are nothing new for Harvest Co-Op Market. That’s been the primary motivation since their beginnings in the early...
View ArticleThe Local Craft Brewfest and Smuttynose Brewing Company!
The Local Craft Brewfest is affiliated with the Boston Local Food Festival, and takes place the Friday before the festival (10/5) at the John Joseph Moakley Courthouse in Boston’s Fort Point. The fest...
View ArticleSponsor Spotlight: Olivia’s Organics & 70 Years of Family Tradition!
The Boston Local Food Festival comes back to Boston for its third and biggest year yet. On October 7, 2012 on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston Local Food Festival will set up shop with over a...
View ArticleLocal Craft Brewfest: Beer is Food!
He was a wise man who invented beer. Plato The 3rd Annual Local Craft Brewfest. Doesn’t that sound fantastic for all beer lovers? The festival with more than 50 brews and local food vendors will be...
View ArticleTurkey Shore Distilleries: A Young Company With an Old Soul!
Turkey Shore Distilleries is a young company with an old soul. Co-founded in 2010 by a former history teacher, the brand has a story that is almost as important as the taste of the product itself....
View ArticleThe Sweeter Side of Things with Cookie Lady Treats!
In the kitchen and in life, I tend to gravitate towards the sweeter side of things. So it was with great pleasure that I perused the Cookie Lady Treats website, picking out recipe after recipe that I...
View ArticleLocal Craft Brewfest Spotlight: Let Me Go Grab My Clown Shoes!
Clown Shoes, an Ipswich Massachusetts brewery pouring at the 3rd Annual Local Craft Brewfest on Oct 5th, all started with a Beer Advocate naming competition. But the story’s a little different than...
View ArticleSavory and Sweet: Sofra Bakery
Imagine having a Middle Eastern bakery, cafe, and gourmet market and a CSA pick up all in one location? There’s no need to imagine it, just visit Sofra in Cambridge. I had the pleasure of visiting for...
View ArticleLocal Craft Brewfest and Blue Hills Brewery!
Canton’s Blue Hills Brewery will join a great selection of craft brewers and local food producers at the 3rd Annual Local Craft Brewfest in Boston on October 5. Blue Hills Brewery has been on the...
View ArticlePizzeria Posto!
Warm summer nights in Davis Square are filled with the sounds of laughter and conversation and the tantalizing smells of busy, bustling cafe and restaurant kitchens. And for over two years, Pizzeria...
View ArticleEverett’s Mozzarella House is Making Cheese the Old Fashioned Way
For over two decades, Mozzarella House has been hand crafting small batches of artisan Italian cheeses at their manufacturing facility in Everett, MA. They are a favorite of local chefs and specialty...
View ArticleGet Ready for a Rip-Roaring Good Time with Cody Brewing Co.!
Alright beer drinkers, it’s time to get excited. The Local Craft Brewfest is fast approaching (Friday October 5th is just around the corner) and soon you’ll be drinking great craft brews and eating...
View ArticleSponsor Spotlight: Save that Stuff!
Since the Boston Local Food Festival’s inception, waste management company Save That Stuff has been helping it work towards its goal of a zero-waste event. The company is experienced at event...
View ArticleQuinn Popcorn: Honest, Fair, & Rebellious!
Almost any problem in life can be solved over a cold craft beer with friends and freshly popped popcorn. Unfortunately, microwavable popcorn can be scary stuff, from GMO’s to chemical additives....
View ArticleWorld Class Bakers at Hearth Wood Fired Bread
Bread. It’s the starter of many meals. Its symbolism connects entire populations and civilizations – breaking bread together signifies peace between peoples…if only during dinner. Well, this October 7...
View ArticleWunderkind and the Brew’s of Bantam Cider
If there is one thing I love more than local food, it would be beverages of the adult persuasion which also happen to be created locally. On October 5th, 2012 the Local Craft Brewfest will be taking...
View Article606 Congress Restaurant at the Boston Local Food Festival
The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel features spectacular views of Boston’s historic harbor. It’s also the site of a food renaissance of sorts where they are buying locally grown produce, meat,...
View ArticleCheers to Local!
Often those who appreciate fine food enjoy great beverages. Modern Homebrew Emporium will be participating in The Local Craft Brewfest, a fundraiser for the Boston Local Food Festival that will...
View ArticleThe Fireplace is Coming to the Boston Local Food Festival
The Fireplace restaurant in Brookline MA is founded in the spirit of New England. Owner and chef Jim Solomon found the inspiration for the restaurant way back during the bicentennial as a child when...
View ArticleHi Neighbor, Have a ‘Gansett at Brewfest!
From Prohibition to big white sharks to total demolition, Narragansett has seen a lot in its 122-year history. Since its humble beginnings in 1890, the lager has been a New England institution. And...
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