One billion Valentine’s cards sent each year. $13 billion spent on Valentine’s Day gifts. $1 billion worth of Valentine chocolates purchased (and no doubt happily consumed). Valentine’s Day is one hot (chocolate) holiday, eh? (more…)

OK, I admit it. I can’t be silent any longer. This secret love I have is burning inside me, an unquenchable fire… whose temperature is about 350°F. (more…)

If spinach makes you think of gray-green glop served from a can… or the sad-looking stuff the lunch ladies would plop onto your plate in elementary school, exuding a disgusting puddle that you tried in vain to keep away from your mac and cheese… then it’s time for you to update your expectations. (more…)

If the rest of the country has a picture of as Vermonters, it probably involves Birkenstocks on our feet, flannel on our backs, and traces of cow manure on our shoes.

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