Vermont is the first state to partially vaccinate at least 80 percent of its eligible population.

Vermont has at least partially vaccinated 80 percent of residents 12 or older, allowing it to lift all remaining state pandemic restrictions, Gov. Phil Scott announced on Monday. Federal data confirmed that the state passed the 80 percent milestone first, while lagging vaccination rates elsewhere have imperiled President Biden’s national goal of getting shots into…

A New Source for Seafood

Buying seafood online has never been easier, thanks to the demands of all the stay-at-home cooks during the pandemic. There is a proliferation of new sources, and one of them, E-Fish, is the outgrowth of a wholesale company that started selling fresh fish from various sources to restaurants last year. “Chefs had to deal with…

A Boozy, Mousse-y Cake for Pops

A Father’s Day gift meant for sharing is this new, intensely chocolaty cake from Lady M infused with Japanese whisky. Inside a framework of chocolate sponge cake are milk and dark chocolate mousse and a layer of jelly. Added to the mousses and the jelly is some Iwai Tradition from Mars Whisky in Japan, an…

D’Artagnan Enters the Farm Business

As if she didn’t have enough to do, running D’Artagnan — the meat, poultry, charcuterie (and now also seafood) company that sells to restaurants, stores and consumers — Ariane Daguin, a founder and owner of the company, now has a farm, All for One One for All, in the Hudson Valley. Its grand opening to…

Add Crunch With Sea Beans

Sea beans — a thin, dark green, crunchy succulent foraged at the shore — also go by salicornia, samphire, glasswort and in France, where they are more commonly served than in the United States, salicornes. They deliver a sharp, salty bite and though they can be tossed raw in salads, quickly blanching them defuses their…