Chinese spoons can be used for more than just slurping soup.

This year's Big Read is the Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.

Three different summer drinks.

How to make a perfect margarita.

The hood decoration of a 1955 Chevy Nomad.

Jessi Loerch's amond bread.

Henry collects everything he thinks is beautiful including this glass piece.

Butter beer lineup : (from left) #1: ice cream mix and cream soda, #3: cream soda, butter scotch and butter and #2: milk mix

Seven varieties of organic potatoes from Alden Farms (clockwise from top left): Red Chieftains, Princess La Ratte fingerlings, Red Thumb fingerlings with a German Butterball, All Blue, Rose Finn Apple fingerlings, and Yukon Gold.

Mangos, Asian pears, and kiwis

Gore-Tex jackets, pants and shoes are great to wear in the rain to help keep the wearer dry.

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Give or receive local beer, wine and spirits for holiday gifts.

Cherry tomatoes known as Sweet 100 grow at Flying Tomato Farm.

Drops of water gleam off a leaf.