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Vermont's Stollen Gems
Susan Stuck Dec 02, 2010 Mirabelles 0 comments
Some of our most cherished Christmas traditions are German in origin. Think Christmas trees, glass ornaments, Advent calendars, candy canes, spice cookies and Stollen, the fragrant, fruity bread that's a specialty of Dresden. Dresdeners don't hold back when it comes to their Stollen. Today and tomorrow, Dresden's master bakers will be putting the finishing touches on a two-ton, four-yard-long Stollen, readying the massive loaf for Saturday's Stollen Festival. The giant Stollen will be loaded onto a horse-drawn wagon to be paraded  through the city's Old Town on the way to the famed Christmas market. Apprentice baker and this year's Stollen maiden Claudia Rhumland will then raise the silver...
Rhubarb Coffee Cake
FarmPlate Apr 21, 2010 Mirabelles 2 comments
by Vivian Stuck King Arthur's white whole-wheat flour ups the dietary fiber content yet still produces a tender crumb in this easy coffee cake. If you don't have any on hand, substitute all-purpose flour, not regular whole-wheat flour. Sliced rhubarb freezes well so you can enjoy this coffee cake all year long. 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter 1 ½ cups sugar 2 large eggs 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 cup King Arthur white whole-wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking soda Pinch of salt 1 cup sour cream or buttermilk 2 ½ cups diced rhubarb Topping ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Cream...
Rhubarb Traditions
Susan Stuck Apr 21, 2010 Mirabelles 3 comments
When foodies think about spring they tend to get all misty-eyed over fiddleheads or ramps or the first tiny peas. For me, it's rhubarb. I love how rhubarb stalks squeak when you pull them from the base of the plant. I love crunching away on a stalk, wincing at its tartness. I love the way slow-cooked rhubarb over vanilla ice cream wraps up a great meal. After apple or cherry, rhubarb might be the world's best-loved pie. If you love rhubarb's sweet-tart bite, you must try it in coffee cake. My mother, a Minnesota native, always bakes this unusual and delicious coffee cake with the first rhubarb of the season. For some patrons at Mirabelles in Burlington, Vermont, rhubarb coffee cake has...
Mark Your Calendar! Register Now!
FarmPlate Feb 04, 2010 Mirabelles 0 comments
From February 13 to 15, join fellow farmers, homesteaders, activists, consumers and even kids at next week's Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont's 28th Annual Winter Conference. With the theme "Celebrating the Heart of the Organic," the event will be held in a newly expanded conference site at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Keynote speakers include LaDonna Redmond, founder of the Institute for Community Resource Development, and organic farmer Jack Lazor of Vermont's Butterworks Farm, with a special appearance by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. Check out the 70+ workshops, special children's conference, farmers' market, ice cream social, Young Farmer Mixer...
Ringing Mirabelles' Praises
FarmPlate Dec 18, 2009 Mirabelles 0 comments
"It used to take a lot of effort to connect with reliable sources for local products," Silva adds. "It's easier now that local foods are just a phone call or an email away. We love it!" At this holiday time of year, the place hums. There's a line of lunch-hungry shoppers waiting for tables. (The savvy ones receive Mirabelles' Daily Specials email so they already know what they'll be ordering.)  There's another line of people eager to pick up a Christmas Stollen or a boxful of snowflake cookies. Those in the know have already put in their orders for Lane's fruitcake (“the good kind," swear its devotees) or a picture-perfect bûche de Noël. Reflecting on two decades of life in the food...