The amount of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg imparts a medium level of spice but feel free to up the ante on these three mainstays for a stronger flavor. If you are looking to kick the heat another notch ...

When gingerbread is baking the whole house smells good, so make this easy cake when guests come to stay. I like to serve the gingerbread slightly warm as it really brings out the heady flavors. Enjoy ...

The resident artist and manager of Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks respects the unforgiving nature of his medium.

Lynne Irons knows how to let plants just be plants. Sitting among rows of overgrown flowers and vegetables at her home in Vineyard Haven last fall, she cheerfully claimed to embrace a gardening ethos ...

It took a chance encounter at a friend’s dinner party for Vicki Meany and Chari Polley to enter each other’s orbit some twenty years ago. They immediately hit it off. Not only did they live less than ...

A funny thing happened in our front yard in West Tisbury this summer: a pumpkin patch – a very, very big pumpkin patch – sprang up. At first I thought it was just one plant, maybe two. I was wrong. By ...

I’ve been a fan of cabbage soup ever since I first had it at a Ukrainian restaurant (“The Uke”) in Fall River, Mass., years ago. It is incredibly comforting, and it doesn’t hurt that cabbage is such a ...

Katherine Megrue-Smith’s love of Martha’s Vineyard saved a historic home. Located atop Menaca Hill on Chappaquiddick, the storied property caught her eye nine years ago. Although she and her husband, ...

2. Toss the diced butternut squash with 2 tablespoons olive oil and a ½ teaspoon salt. Spread on the baking sheet and roast, flipping or stirring once, until browned and tender, about 25 to 30 minutes ...

It’s hard not to feel hungry after spending time with Joan Nathan, whose name has been synonymous with Jewish cuisine since her first cookbook was published in 1975. Nearly a half-century later, ...