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Immigrants bring their own distinctive flavors to Vermont — witness the recent boom in Thai and Vietnamese restaurants. But one new cuisine has snuck in under the radar, perhaps because it’s so similar to the hearty Old Country fare many of our ancestors ate — namely, Bosnian food. Local Bosnian-American entrepreneurs, themselves the products of a cultural melting pot, offer wares that may not sound particularly exotic: bread, cake, sandwiches, kebabs. But one taste confirms these foodstuffs are out of this world.... Read more

Local food is irreplaceable, but sometimes even the most passionate advocate of “eating where you live” feels a temptation to taste someone else’s terroir. With the price of jet fuel hitting all-time highs, the cheapest way to travel is through the taste buds — by sampling ale brewed in an ancient Belgian monastery, or dreaming of the desert while sprinkling hand-ground African spice blends into a stew. Or basting a roasting chicken with the freshest cold-pressed olive oil from a small farm.... Read more

At 7:30 p.m. on a recent Thursday, Daren and Jen Cassani are bent over a laptop in the DJ booth at Nectar’s in Burlington, putting the final touches on their quiz. They’re making sure the PowerPoint pages won’t pop up at the wrong time, inadvertently revealing an answer. If the Cassanis were schoolteachers, a slip-up like that might go over well with their students. But they’re preparing their lessons for a much tougher crowd: pub quizzers. You don’t want to piss off this rowdy bunch.... Read more

Question: What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? Answer: A stick.

Brookfield's Jeremy Levine, 31, has heard that chestnut more than once. It happens when you're in the boomerang business, and Levine owns Crescent Moon Boomerangs.

Boomerangs?... Read more

Packed in quart-sized Baggies, the stuff looks rich, crumbly and decidedly illegal. But the label states otherwise: It’s nutrient-rich humus, a.k.a. Premium Quality Worm Castings — the end product, literally, of thousands of red worms, also known as red wigglers, tiger worms, manure worms, stink worms, fish worms, dung worms, fecal worms and striped worms.... Read more

On a Wednesday afternoon, folks driving through Jericho on Route 15 may notice an easel standing by the side of the road that reads something like: Chicken pot pie, spinach lasagna, beef stew, macaroni and cheese. Above it hangs a more permanent sign: "Welcome Kitchen Catering. Homemade meals to go Wednesday."... Read more

It's catchy, quirky, cryptic, trendy. It also leaves people scratching their heads. Eat More Kale?

In the past five years, these three words — in their distinctive, stubby black typeface — have become part of the central Vermont landscape, culture and vernacular. You've seen them printed on T-shirts, and on round green bumper stickers affixed to the backs of cars and trucks. Go to a website called eatmorekale.com, and you can even purchase the motto on an organic cotton onesie for your bouncing baby.... Read more

Chronic fatigue? Depression? Back pain? Listen, maybe it’s time to face the music. Sound therapist Eileen McKusick, 39, practices what she calls “harmonic balancing” by using acoustic resonators to diagnose and treat everything from blocked tear ducts to tight shoulders to vertigo.... Read more

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Ping pong, lattes, plants, OH MY!... Read more

Something subversive is going on at the corner of North Winooski Avenue and Archibald Street in Burlington: sewing.... Read more