The Two Palaverers

Massachusetts isn’t a very big state, though it does pack a punch for its size. Traversing it, however, isn’t as easy at it seems. One can go south along the Massachusetts Turnpike, which is ...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2017/04/24/roasting-along-route-9/

Boston is like a folded quilt with its well-known neighborhoods on top: The North End, Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Charlestown, The South End, Fenway, East Boston, and South Boston. Unfold the quilt t...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2012/10/14/jamming-in-jamaica-plain/

It was quiet when we woke up this morning. Snow quiet. Over night, we received a couple of inches of snow on top of the previous few from the other day. Snow acts as muffler and creates a calm, e...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2012/01/21/warm-shoes-and-four-wheel-drive/

No matter where you travel in New England, you will find books: at antique shops, rental homes, inns, bookstores and even some restaurants and coffee houses. In New England, we love to read. It�...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2011/08/15/new-england-bookshelves/

New England blogger friends recently asked, “Where have you two been?” Clearly, we have not been maintaining our writing cadence. “On a fascinating journey,” we remarked. Since last fall,...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2011/06/15/in-search-of-new-england-food-history/

There are many common signs of spring in places where changes of season are clearly evident: flowers pushing up through the last patches of snow to reach the increasing sunshine; birds returning ...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2011/04/17/accidental-maple-syrup/

Because we travel all over New England, we’re often asked: “How do you know where to drive?” Though we don’t think about it much, we use a combination of process and intuition when we hit...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2011/04/10/route-1a/

We’re fond of Cape Ann, and especially Gloucester, the oldest active fishing port in the United States. This city, which dates back to 1623, has it all: history, tradition, ethnicity, restauran...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2011/02/28/spinning-culinary-gold-in-gloucester/

Snow. Snow. Snow. There’s always a frenzy when a good ‘ole nor’easter works its way toward New England in the winter time. The store shelves are cleared of bread, water, and milk. The firew...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2010/12/26/snowbound/

Recently, my friend Erica Holthausen and I were fortunate to grab the last two available seats for an Artisan French Bread class at Stone Turtle Baking & Cooking School, a small, family run bakin...

https://2palaver.com/blog/2010/11/21/baking-french-bread-down-east-in-maine/