1. Have ready a warm serving bowl. Put the soy sauce, the maple syrup, and 2 teaspoons water in a small bowl; whisk to combine and set near the stove. 2. In a large stir-fry pan or wok, heat the oil ...

This meal-in-one recipe is a winter variation on my recipe for Crispy Sheet Pan Chicken with Honeynut Squash and Hot Honey Drizzle. Conveniently, slim sweet potato halves (like halved honeynuts) cook ...

It had been a long, dry winter for the dinosaurs of Massachusetts. The forest was parched and pools of standing water – draped in greenery and hosting plant-eating giants – had long since dried up.

Stuffed shrimp are definitely a special occasion treat, and in my house we have these as a first course before the roast on Christmas Eve. They could also be a part of an all-seafood feast if you ...

According to the ancient Greeks, there were at least six kinds of love: philia, or deep friendship; ludus, or playful love; agape, love for everyone; pragma, long-standing love; philautia, love of ...

Some Cold War scientists perfected the art of injecting ticks with new diseases. Others released ticks into new areas to study their spread. But is that the end of the story? At a time when it seems ...

Carla Cooper still remembers the day her life changed. It was in July of 2023, and Cooper, an Island ecologist, was in Menemsha when she ordered a hamburger and soft-serve ice cream. About two hours ...

One summer’s day, the sun a diamond in the sky, I rowed the length of Menemsha Pond. The journey began in the boat basin on the Lobsterville side, where I entered the creek’s incoming currents, ...

On a glorious late summer’s afternoon, the Gay Head Cliffs glow with color on one side; the sea gently laps at the warm sand on the other. Ah, nature! But on the strip of sand between cliff and sea ...

Joan and John Potter’s home is the result of both a new way of looking at their East Chop property and an integration of an eclectic array of antiques – many from the Far East. Many Vineyarders know ...

On a bright but brisk Sunday afternoon, Margaret Gonsalves Oliveira pulled her car off a dirt road on the island of Chappaquiddick and tromped through the woods to a small clearing, where reside the ...

Getting a diagnosis of alpha-gal syndrome – an allergy to red meat (and often dairy) ignited by a bite from a lone star tick – means new challenges and more vigilance when cooking and eating. We’d ...