Quechee-based celebrated pastry chef, acclaimed cookbook author, television personality and culinary instructor par excellence Gesine Bullock-Prado is deep into a 17-year love affair with Vermont. And much of that abiding affection for the Green Mountain State is tied to the land and to food. Bullock-Prado’s seventh cookbook, “My Vermont Table: Recipes for All (Six) Seasons,” departs from the renowned chef’s …

 As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, the Vermont Standard asked some of our area’s Irish residents to share their stories. Be they Irish natives or longtime Vermonters with a proud Irish heritage, each of them had unique experiences and a unique take on what it means to be Irish in America — especially in Vermont.  Irish Roots PJ Skehan of Quechee: …

With mud season approaching in the Upper Valley, several area artists are finding the period between late winter and early spring as a source of inspiration for their work as part of the “MUD (season) exhibit 2023” opening at Artistree Community Arts Center on March 17. According to Artistree administrative and marketing manager Marie Cross, “the broad theme is the …

By Tom Ayres, Senior Staff Writer By the time he was a young man, with a budding career as a highly regarded international economist, former Woodstock resident Hugh “Hugo” Belton had traveled many roads. He’d herded sheep in Australia, blasted roads through the mountains of Chile using dynamite, and learned the rudiments of seafaring on a British cargo ship. Such …

 Chris Lloyd left behind a legacy of environmentalism, advocacy, and friendship By Tom Ayres, Senior Staff Writer Bill Dagger was walking along the shores of Silver Lake in Barnard one summer day 36 years ago, pushing a double stroller carrying his infant twins, Ali and Jackie. Suddenly what seemed to be a mirror image appeared on the path before Dagger: …