Recipe: Chocolate cheesecake candy cane cups
This delicious and decadent gluten-free dessert was adapted from a Food Network Kitchen recipe, made and brought to the Chocolate Potluck on Saturday by Laura Seyfried. Ingredients Crust: 20 gluten-free chocolate wafer cookies 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon finely ground coffee beans 1/4 teaspoon fine salt Filling: 8 ounces semisweet […]
January Gardening Advice for Manchester 2017
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. January is, I think, the hardest month to be a gardener. I look outside daily, seeing the things I want […]
December Gardening Advice for Manchester 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. I thought last year was going to be an anomaly in terms of how late I planted my garlic, but […]
World Food Championship winning bacon recipe – “Sweet Mystique”
Current World Food Championships ‘Bacon Category’ 2016 champion and 1985 Manchester High School Graduate, Chef Colleen Curley has agreed to share her award winning recipe and the story behind her victory with Manchester Mirror readers. Curley explained how the World Food Championship, the largest food sport competition in the US, works. Everyone competing in the […]
Brown marmorated stink bugs everywhere!
Many Manchester residents have noticed over the last couple of weeks, large brown bugs in or attempting to get into their houses. While they can be startling, they are not dangerous and will not damage anything. Brown marmorated stink bugs are starting to find their way into homes as they look for a protected place […]
October Gardening Advice for Manchester 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. I have no idea where the month of September went – do you? Last I looked, it was hot and […]
September Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center says we have “increased probabilities of above-normal temperatures” for August, September, and October. Seems […]
August Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. I can’t tell you how much I am ready for the heat to end! I have had friends telling me […]
July Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. If I told you that we received more rain this June than the average June, would you believe me? I […]
May Gardening Advice for Manchester – 2016
by Jennifer Fairfield Editor’s Note: Manchester resident Jennifer Fairfield owns and operates the Garden Mill in Chelsea, serves on the Manchester Community Garden Committee, and volunteers with the school gardens at Klager and the MECC. Does April snow bring May flowers? It looks like it, from all the tulips popping up all over town! Luckily for […]
