Mollie Doyle

Eating with Vineyard folk

One of the greatest traditions of Martha’s Vineyard’s food culture and community is the fact that we eat in. Sure, there are great restaurants...

School lunch from scratch

Five years ago, Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School head chef Betsy Carnie imagined a new school kitchen for students. “I wanted to start from...

The little farm that could

Mallory Watts’ first Martha’s Vineyard experience was the Island in March in the middle of a snowstorm. Gray, windy, cold, and isolated. It was...

Bees’ needs

There are many cool environmental initiatives on the Island, but in our opinion, one of the most exciting is the MV Pollinator Pathways Project,...

Healthy food for all

Food equity is a global issue. It is also a local one.  In 2022, approximately one in five people in Island Grown Initiative’s estimated Martha’s...

Keep it simple

My family and I are just home from a life-changing trip to India. We saw the Taj Mahal at dawn, tracked leopards at dusk,...

Culinary customs

Breakfast at the old Hebrew Center for an Israel bonds drive, 1989. —Courtesy M.V. Museum I met Bess Abrahams (daughter of Carole Cronig Abrahams of...

Wild things

There is so much to admire about Rebecca Randall Gilbert’s “Weedy Wisdom,” particularly because it was born out of community, curiosity, and a profound...

Meet the farmhands

Lately, as we settle into our mid-lives, Tina Miller and I have been talking about happiness and quality of life more than what we...

Home sweet home?

When I was a child, my ’70s Martha’s Vineyard food experience was essentially grilled Cracker Barrel Cheddar cheese sandwiches on Pepperidge Farm wheat bread,...

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