Red Kite Candy Flying High
Bradford — The aroma rising from the bubbling copper kettle is the sweet smell of success. Elaine and Mike McCabe are whipping up another 40-pound batch of sea salt caramels in a mixing machine, scraping the sides of the kettle with a spatula as the agitator swirls 37 pounds of milk and cream, 15 pounds of organic brown rice syrup and more than three pounds of butter into a thickening mass. After two hours of cooking and evaporation...
From Screens to Spoons
Bradford, Vt. — Ed Morrison had had his fill of the West Coast. Now, he wants others to eat their fill. His stint as an extra in movies and TV shows was fun, he said, but it doesn’t beat seeing a happy customer enjoy one of his hearty “country breakfasts.” “I’m all about family and feeding the people,” Morrison said, fresh off the breakfast shift at the Green Mountain Diner. “Nobody goes away hungry from here.” Morrison opened the...
In Bradford, Vt., a Mainstay on Main Street Calls It Quits
Bradford, Vt. — Hill’s 5 & 10 has been a Bradford institution since its founding in 1959. Around Labor Day weekend, however, the fabled five-and-dime store will shut its doors for the final time. Increased competition from chain stores, together with the economic troubles brought on by the Great Recession, prompted the decision to close, said Hill’s co-owner Mary Wendell. “When I saw the dollar store going up in Fairlee I just...
