Preservative-Free Homemade Pies, New England-Style!

Article and photo (of Andrea DiReda Taber) by Eric H.


Everyone loves a great, flavorful pie, but how about a "natural" version that tastes every bit as good as the commonly purchased commercial hydrogenated, artificially-flavored brands?

Andrea DiReda Taber, a former career nurse, started the Ever So Humble Pie Company in East Walpole, Mass., in 2002, and ever since then the business has been incredibly "fruitful" around New England, and beyond. She focuses on making pies the old-fashioned way: sourced from local New England farms and with no monosodium glutamate, trans fats, hydrogenated oils (trans fats) and other unhealthy chemicals. Some of her best pies include raspberry nectarine, "Squmpkin" (sugar pumpkins and winter squash) and orange pineapple as well as "Jumble Berry." The "Jumble Berry" is like a local farmer's market "greatest hits" package with tart Cape Cod cranberries, wild blueberries, strawberries and oranges.

The Ever So Humble Pie Company is located at 153 Washington St., East Walpole, MA (Tel. 508-660-9731). Pies are available at many local farms in the Boston area.

For more information on Andrea DiReda Taber and the Ever So Humble Pie Company, please click on the link above to access the article from VisitingNewEngland.com.

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Cheers to a Vermont Mom and Pop Store

Article and photo by Eric H.

Nice to hear that the Comfort Inn in St. Johnsbury, Vt., has asked the family-owned and operated Kerrigan's Market & Deli in West Burke, Vt., to provide catering services to its business meeting members.

The partnership makes perfect sense. We have stayed at the 107-room Comfort Inn in St. Johnsbury and regard it as the best-run chain we have stayed at, anywhere (on-the-ball management staff, great indoor pool, spotless rooms, beautiful landscaping, and ideal location to the scenic Northeast Kingdom). We have eaten at Kerrigan's Market and Deli, enjoying the made-from-scratch food that features breakfast selections, subs, salads, wraps, and pizza. The pulled pork is to die for, prepared daily for several hours with an incredible homemade marinade sauce. The steak and cheese brings little bit of "Philly" to the Northeast Kingdom in Vermont.

To owners Dave and Judi Kerrigan and their family that works at the store, we say congratulations on the hard work and sticking with the hard-fought journey that brought you to your successful destination today. As Judi aptly says, " Goes to show you that good food has no bounds."

Hard work has no bounds, either, thus proving that Mom and Pop stores can indeed prosper in a rapidly growing superstore world. Kudos to Dave and Judi and family!

Kerrigan's Market
4080 US Route 5
West Burke, VT 05871
(802) 467-8800
Fax: (802) 467-8805

Editor's note: For more information on the story behind Kerrigan's Market and Deli, we encourage you to read a previous post on Kerrigan's at The Weekly New England Travel and Vacation Gazette.

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