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24 New England restaurants worth a road trip

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Location: Dorchester Brewing Co., 1250 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, 617-514-0900, dorchesterbrewing.com; M&M BBQ, 617-307-7674, mandmbbq.com

The ribs from M&M BBQ at Dorchester Brewing Co.Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

2. Fresh Fruit Ice Cream at Benson’s Homemade Ice Cream

When it comes to roadside ice cream stands, Benson’s is as classic as they come: a cheery blue-and-white cottage, wedged deep in a rural town, with teen servers and flavors that include both classic New England varieties (my grandfather’s favorite was frozen pudding) to downright modern (vegan mint chip). After a beach trip to Hampton or Rye, New Hampshire, we’d turn off Route 495 for the sweetest detour possible. Benson’s calling card is the flavors made from freshly picked, seasonal fruit from local farms: think black and red raspberry, Maine blueberry, peach. You won’t find those at your beachfront soft-serve joint. –Kara Baskin

Location: 181 Washington Street, Boxford, 978-352-2911, bensonsicecream.com

The black raspberry is one of the fresh-fruit creations at Benson’s Homemade Ice Cream.anthony tieuli for the boston globe

3. Popovers at Jordan Pond House

Crusty on the outside, warm on the inside, with a hint of salt — we could be describing a Downeast lobsterman. But no, we’re talking popovers; specifically, the puffy delights served at Acadia National Park’s Jordan Pond House. Popovers have won the hearts of hungry hikers at this rustic restaurant since 1893, when proprietor Nellie McIntire began baking them for tea time. (The original building burned down in 1979 and was rebuilt in 1982.) The hollow, egg batter-based rolls, similar to Britain’s Yorkshire pudding, are now a treasured Acadia treat. A triumph of crispy-meets-airy deliciousness, it’s best enjoyed with a generous pat of butter and a dollop of Maine-made strawberry jam. Enjoy one with tea at an outdoor table overlooking Jordan Pond, with views of the Bubble Mountains. –Diane Bair and Pamela Wright

Location: Opens May 17. 2928 Park Loop Road, Seal Harbor, Maine; 207-813-4342, jordanpondhouse.com

4. Frozen Lemonade at Del’s

Del’s frozen lemonade, simply put, is a Rhode Island staple. Heck, in the Ocean State, we proudly display Del’s tree ornaments, bibs, and pet bandanas. While

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Fort Worth Food items + Wine Pageant Rolls on Just as the Co-Founder Envisioned

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Russell Kirkpatrick’s wife Jennifer designed her solemn vows earnestly in agreeing to have and to hold, for superior, for even worse, for richer, poorer, in sickness and wellbeing till the cloaked skeleton wielding a substantial scythe comes a-knockin’ at the door.

Having said that, she did not agree to listen to her husband’s wonderful ideas advert nauseam.

So, a few of photographs of liquid courage later on, and a prompting from the missus, Russell, the normal supervisor at Reata, at last went to talk to his boss, Mike Micallef, about bringing a foodstuff and wine festival to Fort Truly worth.

Voila.

“Oddly sufficient we were at a co-worker’s birthday occasion one particular afternoon and, I had just ample cocktails, and my wife’s like, ‘Mike’s in this article. You are below. Go pitch it to him.’ And so, I form of bought him. I was like, ‘I feel this would operate. I imagine we could get this point off the floor.’ And really what I essential from him had been some names in his Rolodex because, you know, Mike understands all people in town.”

The Fort Value Wine + Meals Competition has been a smashing results, anything the co-founder, Kirkpatrick, believed it would be as an event celebrating Fort Worth’s culinary scene. This year’s occasion, March 30-April 2, is the 10th since takeoff in 2014. It will be conducted largely at the Coronary heart of the Ranch at Clearfork, with a few gatherings getting place somewhere else.

The competition, in accordance to its site, has elevated a lot more than $325,000 for grants and scholarships for culinary pupils from Fort Value, as perfectly as a service-business reduction fund for workforce out of get the job done for the duration of the pandemic shutdown.

As importantly, the competition offers nearby cooks a raise in publicity.

For nine years, the Fort Truly worth Meals + Wine Festival has highlighted the edibles and grapes that, to borrow a phrase, maketh happy the heart of person.

And female, too, it goes without the need of declaring.

“The considered was if we produce one thing

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