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Hungrily We Roll Along « p.42
Lead driver, the Alchemist
(near 5 Corners)
878-9333
DINE IN OR TAKE OUT Tu-Th 11-8 • F & S 11-9 • Closed Su & M cOurtesy OF natalie miller
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No need to travel to Montréal, Boston or even Europe... we’re just minutes away!
much more of a small-town person than a city person, especially as I’m getting older. I love finding little gems in the country.
sean Buchanan
Business development manager, Black River Produce
Taryn Noelle
taryn noelle
Actress/singer/choreographer
2/21/14 10:52 AM
I really love the wood-fired bagel with veggie cream cheese at On the Rise Bakery in Richmond. I think that’s a great bagel — that thing is bulletproof. If I’m in Addison, I’m always at the Addison Four Corners Store for storesmoked pepperoni and cheddar. In Ferrisburgh, I get a peanut butter square at Ferrisburgh Bake Shop & Deli. It’s gotta be 112 Lake Street • Burlington like two Big Macs’ worth of calories. www.sansaivt.com I’ll break my diet for two slices of pizza and a soda for $5 at Piecasso [Pizzeria & Lounge] in Stowe. It’s the best lunch 12v-SanSai010913.indd 1 1/7/13 2:08 PM grab-and-go. They give you two paper plates, and you fold them together. I love their New York-style slices. Mrs. Murphy’s Donuts is an oldGrab any slice & a Rookies Root Beer school doughnut shop in Manchester for $5.99 + tax Center. It feels like you’re in high school in New Jersey. It feels comforting. They make all the normal doughnuts there. It’s just really simple. A lot of what I do is checking out livestock and visiting farms. When you drive a lot, you stop everywhere for gas, and you always end up getting coffee or a soda. And most of them have the same 1 large, 1-topping pizza, terrible stuff. So there are gas stations 12 boneless wings that you seek out. and a 2 liter Coke product At the Wolcott Store in Wolcott, there’s a Chester’s Chicken. I keep a bottle of hot sauce in the car and douse Plus tax. Pick-up or delivery only. Expires 4/30/14. limit: 1 offer per customer per day. it and eat it. It’s not the best fried chicken in the world. But any time you’re eating 973 Roosevelt Highway fried chicken while driving, it feels so Colchester • 655-5550 natural. m www.threebrotherspizzavt.com
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After doing a show one day with Rick & the Ramblers, I found this hidden spot in Lowell. In fact, it’s called Hidden Country [Restaurant]. It’s such an amazing throwback. The whole décor, the whole presentation, is totally ’50s farmhouse. I had barbecue chicken, and it was wonderful. But one of my favorite features is at the salad bar. They have these metal drawers built into the cabinet, and that’s where they keep their dinner rolls! I did two shows in Hyde Park last season, and I love Sweet Crunch [Bakeshop]. They have really good breakfast sandwiches that they’ll make any time of day. And they have these amazing maple cookies that were on one of Rachael Ray’s shows. It’s embarrassing to admit, but I love the Williston Starbucks. I love their cake pops and the breakfast sandwiches, and it’s so conveniently located! The Craftsbury General Store has the best chicken salad ever and a wonderful bakery. It’s just loaded with products. I’m
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Natalie Miller and 12v-cafemediterano022614.indd 1 Nathan Hartswick
04.02.14-04.09.14
I’ve been driving for the Alchemist for about a year. Before that, I was a sous-chef at the Alchemist Pub. Being a cook by trade, I can tell that what most restaurants are making is not what they’re charging you for it. They’re gouging you. I eat out very rarely on the road. Today I had some chili in my coffee thermos. I drank it like coffee. I’ll often have some soup or stew that way. I’ve been going through a phase of making yogurt smoothies on shorter days. I was brought up on sandwiches. I eat a lot of different sandwiches, and I try to make them as crazy as I can. I love ham and Swiss, bologna and cheese. But I like to throw those together with roastedgarlic mayo or caramelized onions. My ride-along partner is 22. He likes Al’s French Frys a lot. We’ll plan to go to Al’s on so-and-so day, so I won’t bring my lunch. Other times, I’ll just sit down there and eat what I brought.
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Matteo Deshong
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If we’re going the back way and we end up in the Glover area, we go to Parker Pie Company [in West Glover]. They have creative pizzas and a really good beer selection, and the staff has always been really friendly and knowledgeable about the ingredients and beers. My favorite pizza is the Green Mountain Special. It has cheddar, baby spinach and apples, and it’s drizzled with maple syrup. Heck, yeah. If we go the other way, toward St. Johnsbury, we always stop at Rainbow Sweets in Marshfield for “Johnny Depp on a Plate.” It’s a cream-puff kind of pastry with a cream filling and chocolate and caramel, and it’s delicious. [Owner Bill Tecosky] puts on a show. He makes you feel like you’re the only person in the world, and he’s been waiting for you — especially — all day. It’s a full production number. Dylan’s Café [in St. Johnsbury] is the best place to eat a nice meal in the Northeast Kingdom. It’s not super fancy, but it’s about as fancy as the Kingdom can support. They’re not fancy people up there. If we have a gig in the Kingdom and stay overnight, we always hit the Miss Lyndonville Diner in the morning. It’s a “we can’t quit you” kind of relationship. You’re hoping you won’t see anyone you know — and, of course, you see everyone you know.
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