You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR SUN SPOTS: My mother-in-law always made a meat pie for our Christmas ...

Update, December 10, 2024: The Vermont Agency of Agriculture shut down the Bombardiers’ pie-making operation shortly after this story was published because the couple’s home kitchen was not licensed ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. - The filling of a French-Canadian meat pie typically has only five main ingredients: ground beef, ground pork, mashed potatoes, onions, and seasonings. Yet you'll rarely find two ...

On Christmas Eve, many French-Canadians will gather after midnight Mass for reveillon, a lavish dinner party that lasts into the wee hours. The... A version of this story was originally published on ...

It was the meat pie that generated the most buzz Saturday. The tortiere, as the pie is often called, is a hearty pate in a flakey crust, transplanted to Rhode Island by the French-speaking immigrants ...