This winter, try your hand at baking a fruitcake with local ingredients
Store-bought fruitcakes may be the butt of jokes, but James Rubenstein writes that a homemade variety with local ingredients is worth the effort.
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How to cook classic Romanian dishes for the holidays
This holiday season, board president James Rubenstein is making classic Romanian dishes with local Oxford ingredients.
Thanksgiving desserts: Pumpkin pies or squash tarts?
Pumpkin pie is a classic Thanksgiving dessert, but squash tarts are a tasty, easy-to-bake alternative.
Bakers keep selling goods at rainy day farmers market
The Oxford Farmers Market runs 52 weekends per year, rain or shine. On the worst weather days, columnist and Free Press Board President James Rubenstein writes that the bakers run the show.
Local baker and nonprofit director makes final scone delivery
For years, Kate Currie has regularly dropped off her scones and other baked goods at MOON Co-op to sell to Oxford residents. Last week, she made her final delivery as she pivots to focus on her nonprofit organization.