Palmer House’s Cape Iced Tea Recipe Perfect for lazy summer days on the porch. This iced tea recipe combines fresh ingredients and a bit of love for the perfect tea. Servings: 6-8 Ingredients 8 cups Water (2 boiling, 6 cool) 6 Tea Bags (we used P&G Tips for these photos) 1/2 cup brown sugar (or …
Read MoreThe Palmer House’s Cape Cod Herb Garden We are looking forward to some of the most beautiful gardens on Cape Cod this year (perhaps a little biased :). To be honest I’m not really an expert but this is how we put our garden together. Hopefully you can find some useful information or at least …
Read MoreCape Cod Cranberry Applesauce Recipe This crock pot recipe is a quick and easy recipe that is sugar-free and full of antioxidant-rich cranberries and apples. This is lovely on warm toast in the morning too. Serves: 6 to 8 Ingredients: 4 pounds (approximately 12) organic apples, peeled, cored, and quartered 1 cup Cape Cod cranberries 1/4 cup …
Read MoreThis Broiled Grapefruit recipe is a little bit of sunshine in the morning. The sugar on top of this tangy fruit make it a delightful starter to any morning. A Delightful and Easy Fruit Recipe Serves: 6 Ingredients: 3 Grapefruits Brown sugar 6 Raspberries (or your choice of berry for garnish) Directions: Cut each grapefruit …
Read MoreAñejo Mexican Bistro & Tequilla Bar Añejo Mexican Bistro opened it doors in 2010 and quickly became a fixture of Falmouth’s fine restaurant scene. With its unique take on fresh Mexican cuisine and cocktails offered in a fun, sophisticated atmosphere, co-owners Jesse Kersey and Jamie Surprenant pride themselves in offering an escape to Mexico in …
Read MoreCape Cranberry Nut Muffins Serving: makes 12 muffins Ingredients 2 Cups of unbleached all-purpose flour. (I like King Arthur flour.) 1/2 Cup sugar 1/4 tsp. salt 1 Tsp. baking powder 1 Cup dried cranberries 1/2 Cup chopped walnuts 1 Cup milk 1/4 Cup melted butter 2 large eggs Directions: Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees. To …
Read MoreOn the evening of January 28, 2014 the town of Falmouth commemorated the 200th anniversary of the bombardment of the town by the British ship HMS Nimrod. The Nimrod was a man-of-war that patrolled New England’s waters during the War of 1812. She was the most feared ship in these waters at that time and …
Read MoreIt has been a long, cold, snowy winter but spring is here. Last weekend we turned the clocks ahead and now we have sunlight later in the afternoon. The green flower shoots are beginning to poke their leaves through the soil and the buds on the flowering trees are growing larger. If we do have …
Read MoreCape Cod Beach Review: The Best Beaches on Falmouth’s Coast Falmouth is surrounded with beaches on three sides and with the waters of Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. With its many outlets and bays, we boast of over sixty-eight miles of coast line and beaches. We have more beaches than any other town on Cape …
Read MoreI grew up in Rocks Village, Massachusetts in the Deacon Phineas Nichols House. The house was built in 1740 and is a classic example of pre-revolutionary architecture. It has a central chimney with five fire places. The flooring is pumpkin pine and some of the boards are 24″ wide. Before my parents purchased it, the …
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