On this week's VPR Table, we'll explore Vermont's rural sugaring tradition.

Not your grandma's "church lady" cookbook -- Calais native Louise Andrews Kent revolutionized the rural cookbook with poetic prose as "Mrs. Appleyard".

Vermonters get back to their roots ... and their tubers, and their hardy greens.

Tech savvy foodies can share their favorite ingredients and recipes on Twitter. "Follow" Marialisa Calta as she decodes "Eat Tweet," on The VPR Table Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.

Author Lynne Christy Anderson shares culinary traditions and stories from her book, "Breaking Bread: Recipes and Stories from Immigrant Kitchens." Plus, today's young female clowns are working to break down barriers in what remains a male-dominated profession.  And we read from your letters.