4. Bake, one sheet at a time, until the tops look dry, 10 to 12 minutes. Move the sheet to a cooling rack. Let the cookies ...

As the Island expands the deer-hunting season and enlists more hunters to combat the growing number of ticks, questions remain about how to cull the herd responsibly. Thirty-nine years ago, ...

I can never quite tell if September marks a beginning or an ending, so it’s fitting that this issue contains a bit of both. This is my twenty-ninth issue as editor of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, and ...

It doesn’t really matter how many years have passed since your final graduation ceremony – when the air cools and the Island quiets down, it always feels like we should be headed back to school. Maybe ...

Sections Vineyard Gazette Calendar Visit Martha's Vineyard Island Weddings Time Machine 8.25.26 Essays & Humor ...

I grew up on Martha’s Vineyard and not once in those seventeen years did I ever consider visiting our island neighbor, which sits a mere thirteen miles away. It wasn’t that I didn’t think there was ...

From 1931 to 1937, Jackson Pollock returned each summer to the Chilmark home of his mentor, the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton. His teachings and the rhythms of Martha’s Vineyard helped shape ...

This is a very lively-tasting salad which is good warm or at room temperature. It is sophisticated enough to work as a plated first course for dinner but also makes a nice addition to a buffet lunch ...

The Martha’s Vineyard Cook Book (Harper & Row, 1971), written by Louise Tate King and Jeanne Stewart Wexler, is a book I treasure. Focused mainly on dishes the writers and their friends made at home, ...

Lily Hill, at 57 Hines Point Road in Vineyard Haven, has long been known for more than its views of the sunrise over Lagoon Pond. Named for tiger lilies that return each summer, the property is ...

People make salt cod fritters all over the world, varying the recipe to suit their tastes. I have been serving them to friends as long as I can remember. I almost always flavor mine with ginger, chili ...

The hardest thing about this full-flavored soup is remembering to soak the cod. Though it’s good without, I find adding buckwheat groats (which need to soak overnight) makes it more substantial – ...