"An illusion: what appears to be a roadside diner dish is actually real from-scratch food prepared with thought and care."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"The coarse, pistachio-studded pate is not always on the menu, but if you are a pate or meatloaf lover, grab it when you see it."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"Yam fritters served with maple syrup, the world's greatest donut holes, are an unusual and highly recommended appetizer, perhaps best shared."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"The salted and duck-fat preserved meat known as duck confit is slow roasted at Dorset, resulting in crisp skin and intense flesh. The plum sauce only adds to the fun."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"The menu lists these as Marion Cunningham's 'raised waffles,' based on a menu in her wonderful Breakfast Book. They truly are amazing: lighter than light yet full flavored, so delicious that even butter and syrup (almost) seem superfluous."
Michael Stern
"A very nice way to start supper: a variety plate of smoked fish."
Michael Stern
"Not everyone is a fan of calf's liver. But if you are, this plate will rock your world."
Michael Stern
"Crisp-edged, chunky, and full-flavored, corned beef hash seems especially right in this Green Mountain State hostelry."
Michael Stern
"Roasted garlic is almost, but not quite, stone soup. The garlic is fine but the local cheeses and bread are the real stars."
Bruce Bilmes and Susan Boyle
"While Dorset Inn orange juice is terrific -- always freshly squeezed -- I like this morning wake-up call even better: ginger-apple-carrot juice. It is sweet, spicy, tangy, and utterly salubrious."
Michael Stern
"A super-duper version of eggs Benedict in which a chunky cake of fried potatoes, laced with bacon, takes the place of an ordinary English muffin and Canadian bacon. That Hollandaise sauce, by the way, is sensational."
Michael Stern
"Croquettes are an old-fashioned dish that has become retro-chic in some stylish urban eateries. At the Dorset Inn, they never went out of fashion."
Michael Stern
"Fergie, the house mascot, snuck into the dining room just as our pancakes arrived. She is way too cute, and too old, to scold. Bad dog!"
Michael Stern
"Since Fergie and the other old dog have gone to that great boneyard in the sky, Dorset Inn now has three new mascots, including basset hound pup Mailee, to greet guests."
Cliff Strutz
"The Dorset Inn is a classic. Note the comfortable seating on the front porch: an ideal place to be mellow."
Michael Stern
