THAT STAYS TRUE TO ITS ROOTS ERIKA: NESTLED AT THE FOOT OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS, ICED IN FRESH SNOW, DORSET IS A VERMONT CLASSIC.
A LONGTIME RETREAT FOR CITY DWELLERS, DORSET OFFERS ESCAPE AND MUCH MORE.
ALL THINGS OUTDOOR, THE LEAD FOR DINING, AND THE ARTS.
HERE IN THE CENTER OF TOWN, TAKE A STROLL AND TAKEN THE CHARM, OR TAKE A LOOK DOWN FOR A HINT AT THE HISTORY.
IT IS HARD TO TELL AND ALL THIS SNOW, BUT THESE ARE MARBLE SIDEWALKS.
TURNS OUT SOME 490 MILLION YEARS AGO THE CONDITIONS WERE JUST RIGHT HERE FOR SOME OF THE FINEST MARBLE IN THE WORLD TO START TO FORM.
THAT MARBLE BROUGHT INDUSTRY TO DORSET, THE NATION’ FIRST MARBLE QUARRY OPEN HERE IN 178 AND THE TOWN FLOURISHED.
BUSINESSES OPENED AND STAYED, INCLUDING THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING INN IN THE STATE.
WE WERE TEMPORARY CARETAKERS, THAT IS HOW I SEE IT.
ERIK THEY PURCHASED THIS PIECE OF HISTORY IN 2008.
DATES BACK TO 1796.
>> IT SPEAKS TO QUINTESSENTIAL VERMONT, COLONIAL INN.
WE DO NOT TRY TO STRAY FAR FROM THAT.
>> ALWAYS HAD A STRONG CULINARY VIBE CHOOSE OUR PASSION.
OUR BIG FOCUS AS TO -- HAS BEEN TO CONTINUE CULINARY EXCELLENCE.
ERIKA: WE TOOK A 20 MINUTE TREK ONTO NEARBY EMERALD LAKE.
YOU CAN WALK ON WATER HERE WHEN IT IS FROZEN, OF COURSE.
>> WHEN YOU FIRST GO OUT, YOU WANT TO DRILL HOLES 10 EUROS AT A HIGH -- AT A TIME.
SIX INCHES, SAFE.
>> THI WEEK IS -- ERIKA: THEY RUN THE KITCHEN AT THE INN, BUT YOU CAN FREQUENTLY FIND THEM ICEFISHING.
>> AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, HOPEFULLY TWO TIMES A WEEK.
IT HELPS ME CONNECT WITH WHERE THE FOOD COMES FROM.
TO OFTEN PEOPLE GO TO THE STORE AND GRAB A PACKAGE OF CHICKEN AND DON’T THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT CHICKEN DID FOR US.
ERIKA: THE POSSIBLE CATCHES ARE PLENTIFUL.
>> BASS, SMALLMOUTH AND LARGEMOUTH, NORTHERN PIKE AND PERCH.
ERIKA: I AM GETTING A LESSON IN POPPING UP HOLE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO START IT UP.
THERE YOU GO.
ERIKA: YAY!
>> PERFECT.
ERIK WE SET TRAPS USING SHINERS, LITTLE BAITFISH.
AND THEN WE CROSS OUR FINGERS.
WE CROSS OUR FINGERS AND WIT.
ERIKA: AND BEFORE LONG.
THAT IS A NORTHERN PIKE.
ERIKA: NOT A FISH THEY CAN SERVE BACK AT THE DORSET INN.
BUT LATER THAT DAY, THEY ARE SEARING SCALLOPS.
WHILE THEY BROWN, WE TAKE A TOUR.
>> WE HAVE 25 ROOMS ON THREE DIFFERENT FLOORS.
WE INCORPORATE SOME SUITES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SEPARATE LIVING ROOM.
A FIREPLACE, THE BATHROOM.
THERE ARE FEWER AND FEWER PROPERTIES LIKE THIS IN VERMONT.
WE TRY TO KEEP THE LOOK A FEEL.
IT IS A WARM, SLIGHTLY MORE TRADITIONAL PROPERTY.
SO WE TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT.
ERIK THEY KNOW PLENTY ABOUT MAINTAINING PROPERTIES.
THEY OWN SEVERAL IN THE STATE.
TWO MORE RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD IN DORSET.
>> WE ARE A FULL LINE BAKERY.
WE MAKE OUR OW BREAD, PASTRIES LIKE COOKIES AND CROISSANTS.
ERIK ALL FROM SCRATCH.
EVEN THE MOST INTRICATE SWEET.
COFFEE IS OBVIOUSLY A MUST.
THEY SERVE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.
>> SOUP, SALAD, SANDWICHES, PANINI’S.
ERIKA: DINNER IS READY AT THE DORS INN TAVERN.
TAKE YOUR PICK.
THE SCALLOPS ARE SEARED TO PERFECTION WITH RUSSELL SPROUTS AND BUTTER SAUCE, OR FRIED CHICKEN WITH BRAISED KALE ANSWER RUSSIA HONEY.
MY CHOIC IS SQUASH AND RAVIOLI BAYS IN A ROASTED RED PEPPER CREAM SAUCE.
THE CHEF KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING.
TOP IT OFF WITH SOME WINE AND A VERY INTERESTING COMPANY AT THE BAR.
>> WE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD.
I NEVER CAN WAIT TO GET BACK.
ERIK ACTOR JONATHAN GOLDSMITH SHOT TO CELEBRITY STATUS PLAN THE INTERESTING -- MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD AND THOSE ICONIC DOS EQUIS BEER DADS HE LIVES ONE TOWN OVER.
>> WE WOULD COME TO THIS AREA ALL THE TIME.
MY WIFE WAS A BEVERLY HILLS GIRL.
DID NOT KNOW HOW SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE TO VERMONT.
ERIKA: HE STARTED HIS CAREER WHEN HE WAS 18.
NAME A STAR, HE HAS WORKED WITH THEM.
>> BURT LANCASTER, JOAN FONTAINE, JUDY GARLAND.
STARRED IN OVER 350 SHOWS.
ONE OF THE TABLOIDS AT THE TIME DID A STORY ON ME.
I WAS KILLED IN MORE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT APPARENTLY ANYONE ELSE IN HOLLYWOOD.
ERIKA: BECAUSE YOU PLAYED A VILLAIN.
>> I THINK IT WA BECAUSE I HOPEFULLY DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THE VILLAIN AND I DID NOT GIVE THE STORYLINE AWAY.
ERIKA: YOU WERE THE TWO.
>> PERHAPS.
ERIKA: A TWIST WORKS WELL WITH THE LATEST CHAPTER IN HIS STORY.
REMEMBER, HE DOES NOT ALWAYS DRINK BEER.
I WOULD LIKE TO NAME A STAR AFTER YOU.
>> WHICH ONE?
>> THE SUN.
>> OH, THIS CALLS FOR TEQUILA.
ERIK NOW A SPOKESMAN FOR ASTRIA TEQUILA, HIS NEW PERSONA IS A LITTLE QUIRKY BUT DISTINGUISHED AS EVER.
I FEEL SO LUCKY AND SO GRATEFUL.
I LOVE WHAT I HAVE DONE.
ERIKA: IF YOU ARE LUCKY YOU MIGHT RUN INTO HIM.
HE IS OFTEN HERE IN DORSET AND HIS TAVERN OF CHOICE.
>> THIS IS QUINTESSENTIAL OLD NEW ENGLAND.
IT IS MARVELOUS.
SHAYNA GOLDSMITH REALLY IS INVESTED IN HIS ROLE.
HE IS ALSO AN EQUITY PARTNER.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD, HE HAS A MEMOIR CALLED STAY INTERESTING.
ANTHONY: A LOT TO DO IN DORSET IN T WINTERTIME, BUT A LATIN SUMMERTIME AS WELL.
THERE IS A SIX-WEEK FESTIVAL AND A MASSIVE HORSE SHOW WHICH DRAWS TOP EQUESTRIAN TALENT.
SHAYNA: