How a famed chef’s Vermont roots saved his life

Seamus Mullen grew up on a small Vermont farm in Vershire and is now an award-winning New York chef, restaurateur and cookbook author. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDiggerSTRATTON — Seamus Mullen can tell you how he went from hating the bumps of growing up on a small Vermont farm (“try skateboarding on a dirt road”) to hitting it big as an award-winning New York chef, restaurateur and cookbook author.
And how, near death five years ago with a 106-degree “brain-boiling&r