Some may think it’s weird for feeling nostalgic over a piece of cheese but this past weekend when I bit into some havarti with dill all I could think about was picnic sessions in the arboretum and adventures out to singing beach. Not only am I excited for warm weather coming our way but also [...]
Read more →Bonjour! I just returned from a much needed vacation in the food mecca known as France. The purpose of my man crow and I’s trip was to visit our dear friend Tara and be witnesses at her wedding to the charming Alex Paret. During the week leading up to the main event the four of [...]
Read more →If you entertain a lot its good to have some tricks up your sleeve to feed the masses. Paninis are comforting and filling but making individual ones for guests can get cumbersome. I was ready to take this task on, that’s how bad my hankering for a panini was, but when I went to the [...]
Read more →Broccoli and Potato Soup: guilty pleasure from Panera Bread and Au Bon Pain but one can only imagine what goes into the soup to make it so rich and creamy. My guess is a ton of sodium and fat because it makes everything taste better but if you’re the person making the soup its hard [...]
Read more →It dawned on me that I haven’t made a hearty eggplant dish since last winter so I had a new mission on my hands. I am a fan of the slender Japanese varieties but since I was aiming for hearty I went straight for the honking Italian ones. In an effort to step out [...]
Read more →How do you celebrate the peak of succulent, vibrant fruit and vegetable season here in New England or elsewhere? With big salads, ripe fruit straight from the bowl, quick, heat-minimizing simple preparations? How about eating a peach at work, and it’s so juicy, you realize it’s obscene and you may get fired for lewd behavior? [...]
Read more →Living in an urban environment makes it hard to feel really connected to the food you eat. When I first moved to Boston, I frequented Haymarket, rain, snow, or shine. Haymarket filled a great void for cheap produce in my early years of cooking, but now that I have a little more money to spend, [...]
Read more →If I am blessed with some leisure time on Sunday, meaning that it’s not spent traveling back to the Bean, then I love to make some type of hearty salad to munch on during the work week. Since I did not have ample time on Sunday, my work week prep took place on Monday and [...]
Read more →I love eating sandwiches on the beach. When I’m in Maine I have to go for the Amatos Italian, but when I stick around the Boston area I need to come up with some sandwich alternatives. Flipping through the most recent issue of Real Simple I laid my eyes on this beauty pictured above: Salami [...]
Read more →As Vbar mentioned in her posts, we had a bit of a celebration this past weekend! In honor of she and her ManCrow’s engagement, we had a bit of a party. And by bit of a party, I mean one hell of a drunken summer festival. By virtue of a strong willing of the gods, [...]
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