Have you ever planned out an entire meal, purchased necessary items at the store only to come home and find that key ingredients you were counting on are missing from your pantry or freezer. This happens to me all too often. Monday night the kitchen elves made off with my marinara sauce and half a [...]
Read more →The crows have been posting alot of eggplant recipes lately, but if they are all different then what’s the harm? One problem I have with eggplant is that if I don’t use it right away, it has a tendency to hide out in the back of my vegetable bin only to be discovered when it’s [...]
Read more →This is a take on one of my absolute favorite recipes from my absolute favorite cook book, Vegetarian Planet by Didi Emmons, who, as it happens, is also a great fan of Jamaica Plain. In fact, JP gets several shout-outs in the book. But anyway, this is a much toned down version of Didi’s “Ziti [...]
Read more →Beets are new this year on my list of enjoyments, thanks a great deal to Boston Organics. Although their season is now almost over, in the winter they are a great way to bring some color and variation to a table. There are plenty of ways to eat beets, but I like them best as [...]
Read more →My nearest grocery store, Andy’s Fruit Ranch, is where I shop the most and I am devoted. It’s filled with Balkan imports like cured sausages, healing teas, and tons of cookies and chocolates, as well as Middle-Eastern specialty items like rose water and tahini. And as their name indicates, produce is the specialty. Eggplants (or [...]
Read more →Weekends fly by so fast, especially the morning part because like most of my friends, I’m usually sleeping off the night before. If I wake up late, my first instinct is to throw on some clothes and crawl to one of the neighborhood brunch spots (Bon Savour, Dogwood, or Centre St Cafe-depending on the line). [...]
Read more →Oh sweet relaxation. Last night Billy and I went to our friend Chris and Jen’s house.They have a sweet back yard that they are trying to inoculate with toxin eating mushrooms so that next year they can have a veggie garden! After a bit of hanging out we decided to all make dinner together.We decided [...]
Read more →Well hello hello my lovely ladies I am reporting to you live from McBride after weeks away in the great North (QC) and the wild west (Denver) for my debut blog. (hold applause) While in CO celebrating my littlest sister’s 21st birthday, she and I decided to make my mom’s new lasagna recipe (I think [...]
Read more →Modesty aside, I admit that I make fantastic popcorn. And I think I can find a few people to back me up on this claim. It is a skill entirely attributed to genetics; my father also makes amazing popcorn. So amazing in fact that he used to use it has a sucessful bargening tool to [...]
Read more →Sunday Morning we embarked on our first beach visit to Singing Sands at Manchester by the Sea (Take the Newbuyport commuter rail from North Station to Manchester) For once we actually brought enough food and bevy to sustain us all for the long haul. Some items included: Port Salut & Baguette- absolute staple for picnics [...]
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