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The sweet (and bittersweet) taste of summer

Summer drinks should be like summer evenings: long, light and cool. Guest writer A.D. introduces some less common ones to enliven our senses during these wonderful long hot days.

Strawberry Fields Forever

Food traditions bind my family; I'm reminded of that every year when I drive to north-central Massachusetts to pick strawberries with my grandparents.

Comparing Frozen Fish to Fresh

My mother swears by frozen fish. I was unconvinced, and decided to put her statements to the test: could flash-frozen fish taste as good as fresh local fish from the Greenmarket or even fresh fish from a local supermarket?

around April 20, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Go wine tasting in the Hudson River Valley
Another way to prepare ramps
Creating giant sized snacks
Making your own McDonald's
Brown eggs vs white eggs
Ramp country festival this weekend
How to enjoy the amazing weather
An easy way to spice up your spring salads
A rise in sickness due to oysters
Apparently no one gets fat in Europe