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recent features

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 27, 2006...

I was also writing about:
A tip when washing wine glasses
Making cinnamon ice cream
No more foie gras in Chicago
Everything you need to know about potatoes
Making ice cream at home
You know that pre-washed lettuce in bags
A great knife sharpening tutorial from eGullet
Apple on oysters
Artisanal American cheese exploration
There are foods I don't like