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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 May 24, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Argentina bans beef exports
Augie emailed to point me to his rant about foie gras
Trends & transitions podcasts
The BBC takes a look at trans-fats
A visit to Eleven Madison Park and chef Humm
For the cheesemaking I need to start with this homemade ricotta
So you think you want to make cheese
Two basic stances people have on high fructose corn syrup
Great long post about Paris organics
15% off rosé wines today at Astor Wines in NYC