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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 June 14, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Michael Pollan responds to the letter from Whole Foods CEO John Mackey
Becoming an instinctive cook
Heidi has some good advice about how to create your own cookbook
Details from an Oregon summer cherry bender
Now there's no excuse not to shop local
Gadget: Microplane Grater/Zester
Comments are still open on the Reader Feedback Day post
It seems the Chicago City Council can't leave their city's restaurants alone
Trans fat in fast food varies not only by restaurant but by city
Thailand upgrading food standards and I was confused