what is megnut?

Megnut is a site about food written by Meg Hourihan. She lives in NYC. More...

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 19, 2006...

I was also writing about:
More than the food
On Blurbing
if you want to save your wines find out which ones hold up to cellaring
Using the good stuff
Serendipitous emails
Introducing guest blogger Michael Ruhlman
a great rare Champagne from vines untouched by phylloxera
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