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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 1, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Bill Buford with Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain at the NYPL
Try a Pecorino Romano instead of a Parmigiano-Reggiano
Patricia Wells reviews Thierry Marx's Chateau Cordeillan-Bages
A recipe for Roasted Alaskan Halibut with Pan Seared Foie Gras
An evening at Moto
AH reports that Pollan's blogging about foie gras
Two podcasts with Anthony Bourdain from Off the Broiler
A recipe for strawberry soup from Heston Blumenthal
Suzanne Goin's Caramelized Bread Pudding with Chocolate and Cinnamon recipe
A guide to what fish you can safely eat