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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 2, 2006...

I was also writing about:
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Yesterdays New York Times Magazine has three good articles
BW film photos of a meal at the French Laundry
Fresh, local and growing will thrive if it is economically sustainable
Its not OK to eat bluefish
A history of farmers markets from the Los Angeles Times
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