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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 August 29, 2006...

I was also writing about:
On vacation
I had some kettle corn for the first time a few weeks ago in Wisconsin
Modern soy products contain antinutrients and toxins
Wondering why you'd even want dry aged beef
Some instructions for how to dry age beef at home
The R-months are coming and that means it's time to eat oysters
Photos of ice cream trucks and memories
Identifying the additives in processed foods
Alinea chef Grant Achatz has a recipe for experimental home cooks
Grape juice not so wine-like afterall