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 October 25, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page are doing a book-signing and wine tasting tonight
Because I've been sick, I didn't make it to Ruhlman's talk at the Y
It's time to move on and let Rachael be Rachael
University attempts to close the gastronomic fracture that is splitting France
Watch the 'Hands of the Sun' in action
You don’t have the tourists when you dine late at night
Yakitate Japan is a comic about a gullible young baker
Living as close to the brink of starvation as your body can stand
Williams-Sonoma's Halloween Truffles are various flavors of ganache coated in chocolate.
The FDA is set to approve milk and meat from cloned animals