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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 27, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Making apple butter
There's something that I call chicken guilt
70 Steps To Foie Gras Torchon
Four microphones, a table, and 90 minutes of dead air
Brussels sprouts have arrived at my local farmer's market
You are not one to sit on the cider-lines
When produce is in season in your area
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef
Common cravings in people with pica include the urge to eat soil, coal, rust, chalk and paper
Do we really need a different glass for every spirit and wine?