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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 October 2, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Dodging a bullet for thousands of years with crazy death-traps called farms
Marathoning chefs dish up the perfect meals for race weekend
Two of the books mentioned in the raw milk article
Raw milk advocates and food safety advances
Amazon sells restaurant gift certificates.
The Onion has a food section in its print editions
Diary of a Foodie site has more info but not show times
My Thai cooking class experience in Bangkok
Thai cooking slide show
The rule is to tip on the dollar value of the meal