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 12, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Edible cream puff wedding dress
Canning apple butter
Herve This presents his culinary innovations to Montreal foodies
Apple was a gourmand but he was not a snob
Sampling Bay State bivalves
Retail Cuts of Beef
anthony bourdain interview 92y
fruitree
France in the grip of la folie des champignons
Do the Daisy May Pig Gig