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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 December 12, 2006...

I was also writing about:
Over the weekend my friend Leslie passed away
Recipe cards with vintage cookbook graphics
Speaking of coffee, all week Dethroner is writing about coffee
Does the purchase of Fairtrade coffee encourage the over-production of coffee
Is a restaurant worth its conscionable weight if it doesn't offer its employees health insurance
Recently I learned how to make braised chicken wings with Daniel Boulud
Munching fishbrain bread from Finland
A list of Gifts for the Nanogastronome
I'm happy to announce that I'm participating in the Menu for Hope
Lovely hand-drawn sushi instructions from Flickr user MontanaRaven