Food Friday : Beef & Root Curry Stew
November 22, 2013
When a new Caribbean restaurant opened recently in Somerville, visions of spicy, curry stew immediately leapt into my head. Perhaps it was the abundance of good…
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Garden Tuesday : Spicy Squash Apple Soup
October 29, 2013
Woke to a frost in the air and the thermometer dipping below that 32°F mark. Winter sqash season is here which also means soup season is…
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Garden Tuesday : Fall Outdoor Lunch, Bistro Style
October 21, 2013
I said it last week and I am saying it again. I love fall. It is a wonderful time to sit on the backyard deck and…
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Garden Tuesday : Herbs & Cocktails
October 16, 2013
Crisp, dewy mornings. Mid-day temperatures in the mid-60s. Cool evenings. Nights requiring a blanket. Trees brazenly flaunting their reds, oranges and yellows. An abundance of crunchy,…
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Garden Tuesday : Countertop Hot Sauce.
September 30, 2013
I like hot sauce. I put it on everything, but, by and far, I love hot sauce with eggs. Now, Tabasco is nice if you are…
Read MoreFood Friday : Appreciating Simplicity.
September 21, 2013
Have you ever gone to a really expensive and exclusive restaurant with excited anticipation only to have a seemingly boring and unassuming plate laid out in…
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Garden Tuesday: It may be bitter, but I grew and I will eat it dangit!
September 18, 2013
I don’t own a TV. After selling a big, bulky, old, cathode ray tube television, we just never got around to upgrading to a nice, svelte,…
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Garden Monday : Seeds, Skins & All – Seduction of the Tomato
September 10, 2013
(Taking a break from the Life-isms : Surf Lessons Series. It will be back later in the week) Work. Hobbies aren’t supposed to be work. That’s…
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Food Friday : Plumtastic – A Farmers Market Love Story
August 31, 2013
Something that has taken hold of me over the last several years is touring farmers’ markets where ever I go. It is an obscene fetish really….
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