A Sunny Day and a Sandwich
I have been looking forward to today for a long time. Not just looking forward to, but needing. Craving. My office hasn’t had a holiday since New Years, and although I took two days off in February, I spent both of them on a plane. So today, on this beautiful spring day in Boston, I’m … Read more
Meyer Lemon and Buttermilk Ice Cream
This past Sunday was good for me. Actually, 70 degree days in March are pretty much always good for me, and probably everyone else as well, but this one felt particularly rejuvenating. It started off with a Boston Brunchers‘ brunch hosted by The Farm School, which was a. totally delicious, and b. inspiring. Many of … Read more
Plums in February
I know. It’s 100% not plum season. At least, not in Boston or anywhere else north of the equator. But in flipping through Roast Figs Sugar Snow (isn’t that just the best cookbook name?) I kept seeing all these tantalizing plum recipes. Like roast plums and figs in vodka with cardamom cream. And Russian cheese pancakes with … Read more
Cookbook of the Month – Lucid Food
Here I am, January 31st, squeezing in the cookbook of the month post! It’s been a busy, but good month. It only seems appropriate that the cookbook of the month be Louisa Shafia’s “Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life,” as so many of the recipes from my cleanse (which pretty much consumed the first … Read more
Good ol’ Blueberry-and-Coconut Pie
I feel like a “Maine is awesome and relaxing and beautiful and look there are wild blueberries!” post is acceptable, possibly even required, at least once a year. Especially since this is probably the last summer for a while that I’ll have as much free time as I’ve had to just hang out there. (Although, … Read more
