I started to write something else this week, but suddenly I just had to tell you about an amazing soup I've made about 10 times (honestly) in as many weeks. Since we've still got February to eat our way through, and the soup is such as easy, inexpensive, and delicious winter … [Read more...]
Restaurant News & Notes
Chef Paul Wahlberg's new restaurant, Alma Nove, , is slated to open mid- to late-April at the Hingham Shipyard on Route 3A. Rumors about its demise were, in fact, only a change of plans: a first location at the shipyard fell through and a second was found. Which may end up being … [Read more...]
Burritos with a conscience
I've just eaten at the Chipotle Mexican Grill at the Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham for the third time since it opened Dec. 9, and I'm so excited about the place! Normally, I'm not into chains, but I love that this one uses as much humanely raised and antibiotic- and … [Read more...]
Scituate’s Front Street Gourmet
There must be some as yet unidentified bad gene that makes certain people periodically unable to think of a single thing to make for dinner, for guests, for appetizers, for lunch -- even for breakfast. I get stricken with this condition once in a while, and my husband is even … [Read more...]
Better holiday eating without losing a thing
The holidays are here, and everywhere you go or look the focus is on feasting. Fabulous foods tantalize from the covers of magazines while the workplace and marketplace are filled with holiday treats. There are platters of cookies at the hair dressers; food samples at the … [Read more...]
Brown rice
Every Thanksgiving for all the years of their marriage, my parents would get up very early to wrestle an enormous turkey into the oven so it'd be cooked before the sun set. They filled our holidays and every day of our lives with an abundance of food as though it was nothing – as … [Read more...]
Chickens
My neighbor (two-houses-over) says she hates my other (three-houses-over) neighbor's rooster, but I don't thinks she really does. I've been asking around for the past week to see if keeping chickens is becoming as popular here as it is in other suburban parts of the country, and … [Read more...]
Foodies abound
I had a great time at the opening celebration last week of the restaurant Littlenecks Bar & Grill in Weymouth -- which seems to be getting off to a good start. Chef Tony DeRienzo served some terrific sushi – the hamachi yellowtail was delicious – but the high point of the … [Read more...]
Vodka pie crust, rolled not stirred
So a cold wind blew in last week, and like a dumb blonde turns toward the nearest guy, it made me want to make apple pie. I'm not much of a baker, but I have a few confections in my repertoire, and apple pie is what I make this time of year. I've been using the same, … [Read more...]
Alchemy of heat and pressure
It's cranberry season now, and apple season, and green tomato time, too. And pears are there for the picking and even raspberries -- but not for much longer. Last month, the grape harvest ended, and before that, of course, it was August, and July, and June, and many fruits … [Read more...]
