Recipes for anyone, anytime, anywhere using ingredients you can find sitting in your fridge - with a few specialty recipes here and there. Special emphasis on local Boston-area food markets!
FINALLY! Spring has arrived in New England! Isn't it just mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful?Ok, it doesn't QUITE feel like spring here yet. We hit 27 degrees (...)
Dark chocolate dipped macaroons for passover or not
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I'm not a sweets guy - or a sweet guy - or an overly sentimental guy - but I am a traditions guy.I've rambled on before about the joy of nailing a recipe that (...)
I've had the opportunity over the past couple of years to go down to North Carolina a couple of times, and in my travels, I was whipped, flogged and schooled (...)
It's currently 30 degrees out in Boston, but I hope you're still standing with me in defiance of winter - it's springtime this week on this blog, whether (...)
Making a week or so's worth of workday lunches on a weekend is just like sitting down to eat pancakes. At first, it seems like such a wonderful idea - and for (...)
Turkey Chickpea Spinach Burgers - Making Meat Last Longer
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Does anybody else constantly battle between their love of meat and their desire to live healthier? Or maybe the cost of meat and the desire to save money? Or (...)
General tao recipe: chicken with spicy and sour sauce
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Is it true what the say: a general by any other name would taste as sweet? And sour? And spicy? We all know the answer is no - General Tao sauce almost always (...)
Leftover chicken and pork meatballs in tomato cream sauce
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It was midweek. The fridge was bloated with the remnantingredients from a weekend of culinary lust. The browning, skeletal leaves of fresh basil. A breast of (...)
Winter War Journal, Day 3 (A food blog's fight against winter)The quest to conquer this winter weather continues - this blog keeps pushing the front lines by (...)
I wasn't planning on posting this - so there are no fancy-pantsy photos and no nonsensical ramblin' mumbo jumbo to accent this post. But there was so much (...)
On the TAPAS post last week, I talked about how small plates really do bring people together - how food in general does, but how tapas really breaks (...)
Well, friends - I think we did it. After five days and four posts of spring-ready picnic foods, we conquered the freezing cold onslaught, and we're finally (...)
I created this dish using my first set of cast iron cookware - a gift from a fellow foodie and friend that is no doubt going to change my cooking habits for (...)
I've never known a single person to dislike the TASTE of fried calamari. Issues with the texture, sure - the idea of eating a Cracken, absolutely - but the (...)
A quick thank you to all the new subscribers and Facebook fans - hope you enjoy today's delectableexcursion into fried Viennese food!I had so much blue cheese (...)
Vegetarian pizza with quick tomato and red wine sauce
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Making a sauce shouldn't be daunting...I mean, cooking in general is daunting, isn't it? So many people area afraid of making their own sauce or frying their (...)
I love Summer - it's the perfect time to steal. There are cookouts, picnics, dinner parties - everybody leaves their valuables right out in the open for anyone (...)
This is one of those meals that drive me up a wall. Why? Because it has all the best part of a chicken parm, plus - it's slow-cooked tenderness combined with (...)
Fresh and local pan-seared scallops with bacon quinoa
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There's fish market walking distance from my house - and by walking distance, I mean I can get there in less than 4 minutes. For some reason, never in my 2.5 (...)
In the interest of brevity and browsing ease, I've cut today's post in two: an easy Chilled Tomato Basil Soup complemented by Rosemary Potato Rolls. Until (...)
Asparagus in a blanket: tortilla wrapped asparagus
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Up until a couple of years ago, none of my friends really talked about cooking. There were a few people I knew who I could discuss recipes with, but usually, (...)
Last week, I had the privilege of traveling down to Mashpee on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod and meeting the Executive Chef of one of the most illustrious private (...)
Chickpea Spinach Steak Salad with Red Wine Vinegar
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M'lady and I both had a hankering for some steak - some real red and juicy hunks o' beef. But we recently went on a veggie frenzy in Haymarket (Boston's (...)
Sausage and Herb Cheddar Stuffed Grilled Jalapenos
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I guess I've been feeling like spicing things up a little. As you can see, I've redesigned the site (let me know what you think!), and last night I took the 20 (...)
