This one is for Aimee, as since our relationship began, beef hasn’t really been on the menu much in our house. For ecological reasons, Aimee doesn’t eat cow – a stance that I respect and admire, though one that does have me missing a good steak every now and then. In any case, we use [...]
One of our favorite things to get for take-out in the Boston, Cambridge area is the eggplant panini and Insalata salad from the City Girl Cafe in Inman Square Cambridge. The sandwich is as divine as it is simple: roasted eggplant with some homemade garlic aioli, simple field greens and some fresh mozzarella. Put it [...]
Finally. BLT season is here! Easily one of my favorite food seasons (along with stone fruit season, green garlic season, etc…). I freely admit that for the last four days I have eaten a BLT at least twice a day. Now obviously, most people can figure out how to make a BLT. I thought [...]
I’ve always lived in a do-it-yourself household and prefer to cook most meals for the convenience factor (and, as my husband would point out, because I’m picky about where my food comes from, I try to deny this because I don’t want to seem like a snob but have to admit that the more I [...]
What is it about the summer time that make seafood so appealing? I suppose it’s the obvious hot weather and the light nature of seafood that combine to make a great harmony. So I guess the recent seafood kick we’ve been on lately in the kitchen is justified with the newly welcomed sunny weather here [...]