this was the csa haul from monday. so after a very long day, i just did the obvious. the red potatoes, big spring onion bulbs, beets and carrots all got chopped and thrown on a big baking sheet with olive oil and fresh rosemary – along with a sweet potato from a past farmers market [...]

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i have kids this week. i say this because i don’t have kids most weeks. but every other weekend and for a stretch each summer and winter we get my boyfriend’s two tweens – fresh faced and exuberant, just like kids should be. luckily their mom is a wonderful cook and a total foodie so [...]

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this past week, i’d been reading something about lobster rolls. so after a few days of thinking about it and 9 months since my last trip to maine, lobster rolls it had to be. what makes the perfect lobster roll? i turned to the pro’s for a little advice. i pretty much knew the basics, [...]

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my boyfriend is working late tonight. no one to cook for… my dinner tonight was as follows: one entire pound of big fat absolutely perfect blackberries mascerated in balsamic vinegar with a little honey, domori 75% dark chocolate and very thinly sliced almond biscotti. it was prepared on the fly with zero presentation, eaten with [...]

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this is dinner. the big salad. yes, you’re looking at it right there. i mean, there’s no grilled anything on top, nothing on the side… it’s the main attraction in a simple kinda quiet way. it’s the summer equivalent to winter’s soft boiled eggs with buttered toast. it’s for when you’re hungry but uninspired. and [...]

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tuesday’s i have some help around the house. so not only do i get a great sous chef milling about but i can make a mess and then disappear and magically the kitchen is clean again when i resurface. and that’s simply too good of a reason not to get out the knives. so i [...]

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i come from a large jewish family. my hungarian grandfather was the oldest of 9 children that grew up on the lower east side of nyc. saying this i must add that if you have to ask how this might relate to food and eating, well – you probably wouldn’t understand. we’re a type. this [...]

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