City Living (Boston)

OhBabyBoston’s Spring Egg Cream Smoothie

When I thought about the smoothie I wanted to make, I knew I wanted dairy free, a little seasonal, it had to be pretty, and I wanted some greens. Love Beets juice caught my eye and I knew it would be perfect to make my smoothie pretty. I chose rhubarb for seasonal because I didn’t…

Spring Smoothies: Getting Creative

Smoothies were a daily thing in our house for a while because it was one of the few things my daughter would eat as a toddler. But time passed, morning routines changed, the blender from our wedding registry lost its zip, and vigour. This week I had the opportunity to gather with a few friends…

Easter Bunnies Don’t Lay Eggs: Mystic Aquarium Animals Do

Every year at this time, as spring approaches, I am faced with two big questions: What exactly is the connection between bunnies and eggs? What on earth are we going to do for Spring Break? I love staying local for spring break because I love spring in New England. We often head to the beach…

Waxing Poetic at the Boston Ballet

I had never heard of Jirí Kylián before the Boston Ballet‘s All Kylián performance. I also had no idea that, even after seeing the modern, fun and exceptionally executed Rooster, Second Detail, Awake Only fall program, the Boston Ballet could do such choreography justice. I know I’ve said this before, but I first moved to…

Quick and Easy Snowy Day Dinner

I have been a huge fan of Bahn Mi for years now ever since my first bite… I wish I remember where. After a truly delectable and delicious lunch at Bon Me I wanted more of the same for dinner. The kids requested rice at dinner for tonight so my starting point was rice in…

Brisket gets a Bath

The briskets are cured. I hope! I was surprised to see that despite one being cured with pink salt and the other made Nitrite free, they both look very similar coming out of the brine. They’ve been rinsed, topped off with fresh pickling spices, a rough mirepoix of carrots, onion and celery. Now they simmer…

Dream Post: La Réserve Ramatuelle

I’ve decided that I’m going to give in to fantasy and include some dream posts. These are places I’ll never go or things I’ll never do…okay I do believe in never saying never so let’s just say that I’m not likely to ever do, but I’m going to share about them because I have no…

Local Cheese for my Mac ‘n Cheese Indulgence

I was not a macaroni and cheese kid. I don’t know if you grew up in Canada you either had Kraft Dinner (just ask the Barenaked Ladies) or nothing. My children, on the other hand enjoy a nice salty, creamy bowl of white steaming pasta in white creamy sauce. The real mac ‘n cheese lover…

Brine and Brisket

So here’s the update for my corned beef making. I have two brines cooling on the counter over night. I’m not sure how I’m going to fit them in the fridge to cool but I think with some of my huge canning jars and a little shifting I can get them in there. The brine…

Where There’s a Will There’s a Whey

Okay I promise I’ll stop with the ridiculous titles soon! I’m just about to stumble off to bed, even though I really want to edit some more photos and get a little more work done, I have an early morning meeting so I will go to bed “early”. In my last ditch effort to find…

Special Delivery: Look what the stork… I mean fork brought in.

It’s a….brisket. This is a whole beef brisket and with some sugar and spice and everything nice it should become some tasty corned beef in just under a week. I have cut this beautiful brisket from M.F. Dulock into two pieces so I can experiment a bit with spices in the brine and also make…

Brunch at Lone Star Taco Bar

Lone Star Taco Bar deserves way more than a lone star! I have put off writing this post because every time I even think about Lone Star my mouth starts to water and I crave their food. From the homemade hot sauces (sweet potato habanera and tomatillo agave) to their corn pancakes with jalapeño and…