In the fridge: eggplant from Lindentree CSA, fresh mozzarella cheese from the CSA, plain old-school white mushrooms from Market Basket, a tiny bit of Applegate ham left over from making lunches, whole wheat dough from whole foods thawing In the pantry: pizza sauce, oregano, Maldon’s sea salt, pepper grinder On the counter: CSA and farmer’s…
Author: City Living (Boston)
I am a writer and cook. I write about city living, travel, food, the arts and family. I raise my family in Cambridge & Boston and share tips for throwing cocktail parties, packing lunches, having fun on the weekend without going broke or losing your sanity.
Halloween
Let’s begin with a little something scary. Apparently, we’re still using a lot of plastic bottles and recycling very few. Here is a great animation representation of that. Yes, it’s a little scary but safe for all eyes young and old. If you’re thinking ahead start getting your co-workers, teachers, a useful gift, but them…
Almost Defeated: Juggling on a Monday Morning
I like to have a plan for whatever I do. I’m not so rigid that I can’t let things go with the flow, but I just can’t function without a starting and ending point and a vague idea of how I’m getting from A to B. Somehow, with the addition of school this year and…
Food For Thought
Main course: I’m not actually going to give you food for your thoughts, but spending time thinking about this may change how you shop and eat. The question is how do you define value when it comes to food? Do you just look at price? What about the quality of the food and the value…
Delivery 101: Boston Organics
When my daughter was old enough for baby food, I had fantasies of steaming my organic veggies and using the fabulous food mill that I got as a baby gift to make her the most delicious, nutritious, hand-shmooshed food a child’s palate could experience. I thought on weeks that I just couldn’t find the time to…
Grocery Store Delivery 101: The Supermarkets
Once you have kids, delivery has a whole new meaning, purpose and value. The first delivery is usually the most painful, but once you get used to the whole process it’s a breeze. And, no, I’m not talking about the hospital, birth center, home birth, water birth kind…I do mean food delivery. It’s new, you might not be…
Belmont Farmer’s Market Pizza Night
Tonight my husband and I had a late night dinner together. The light was glowing, we sat with a glass of wine in hand, and a plate of fresh made pizza and a crisp salad. Sounds romantic right? Well in fact, an hour or so prior to this I was upstairs wrangling…
Coffee, Breakfast, and maybe a little Brunch or Lunch
Local openings, closings, new things, old things; anything that is on my radar will be listed here. So here goes: I. Sofra Oleana has a new baby: Sofra. Oleana is an amazing restaurant in Inman Square. The food is incredible and the garden is fabulous. They even have some inside/outside seating, heat lamps and blankets for those chilly fall evenings…
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