This September, my son asked for a giant cookie ( here is the recipe link)to bring in for his school birthday party. The kids had fun modifying it for Valentine’s Day. To make a love struck heart, we used Strawberry Kit Kat from Japan that we bought at the Japonaise Bakery. If you can’t find…
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Embracing Danny Meyer
This week my daughter had a dentist appointment, and as much as we love our pediatric dentist, it ‘s never a fun visit. So, after a morning of drilling and filling, I let my daughter choose where to go for lunch. She chose Shake Shack, and I was happy to go there with her because…
Field Trip: Seven Stars Bakery- Providence, Rhode Island
I buy Seven Stars Bakery breads at my local Whole Foods (Fresh Pond, Cambridge). I love their durham stick. So, when my husband had a cyclocross race near the Franklin Park Zoo in Rhode Island, we just had to stop at the real bakery on the way home. I warmed up with a much needed…
Hosting Dinner Outside the Kitchen
Kitchensurfing: No it’s not the X Games of the culinary world and it is not a hot new food show on Cooking Channel, Esquire or The Food Network. Kitchensurfing is a website that connects you to chefs, menus, parties of all sorts and allows you to bring them to your home or event from dinner…
Foie de Poulet: Chicken Liver with Apple Brandy Dijon Sauce (Recipe)
Last week I had the opportunity to chat with Chef Tony Maws and Chef Carl Dooley about one of Craigie on Main’s most exceptional special events, The Road Less Traveled, where the ingredients are more nose and tail than anything in between. I have always preferred liver to steak but have never prepared it successfully…
Super Bowl XLVIII: Pinterest Shminterest time to order out
I know you have a whole Pinterest board or maybe even two: Super Bowl snacks and Super Bowl decor. Don’t even mention the third one: Super Bowl Sweets. Super Bowl XLVIII is this weekend and yes, I know that pizza with the pepperoni in the shape of a football is super cute, but really do…
The Road Less Traveled III: A Chat with Chefs Tony Maws and Carl Dooley of Craigie on Main
This Wednesday, January 29th, Craigie on Main will be hosting their third The Road Less Traveled dinner. Some are more recent than others, but my strongest memories are all related to moments in the kitchen, smells wafting from a kitchen, individual bites, or entire meals at the table. I was lucky enough to attend Craigie…
Too Cold, Too Busy, Too Tired: Instacart Grocery Delivery Service
I have written about deliver options before from having your Organic foods delivered by Boston Organics, to the service I currently use, Farmers To You, and other grocery store delivery options. Some are still going strong and others have stopped or have limited options. Most recently, I wrote about Heirloom Kitchen that will deliver prepared…
Recipe to Follow: Novels & stories sprinkled with recipes
I love to read my cookbooks. With all the fabulous food blogs out there and the ease of epicurious.com I often cook from my computer, but that doesn’t mean I don’t use my cookbooks. I browse them. I flip through them. I pull recipes here and there especially if I am hosting a party. A…
Get Ready for the Weekend: Chocolate, Super Hunger Brunch, Fishing & More
What’s going on this weekend? T0night: Drinkable Science at MIT. A little mix of applied math with John Bush and cocktail concoctions with Jared Sadoian of Craigie on Main and Will and Dave Willis of Bully Boy Distillers. Sample spirits and make concoctions of your own at the MIT Museum – 265 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge….
Lunch: Bon Appétit
Pea green and micro arugula salad with salmon roe. Omelette with onions and Brussels sprouts. Make a vinaigrette in a bowl. Top with greens and toss. Sautée some onion and sliced Brussels sprouts. Add a little water or wine to cook Brussels sprouts completely. Whip two eggs in a bowl with a fork. Sprinkle with…
Simple Blood Orange and Avocado Salad (Recipe)
This week I learned a new term for something I’ve been doing for years. To supreme. It is how you cut the orange for this recipe. You remove the peel by cutting the top and bottom of the orange flat then gliding the knife from top to bottom all around until peeled. Then you slice…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 