Serves 1 Multiply recipe to make as many portions as you like. 1 tsp of Olive oil (or schmaltz, or butter, or duck fat) 5-6 small brussel sprouts or 3-4 large a pinch of Maldon sea salt 1/2 a shallot, thinly sliced Put oil in the pan on low. Peel and thinly slice the shallot….
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Wagamama Opens at MarketStreet in Lynnfield
Although I love to support small local businesses, I am okay with chain restaurants every once in a while, especially ones that do what they do well. Wagamama is one of those places. I was recently invited to visit Wagamama Lynnfield before they opened to the public and along with several other bloggers and writers…
McDonald’s By the Book
I went to McDonald’s and found a cucumber and books. It is true that McDonald’s isn’t a place I frequent often for many reasons, but the reality is that every once in a while we crave those fries, and the ease and familiarity of a happy meal. In terms of nutritional or culinary value, McDonald’s…
Christmas Festival Opens Today: Off to Judge a Gingerbread Contest
Today the 27th annual Christmas Festival opens at the Seaport World Trade Center. The children have been so excited to be official judges this year with several others. For months they have been trying to imagine what the chefs will create. We’ve even looked at some photos from past years including the impressive Fenway gingerbread…
Halloween: The Aftermath
So here we are. On the other side of a night where we dress our children inappropriately in some way or another (too cold, as a scary being, as a branded superhero, as a career choice, a fantasy, too hot, too naked, too hidden). Our homes are filled with piles of candy on the floor…
Halloween Ready: Fun, Tasty, Healthy Pre-Halloween Feast
Okay I think I’m ready for Halloween. My priorities on this night are to: Gather with friends and neighbours so the kids can go out trick-or-treating as a group. This lets them see each other in costume and allows the more gregarious trick-or-treaters to support the quieter ones. Feed the adults and children something substantial,…
Saturday Morning Cartoons, Animated Shorts, and Bandes Dessinées
Some of us grew up sitting at arms length from the tv knobs to change the channels back and forth between the three existing stations. Others spent time adjusting bunny ears to be able to watch a show. There were hours a day when the screen was just a static blizzards. There were Saturday morning…
Food, Blogging, and Ordering off the Menu
You sit down, settle into your table, and open a menu to see what story a particular menu is going to tell. Sometimes it is a short story. Other times it’s a bit of a Choose Your Own Adventure book. Occasionally it is a lesson in regional gastronomy. Every once in a while you get…
Fall has Blown into Town
Fall is officially here. School children that used to float out of their cars in the morning, arms spread out like wings flying in the warm, dewy morning air, now step out and stop for a moment. Their bodies are stuck in an invisibly viscous chilled air. As if plunged head-deep into the ocean it…
Pencil It in (PIN): Weekend of October 25th
Lyndell‘s the Somerville bakery that anyone who has been in over the past century or so has a sweet spot in their heart and tooth for, is having a very special event this weekend. Starting today all day, and then more this weekend, they have Sean Collier in their hearts and minds. They hope to…
Don’t Get Spooked By all the Halloween Festivities
If your family life is anything like ours, then your child is probably invited to put on their Halloween costume and attend about a half dozen Halloween parties before Halloween actually arrives. The plus side of all that is that you get to dress your child in their fabulous Halloween costume that you either spent…
Over the River and Onto the Cape: Thanksgiving Vacation
I love the tradition of American Thanksgiving. Even though I grew up in Canada we never celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving until this year (in Cambridge, MA USA). In Canada Thanksgiving isn’t really a holiday. We learn about the pioneers and we talk about the harvest, and maybe colour in a horn of plenty or two in…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 