5 (five, cinq, fünf) random facts about moi

I am on a train and my lovely friend Phyllis from Napkin Hoarder has tagged me in a game of ‘5 random facts’. “Is that cool thing in your hair a spaghetti headz?” you ask. ‘Why, yes. Yes it is.” So here we go: 1) I have a younger brother and, to go with the…

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Dine out with Chef Renee Erickson at Row 34

This came through my inbox just now and if I were here tomorrow night I would go in a heartbeat. I love Row 34 and would to get to know more about Chef Erickson. Tomorrow, Chef Renee Erickson of Seattle’s The Walrus and the Carpenter. Head over to Row 34 Thursday, October 23rd. Guests are…

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The Return of the Bow Tie: Alton Brown at hook+ALBERT

If you live in Cambridge, anywhere near Harvard University it may seem that the bow tie never went away.  The bow tie is always present at black tie affairs, but until recently it was a rare sighting outside formal affairs. The bow tie is a signature accessory for many Harvard University folks but as we…

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Make Puffed Rice at Home (Recipe * how to)

Isabelle and I were recently invited to the kickoff of Uncle Ben’s Ben’s Beginners cooking contest and we were inspired to try something a little different. I wondered if we could puff out own rice. There were a few resources online but not a ton. Here is how we did it. Isabelle then created a…

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Fallen for Funghi: A Taste of Fall at Lineage

I fell for fungi a long time ago. As a child, I remember sitting by the counter in my mother’s kitchen carefully wiping down mushrooms with a damp paper towel until the were spotless and ready to be stuffed. When I was a bit older, we lived in France and I remember collecting mushrooms in…

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Slow Down to Speed Up

Sometimes, I need to remind myself to slow down to get things done. It takes some effort because it’s counter intuitive. It reminds me a bit of Driver’s Ed and learning to drive in the mud. Our teacher would have us speed up as much as we could and then when we hit he mud,…

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Small Changes: Family Life Ever Evolving

Small changes is a theme of parenthood.  From the newborn days when you spend days trying to parent perfectly only to find out that once you have found your stride something changes to the constant changes of routines and schedules of school-aged sports playing children. Last year, I wrote about a change in routine of…

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The Sacred Cod’s Roasted Beet and Baby Kale Salad (Recipe)

On Tuesdays we head out to the Lindentree Farm in Lincoln to pick up our weekly farm share. This time of year, we are treated with an abundance of raspberries, some nice alliums and of course plenty of beets and kale. Over on the Cape, the Chatham Bars Inn, which has an 8 acre farm…

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Design: From Gallery to Fashion to Food

I admit I am not really sure how someone has a “good eye” or an eye for design.  I think some of it is based on experience but in part it must just be something you are born with.  It is also could be just what some individuals notice and others don’t see.  This summer…

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Weekend Guide: October 4th & 5th

In addition to pumpkins popping up everywhere, there is a chill in the air.  The leaves are beginning to change and this weekend is definitely a fall weekend.  We have one rainy day and one sunny day coming up this weekend so here are a few ideas to make the most of it. Saturday Nothing…

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