Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters

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…

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…

NYC Ballet Workout Day 3: Cold toes edition

Today my body is a bit sore. I feel some of the work from abs to glutes. At the end of my workout (35 minutes) my toes are cold and my cheeks are warm. My routine this morning: Warm Up 1 : Where my toes are cold and I stand in one patch of sun….

NYC Ballet Workout Day 2: Snow Day Edition

I made it work even though I had company. After a day of running around in Natick looking at furniture for the playroom, playing at the Apple Store and the Lego store and the play space we made it home and carved out about 30 mins. to do the workout. I had company of the…

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…

Pencil It In: This Week

Still trying to get my calendar to be a bit more streamlined. Here is a more complete albeit late update to this week’s calendar of events. It’s not comprehensive but it’s a bunch of events that sound fun and fabulous. I will include more family friendly activities and events as we go. I thought about…

NYC Ballet Workout: Day 1

Today is my official Day 1 of working towards getting back in the ballet studio. I am eons away from the person I was dancing up to 40 hours a week and then still going out dancing with friends in the evening. So I need to start small. Very, very small. I’m starting with 30…

Martin Luther King Jr.

My Pencil It In calendar is still incomplete but as I mentioned before there are many wonderful opportunities today for a day of service. Don’t feel you have to rush out and do that today because volunteering, giving, community service isn’t about one day. Use this day to propel you forward in a way that…