Menu – Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters

Screaming Labor Day Ice Cream Cake Recipe (Sponsored)

We’re screaming because it is a party and every party needs a little noise. We’re screaming because summer is coming to an end. We’re screaming for ice cream and we’ll continue enjoying it year-round to remember all those great summer days. This is the perfect dessert for your Labor Day BBQ because it is so…

Fantasy Thanksgiving Menu: Boston Area Thanksgiving To Go

I love to cook, so our Thanksgiving is prepared by me and my entire family with a few exceptions. We always have a selection of Fastachi nuts, seeds, and mixes for guests to nibble on while the turkey is cooking. I also love the ooey gooey deliciousness of Petsi Pies pecan pie so I…

Dinner in the “Middle” of the Ocean: A Mirbeau Inn Mirage at Plymouth Rock Oyster Flats

I grew up near Toronto and summers often meant a rustic cottage by a lake in the region known as Cottage Country. Dinners were always on the porch or by the dock and we often had pike or other fresh fish that we had caught that afternoon. A plate of food that comes from underfoot…

Gluten Free Tea Party at Home

There are many wonderful places in and around Boston to go for a proper tea. There is tea at The Taj Boston, tea at L’espalier, high tea at Concord’s Colonial Inn just to name a few. If, you are gluten- free then going to tea can be a bit more tricky. On the other hand,…

Holiday Help from Stop & Shop: Sponsored Giveaway

Stop & Shop is doing their best to help you prep for your holiday open houses, Christmas dinners and New Year’s Eve parties. They recently added a Boneless NY Strip Roast to their holiday offerings. We don’t eat a lot of red meat, because we’re not huge meat eaters in our family, but for special…

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…

Duck, Duck, Goose and Piggy in the Middle: Let’s Eat

Let’s start with the Piggy because he’s no longer in the middle. Pig is front and center on Tuesday, October 15th at Craigie on Main. If just the mention of a six course dinner with the folks who have so much more than Ideas in Food, doesn’t have you lunging for the phone to book…

Planning For Thanksgiving: Cook It

If you’re coming over for Thanksgiving, this is what’s on our menu. Roast Turkey with Bacon-herb butter and cider gravy (Bon Appetit Nov. 2008) Roasted Fall Vegetables in Cheddar Crust (Eating Well Dec. 2008) Herb and Onion Stuffing (Bon Appetit Nov. 2008) or Rustic Bread Stuffing with Dried Cranberries & Oyster Mushrooms (Fine Cooking Nov. 2008)…