5 Ways to Use Less Plastic in the Kitchen
Five easy ways to stop using so much plastic.
Category: Food
Mariposa Cafe’s Suzanne Mermelstein Takes Peanut Butter Cookies Up a Notch
This humble legume, the peanut, takes on different personalities in all kind of dishes from Thai curry sauces to the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. When it comes to dessert, peanuts add a richness in often salty/sweet cookies. There are the classic peanut butter cookies with the fork embossed …
Boston’s French Accent is Getting Stronger: New French Restaurants
Pull up a seat at the many new French tables in Boston.
Sweet & Salty: Eastern Standard Provisions Pretzel Ice Cream Sandwich
When I first saw this ice cream sandwich in a pretzel bun I was not sure about it. I love salty and sweet but I thought it might be too bready. After the first bite though, I was obsessed. I’d trade this for a regular ice cream sandwich any day. …
Five Secrets Finds for Summer Vibes in the City
We can’t all escape the city for summer days. The good news is that the Boston has a few summer secrets. You can sip a glass of cold white wine on the urban version of a widow’s walk. The best clam shack around may not have the sea air and …
Donuts of New England: The Donuts I Love Right Now
I was never a doughnut person, until I ventured out and discovered doughnuts of all shapes, sizes, and varieties around New England. For National Donut Day, I thought I should probably share some of my doughnut insights. Here is where you can find delicious doughnuts in New England. For those …
Pizza on the Patio tastes More Perfect – Sponsored
When the weather warms up just a little bit our family and friends take advantage of the patio as often as possible. There is the patio in the backyard with a fire pit on cooler evenings and the patio off the house for every dinner or small dinner parties and …
Burger Month: Campfire Crunch Burger
Recipe for a Campfire Crunch Burger. The campfire comes from the smoker chips that flavor the cheese crisp that goes on the burger.
Urban Gardening
It is that time of year, I dig through the back of the printer cabinet to unearth the packets of seeds that I start now. There is something so mystical and magical about starting a garden from seed. I understand that story of Jack and the Beanstalk so much more …
Retreat Farm & Grafton Village Cheese Company Vermont
Every February we head to the Porches Inn and MassMoca for a little getaway. On the way home, we go through Vermont, choose an outing, and stop for lunch. Last year, we stopped for some Maple Syrup because sugaring started early that year so we lucked out. We visited the …