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The best deal in town for cooking classes continues at Whole Foods, at the Fresh Pond store. This week, Quicia Davis worked up two dishes – a Lentil Chili and a Kale & Squash Soup – in just under one … Continue reading →

This is by no means the definitive shopping list for Cambridge and the surrounding area – not yet anyway. But it has aspirations and you can help by contributing your best finds, as well as your comments & corrections. (In … Continue reading →

Issue One Recipe Corrections “In the chicken soup recipe, we neglect to mention that you should cover the vegetable nage ingredients with water before simmering. Don’t try to simmer without any water. Also, you only need 8 C of water … Continue reading →

The Turkish people claim to have a hundred ways of preparing eggplants. For them, it is the king and queen of vegetables.                                                                        – Claudia Roden, Arabesque One of the pleasures of a blog like this is the … Continue reading →

A pinch of spice, a frizz of crushed leaf, a scraped zest of citrus may be the secret ingredient that adds a smile to a dish, but the homegrown tomato is the essence of flavorful summer cuisine. The taste, its … Continue reading →

To others, the stunning realization of how much time is needed to feed themselves is accepted more philosophically. They agree with La Rochefoucauld’s aphorism: To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.                                      … Continue reading →