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Our neighborhood had it’s 5th annual block party yesterday afternoon. Jenny & I have been fixtures since year one. It takes place in the park right across the street from our house, so it’s almost like having a big party in our front yard. Our contributions included a big dish of pulled-pork BBQ (saved and [...]

Get a pork shoulder (or two). You can get them from the butchers at Costco, but you have to ask. I haven’t tried asking at Whole Foods yet, which is where I prefer to get my meat, but maybe there too (for 2x the price, I’m sure, but sans the anti-biotics and such). The Rub [...]

Last week, when Jenny & I were in Little Rock, there were several conversations concerning where do we eat tonight? One suggestion that kept popping up was, how about the Italian couple, some new restaurant that was receiving lots of buzz. During all these conversations Jenny & I assumed this “Italian couple” label was just [...]

Introducing a new category: Don’t Do This I read somewhere recently that the juice from a sweet relish makes a tasty salad dressing. This sounded reasonable, but in practice maybe not so much. I tried to transform some late season garden extras into a side dish: Toss together: A couple of chopped roma tomatoes A [...]

Spaghetti w/ Raw Tomatoes & Arugula from a recipe linked to here, but with about 2x the tomatoes and arugula and the addition of 1/2 cup toasted pine nuts.

Inspired by a fresh head of romaine from our CSA, I tossed together a caesar salad. Instead of crutons we had this odd flatbread called Torta de Aceita. I was trying to find something  crouton-ish at Wilson Farm and it looked intriguing. Turns out it’s like a crackery, olive-oil shortbread, with anise seeds and sugar [...]

The blurb read: “the result of a marriage between Southern Italian Cuisine and Peruvian Cuisine.” Sounds scary, no? Well, when your only possible complaint of an evening is that your water glass sat empty for a bit too long, I’d call that a winner. After a stroll on the Pru SkyWalk with Dad & Myra, [...]

Grilled chicken/apple sausages (from Whole Foods), grilled corn, and a mixed veggie dish with grilled eggplant, yellow sqaush and onions, all from our CSA share, tossed with olive oil and fresh thyme.

Tabor is an ex-co-worker of mine from Smarter Living. He and his wife, Rachel, just happened to pull up in front of my house last night at the exact moment I was pulling some Turkey Burgers and Sweet Potato Fries off of the grill. He was just dropping off a letter of recommendation for my [...]

We took Dad & Myra to the Summer Shack in Cambrindge for dinner. It’s certainly not our favorite seafood place, but it’s great for when you’ve got folks from out of town and a limited amount of time. Normally we would head to Woodman’s or maybe The Barking Crab. We think they liked it but [...]