Heirloom tomatoes, locally grown cucumbers and fresh cut field flowers make me smile. I’ve got to get back to the kitchen… I smell something burning. Also On Tap for Today: Happy 22nd birthday, Christopher! You’re the best not-so-little brother in the Universe. 🙂 World Cup…
Recipes (for Disaster)
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Today: You might say this is ludacris.
…And you’d be justified. Here are a few Ludacris ideas I’ve dreamed up as of late: Getting a second dog Not some day when we have a big yard, or when I move to Alaska to become a competitive musher and need something with a…
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Today: The magic craft of brewing.
Eating local is all the rage (this is a good thing), but I rarely seek out opportunities to drink local. This, too, is probably a good thing. I need not sample brews everywhere I go. I wouldn’t get very far. Nevertheless, while we were in…
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Today: Southie home cookin’.
Forget Southern home cookin’, this is how Shrimp ‘n Grits are done in South Boston. And for my fellow vegetarians, Grits No Shrimp. I adapted this recipe from Martha Stewart’s Everyday Food. Hopefully Nick will not notice that the original recipe calls for bacon. Grits…
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Today: Please excuse my garlic breath.
I whipped up a few easy appetizers for my brother’s graduation party yesterday. What these recipes lack in imagination and effort, they make up for in garlic. My grandmother described the white bean dip as “Strange looking,” “Unpleasant,” and “Oh, youuuu made it?” But you…
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Today: Doughly crap! I made bread!
The only thing more satisfying than making something from scratch, is eating something from scratch. Inspired by Heather, I set out to make a loaf of bread this weekend. One mushroom cloud of flour later, I pulled this masterpiece from the oven: The recipe Heather…
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Today: Stormy weather.
It rained buckets in Southie this evening. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQy1oESPNBg&hl=en&fs=1] Excellent cameo, Clark. The thunder boomed and the lightning flashed and smoke billowed from the kitchen. That last bit had nothing to do with the weather (and everything to do with me burning the potatoes), but it…
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Today: Step away from the dune.
Erosion is no laughing matter, people. As I read on the front page of this Sunday’s Boston Globe, one of my favorite beaches is closed for the next two weeks as the stairs (which are insane, and totally unsafe when crowded by tourists and their…
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Today: Forever young.
Last summer, we were enjoying a day at the beach with my parents when I overheard quite the conversation. One little girl yelled to her little girl friend, as they splashed at the shoreline, “If we drink the magic potion, we can be baby mermaids…