Ever heard of a Thai P.A.? Yeah, me neither…until I asked Jim O’Neil of Blue Hills Brewery what funky things are happening in their special brews. This particular beer is being crafted with locally grown lemongrass especially for the Hyper Local Craft Brewfest. They’re also bringing a Session IPA, a Watermelon Wheat and several others…
I don’t know how a city becomes part of your soul. I’m not even sure I ever knew that could happen. But at 7:30pm on Monday night at the finish line, I saw a firefighter finish his race with his team of colleagues running with him, cheering him to the finish, and I knew I…
It’s been a really long time since I blogged a company that I’m interested in rather than my own cooking. Usually I blog for the Local Food Festival in Boston and get connected with great food businesses that I can get behind. But A couple weekends ago, while perusing the indoor farmers’ market, I ran…
In the last few months I have done some pretty regularly creative cooking. Fortunately or unfortunately that means I haven’t been able to post the homemade BBQ sauce that I’ve been advertising on Instagram! But good things come to those who wait, and today my dears, you get BBQ sauce! This is totally my go…
This week my friend Annie mentioned that she was going to cook dinner for her boyfriend and was asking for dinner ideas. I was like, “Hellooooo, I write a food blog!” She then pointed out that some of my stuff is too complicated and I totally agree. Sometimes I underestimate just how complicated some of…
Did you know that the Greek have the most healthy diet of the entire world? After having visited Greece myself in 2010, it’s not hard for me to see why. While most of us here, in Boston at least, associate Greek restaurants with lamb gyros, french fries, and baklava, the country itself has a much…
About 3 months ago, I casually Instagramed some chicken nuggets that I made for dinner. Really didn’t think much of it actually. I’ve done this several times, you know, health up a chicken nugget. But to be honest, I neither grew up on nuggets, nor really cared much about them. Any instance I can remember…
I’m not sure exactly when I made the breakfast mind change. I suspect it was right after the cleanse I did in 2011. Either way, I used to absolutely detest breakfast…I mean haaaated it! I remember getting in trouble with my trainer several times for not eating breakfast before a morning workout. He may have…
There are various parts of me and my personality that scream out my part Irish blood. Mostly I can drink like a man. But I blame that mostly on tons of practice with my former boss when I was in law, who is much more Irish than I am! However, if you know me, you…
I am a Whole Foods shopper for several reasons. The biggest reason is because I like good produce and getting into the best local store for produce, Market Basket, is a nightmare. If you live in Somerville, you’ve likely been stuck in the traffic on Somerville Ave. created by people going into their ridiculously large…
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