The prospect of making authentic paella over an open fire loomed enticingly for some time before the stars aligned and the magic happened. Several years ago we received a large, dimpled paella pan as a Christmas gift and in that...
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I’m going to admit something here. Although I have been both a potter and gallery owner...
Read MoreIn our household, getting out the good tableware often means getting out woodenware. I have been a woodworker for over 35 years now, and making spoons has been part of my work since the early 1980s. I learned how to make...
Read MoreTHE COMPLETE VEGETARIAN COOKBOOK By BROOKE MCDONOUGH Couch Potatoes love to curl up with gorgeous cookbooks and showcasing beautiful photographs, all the while flipping through the pages dreaming of hosting lavish dinner...
Read MoreON THE SALAD BEET by KATHERINE ROSSMOORE Like many wonderful inventions, this salad was an impromptu event—the unplanned result of inspiration. Earlier in the DoC (day of creation), I was standing in line at the Hingham Farmers’...
Read MoreEditor’s Letter by Paula Marcoux It’s summer! The last six months of meteorological hijinks has focused the mind of this locavore on an unmistakable fact: summer in these parts is a darned short season. As a child I mistook the...
Read MorePear off… At South Shore Organics in Pembroke, an unusual two-tone pear strikes a pose.
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Read MoreI’VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING by Paula Marcoux “Placing poultry in proximity to the hot coals and smoke of a hardwood fire definitely gets at that primal craving.” When you lay your hands on really choice foodstuffs in this...
Read MoreHungry. Tired. Trudging through the supermarket; wondering what to make for dinner. Sound familiar? For the omnivores among us, what happens next is no surprise… almost reflexively, you toss a package of chicken into the cart....
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