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Down the Tubes
Tubular pastas, that is. I went into the sandwich shop, and they had a supper special – meatball or eggplant with ziti. This is what I’m looking for. I looked in the case and I could see the meatballs...
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Horn Bread
I’ve been reading Suosso’s Lane by Robert Knox and this is Bob Bob and I were neighbors once upon a time; he also has a day job as a correspondent at the Boston Globe. The book is about Nicola Vanzetti...
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Coffee time
It’s official – this has been the darkest May on record. The least sun for this much May ever recorded.To think I was reading the weather news to escape the Election news…..A little more coffee seems...
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Whey cool
Little Miss Muffet 1901 Hey – where are the curds and whey? If this looks suspiciously like cottage cheese – well, that’s half the story. Cottage cheese is the curds drained of the whey, with a...
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Transcribing Manuscripts
Opportunities abound! I was here: Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University, May 12-13, 2016 Learning about this (and lots, lots more) Click here – it’s through the Fol… Source:...
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National Apple Pie Day
was May 13th. How did I miss this???? Who makes apple pie in MAY?????? There’s rhubarb and blueberries and strawberries…..but apples… Not still and not yet. Now, if were National Mock Apple Pie Day I...
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Postmortem
is the name of a book by Patrica Cornwell and there was a copy in the coffee shop last week, so I took it home for a weekend read. The coach is now in another nook, but around that corner is a...
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Bunny, blushing bunny
Embroidered Rabbit. England, 17th century c. 1625 V&A This little blush colored bunny ( a detail from an embroidered jacket) made me think of another sort of Blushing Bunny…. Miss Bunny and...
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Bright Lights/Big City
I had a dinner adventure set for the City. (By ‘the City’ I mean Boston). One friend I knew, two new friends to meet. It came together surprisingly easy – a couple of e-mails and we had a day, a time...
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A little apple pie
I’ve been telling you I have apple pie on the brain….. and when I’m studying about a certain food, I sometimes want to EAT IT All the time. Persistent cravings can lead to less then great food...
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No Cook Cooking.
The no cook season has begun. But there is no no eat season, only no eat hours here and there….. It’s the heat I can’t stand, not the food Food Network Magazine. Right now. Rigatoni with No-Cook Tomato...
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A Fishy Tale for the Fourth
As I was thinking of salmon and peases and Nana and Abigail (who has a musical about here and John)…. Foodways Pilgrim Now is the time for Salmon. Salmo salar – Atlantic Salmon Tradition has Abigail...
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The Hawley Gentlemen’s Pie and Tart Extravaganza
Past Pudding Festivals have been wonderful – can’t imagine pies being less so! I’ll be there with bells on, humming happy food songs… Pudding Hollow Pudding Festival (and Pie Extravaganza!) Art...
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HOPE
Hope is a thing with feathers….. I was going through my files and found a recipe for HOPE cake. Not dated, not accredited, just a print out. I have no memory of ever making it….it sounds great,...
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Birthday Cake!
Today is someone’s birthday…. Well, that’s true about every day, but today it’s someone close to me…. and much, much taller then he was twenty five years ago! I found the recipe I used for his fifth...
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A Deepe Coffyn
Willem Clausz. Heda SOOOO …… I’m reading and writing about PIES, specifically apple pies, and I get a package in the mail from a dear friend. A book. . A Deepe Coffyn by Janet Laurence It’s a...
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Rabbit, rabbit, rooster
Rabbits and other roosters Yet another rabbit, another rooster David de Coninck
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Go for the BURN
It’s a summer for burn There’s this Bern…. Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during the 2016 Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Penn., on Monday, July...
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Cherries, Take Two
Take some cherry tomatoes Add some fresh mozzarella –ciliegini – little cherry size With basil and a little olive oil …a lovely summer salad. Serve with Scali bread to mop up the juices.. If you...
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