We were on a quest for boneless beef short ribs for a recipe that we had to make. (You know how it is.) We'd tried Stop & Shop, Whole Foods, and the slightly sketchy grocery down the street, and we were starting to get desperate.
Then a friend suggested McKinnon's in Davis Square. We walked in, and in about five minutes, we'd found exactly what we needed...and a whole lot more!
Looking for an escape from the city last weekend, we hoofed it an hour north of Boston to visit the lush pastures of Green Meadows Farm in Hamilton, Massachusetts. After chowing down on BLT's made with all local ingredients, we toured the farm and chatted with farm manager Andrew Rodgers.
For more pictures from our farm tour, click through!
Grab any excuse you need and get yourselves down to Coolidge Corner this weekend for the cookbook sale going on at Brookline Booksmith! It looks like they're clearing out old inventory, so now's the time to grab that new Jamie Oliver book ($14.99) or the Moosewood Restaurant Cookbook ($6.99) you've been coveting.
More information on other sale books, location, and store hours after the jump!
Massachusetts will surprise you with the food and produce you can find here, as we've seen.
But wine?!
We have to admit that wine is not something we'd ever expect to find "locally grown."
But an article in the most recent issue of Edible Boston says otherwise. In Will Oenophiles Embrace What's Being Made Here? Clare Leschin-Hoar explains that Massachusetts wine-production is challenging, but far from impossible!
We don't know about you, but up in New England, our CSAs are still primarily consisting of hearty greens like swiss chard, kale, and spinach!
Don't get us wrong, we love these greens! But...one does tend to run out of culinary inspiration after a while.
Before that happens, we thought we'd share a few of our favorite preparations and find out some of yours: What do you do with your leafy greens?
It's a bit crazy. It's a bit dirty. It can get a bit crowded.
But C-Mart definitely delivers.
Just a hop and skip down the street from the Boylston T Stop, Boston Common, and Emerson College, this Chinese grocery provides us with everything from durian fruits to some of the freshest seafood around.
Read on for our full review!
This past weekend, we neatly lined up with a few hundred of our closest friends, received our 2 oz. tasting cup with suitable grace, and proceeded to sprint into the tasting hall without a backward glance.
Yes, it was Beer Fest 2008.
Hosted by the Beer Advocate and Harpoon Brewery, this event gathered 75 brewers from all over the United States offering 300 craft beers between them. No, we were not quite able to sample all 300 beers. But we did make a nice dent in the selections!
Read on for tasting notes and top beer picks from the event!
Home to discount housewares and party supplies galore, China Fair is the kind of store in which you could easily spend an entire afternoon wandering the dusty aisles and not even realize it.
We went to the Porter Square store in search of a basic set of plates to replace our mismatched Goodwill collection, and came away with our arms laden. Our wallets, however, were still comfortably full. No buyer's remorse here!
New Englanders, we can finally stop ogling the produce from the rest of the country and start enjoying our own!
After all the talk on this site these past few weeks, we're hoping to score some ramps and fiddlehead ferns later this afternoon. We'll also be picking up some seedlings to round out our container garden.
What do you have your sights set on?!
Click through for a round-up of area markets and dates...
The weather in New England has only just started to show a softer side, but we already want to leap ahead to summer. And we're not the only ones--farmshares and CSA's around Boston have been filling up fast!
After enjoying their farmer's market produce for a few summers, we signed up for a CSA with Stillman's Farm this year. Any other New Englanders out there with a favorite CSA?
And for those of you who are looking for one, here are a couple of farms around Boston that still have openings...
Good things are afoot in Boston this month--for real this time. We'll be hard pressed to choose which culinary whim to indulge these next few weeks. Decisions, decisions!
Artisan Cheese of the World with Ihsan Gurdan, owner of Formaggio Kitchen
Boston University: BU Elizabeth Bishop Wine Resource Center
Monday, April 7, 6pm - 8pm
Tickets are $75, call (617) 353-9852
Ihsan Gurdan is the expert of experts when it comes to cheese. This is a unique opportunity to taste some undoubtedly incredible cheeses from his cellars and learn from one most well-respected cheesemeisters around. Whether you're a long-time connoisseur or simply love good cheese, this is not an event to miss. More Boston events below...
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