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Posts tagged “Boston”

Store Review: McKinnon's Meat Market
Boston

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 we...

Local Farm Profile: Green Meadows Farm in Massachusetts

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 wit...

Attention, Boston! Huge Cookbook Sale at Brookline Booksmith!

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 t...

Edible Boston: Making Wine in the Land of the Puritans

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 a...

Chard, Kale, and Spinach: What To Do With Hearty Greens

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 ...

Boston Store Review: C-Mart

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 C...

Boston Food Event Report: American Craft Beer Fest 2008

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 gl...

Boston (and New York) Store Review: Formaggio Kitchen

Our problem with Formaggio Kitchen is two-fold: 1. They actively encourage our addiction to fine cheeses and cured meats. 2. Their selection of of these items is so vast that we haven't yet been able...

Greenbean Gardens: They Grow Produce in YOUR Yard!
Apartment Therapy: Boston

We don't have a green thumb and honestly we don’t really aspire to have one. Incidentally (or not) we don’t even have a smidgen of a yard – our house is literally surrounded by concrete on all ...

Boston Store Review: China Fair

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 ...

Massachusetts Farmer's Markets Are Open!

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 ...

Boston-Area Farmshares and CSAs: Going Fast So Sign Up Now!

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 u...

Boston-Area Food Events for April: Cheese Tastings and Beer Summits

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 ...