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Sexy Homestyle Steak and Mushroom Pie
There’s nothing like a New England autumn. Especially when it is crisp and windy, when the leaves are brittle and easily swept from the tree branches, when the blue of the sky resembles lapis lazuli,...
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Great Green Chile Chicken Chili
I never thought I’d say it – but Savenor’s and Whole Foods are beginning to, ahem, bore me. Or maybe I’m truly stifled in my choices and budget within their high-browed price range. Or maybe I lack...
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Lolita’s Joint Journal: The New Little Q, Chinatown, Boston
One of my students told me that the best place for hot pots in Boston is a place called Little Q in Arlington — a suburb to which I never get. We’ve been devotees of Shabu Zen since they opened...
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Rico Suave Osso Buco with Garlic Pommes Anna
Another cold day in Boston, and another snowstorm, too — this one bringing the euphemistically named “wintery mix”, which just means interlined layers of fluffy snow and slickery slush. So we headed...
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Weeknight Wondermeal: Portuguese Mussels with Sausage, Fennel, and Ouzo Cream
Ahhhh… mollusks. I do wonder about the first intrepid gastronome (or malnourished neanderthal) who pried open a bi-valve and sucked up the briny, bursting mouthful of innards locked inside. I am a...
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Friday Night Fresh Feast: Garden Pasta Bolognese with Burrata Caprese
Do any of you watch Cartoon Network religiously, like I do? I dunno — I just like the way the world works in cartoons. Kids face insurmountable odds, and silly situations, and they maintain...
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Ode to Sophie: Chinese Roast Duck, Puerto Rican Caramelized Plantains, and...
Hip hip hooray! Hip hip hooray! I’m happy to announce the arrival of my newly adopted niece: Sophie Lu-Yi Himmel (nee Rodriguez) Diaz Delgado! The clever among you will discern, by musing upon...
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Lolita’s Joint Journal: Thelonious Monkfish, Central Square, Cambridge, MA
Today, Clayton and I tried Central Square’s newest entry into the dining scene, Thelonious Monkfish: “Jazz for the Palate”, as their menu proclaims. So sayeth us all; the food was, in a word,...
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Creamy Curry Cheese and Macaroni with Langostino Tails and Black Truffle Oil
Macaroni and cheese: are there any other three words that go together better? Is there any other phrase more evocative, anything else that inspires in each and every person an urgent yearning for...
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Weeknight Wondermeal: Baked Egg Linguine with Onion, Scallion, and Umame
Spring is getting here … but it’s taking its sweet time. Today was nice and sunny, yet there was a cold, strong wind that blew right through my corduroy jacket, and right up my long skirt, swirling...
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