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The Silver Palate’s Chili for a Crowd

by Shelby Larsson
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Everybody knows that the Super Bowl is really about the food. And catching all those fun, sometimes scandalous and creative advertisements. Oh fine, and football too. More than anything, though, the Super Bowl is a great opportunity to get your friends together for a fun evening of eating like insane people. Seriously, I think Super

Eating Like a Local in Sydney, Australia

by Josephine Rozman
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It’s bitterly cold in New England, but not so much in Australia. Photographer Josephine Rozman sent along some beautiful photos that I quite sadly neglected to share last week. Let’s lose ourselves in eating like a local during the Australian holiday season and this absolutely scrumptious Lamb Roast. Thanks, Josephine! – Maggie I recently took

Romantic Dinner with Local Beef and Italian Red Wine

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Valentine’s Day can mean different things to different people.  For us, we’ve done the fancy dinners at restaurants, rom-coms at the cinema, massages for two… so what’s left for two foodies with a voracious appetite for wine?  A massive home cooked 30oz rib eye for two, that’s what!

Eat Local… Meat

by Lise Carrigg
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Today, while reading about Michael Pollan’s new book, Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual, I found myself nodding “yes,” in agreement with his message, which he succinctly summarized in In Defense of Food: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Pollan is preaching to the choir with me, but I did still order the new book

Farm-Girl Recipe

by Chelsea Bardot Lewis
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Photos by Paul Cary Goldberg One of my favorite things about winter is getting to see more of my farmer friends (and farmer husband). As the fields are put to bed for the winter, there is more time to plan for the future, see friends and family, and create delicious meals. This week, I invited

Pete & Jen’s Backyard Birds

by Maggie Battista
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Pete and Jen are on a mission, and this week they’re mission saved my belly, my pork belly. As sustainable farmers and locavores, they raise chickens, pigs, rabbits and lambs in Concord, Massachusetts pastures where they can enjoy fresh air, grass and acres on which to roam. Their chickens are such highly regarded that the

Pulled Pork Party

by Maggie Battista
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We’re a smoking couple and, by that, I don’t mean that we smoke cigarettes or revel in our looks, I promise. By smoking, I mean that we spend much of the summer, and I do mean *much* of the summer, slowly cooking all sorts of local meats with wet wood in different types of vessels

Vegetarian Conformation… Part 1

by Maggie Battista
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A few weeks ago, I started living a more vegetarian life, also known as ‘no-more-pates-for-me’ – especially the beautiful chunky, country-style ones at The Butcher Shop in Boston’s South End – and definitely no more of their gorgeous steak tartare (pictured below). That said, I was back at Barbara Lynch’s hip restaurant last month and

Homemade Pork Sausage

by Maggie Battista

We had such the treat a few weeks ago. My Irish husband’s uncle happens to be Italian. My family is Italian, so he and I get along just fine, whispering about fabulous Italian-inspired cuisine like lasagne, stuffed peppers, homemade gravy and, in this case, homemade sausages. In lieu of buying sausages, my husband’s uncle decided