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How to Make a Quick Asparagus Tart

by Maggie Battista
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Easter may someday usurp Thanksgiving’s reign as my favorite holiday. It’s easy and breezy, especially when the temperature hits an unheard of 70 degrees in New England and the sun manages to peer through the thin clouds, making for a gorgeous day. Thanksgiving is cold and sometimes snowy and always requires up to a week

5 Little Secrets and a Canal House-inspired Lunch

by Maggie Battista
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I am going to let you in on five little secrets. First, (secret #1) it’s tough to put these words out there but I have totally over-extended myself. Sometimes, I feel like I have 10 different jobs. Eat Boutique is my passion, my heart, really. But it certainly battles for my free time, up against

A Community Lunch at Bondir Restaurant in Cambridge

by Maggie Battista
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For me, 2011 is about building offline communities. When the clock struck midnight on December 31 of last year, I made a pledge to  evolve all my online food conversations into real life meetings. It just seemed a bit ridiculous that I had all sorts of friends in the ether, sweet folks who have listened

Holiday Recipe Wish List by Jessica Merrill

by Jessica Merrill
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Eat Boutique contributor Jessica Merrill is like a member of the family, literally. She just happened to marry my cousin and it was pretty much true love. With me, of course! While she was visiting for our annual Thanksgiving extravaganza last week – which included 12 people, three days, two shelves of homemade liquors and

Paris Brunch Party

by Maggie Battista
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Paris parties are the best sort of parties. They incorporate my most favorite food groups – cheese, bread, wine and sweets – and my first Paris party was not lacking for any of these. The cheese plate looks small above, but it was immense and attacked repeatedly. The homemade gougeres were, also, quite cheesy. This

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

Goodbye 2009

by Maggie Battista
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I’m a big fan of New Year’s Eve. I’m a fan of the little push it provides to review the last 12 months and plan all the new things to do in the next year. I’ve been super lucky in 2009 – I made new friends, visited some great spots, cooked new, fun dishes and

big LITTLE Get Together

by Maggie Battista
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I learned about big LITTLE Get Together, a personal chef service based on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a few weeks ago. Founders Flannery Klette-Kolton and Lauren Gerrie are the ultimate hostesses, putting their big hearts toward creating contemporary urban cuisine with amazing ingredients. They shared these lovely recipes, recipes that made me want

Summer Pizzas on the Grill

by Maggie Battista

A few weeks ago, I had a small event to celebrate the release of a small NYC movie. In addition to all those luscious cosmopolitans (recipe to come shortly), I decided to grill some pizzas before we buzzed up to the movie theater. I’ve always grilled my pizzas and am constantly surprised to hear of

Fruit Forms Community

by Maggie Battista

Food forms community. A few burgers on a grill can lure family and friends to a backyard. Piles of smoked beef and pork call an entire neighborhood to attention. And a medley of barbecued meats and grilled oysters pulled some friends to our garden a few weeks ago. The menu was plentiful and presented a

My Birthday Dinner

by Maggie Battista

My birthday was last week. I won’t pontificate on how old I am. And I definitely won’t get into how I feel like half my life is gone, and that my real life is finally here and just beginning. We all know that life goes on. We grow old and eventually die. So I strive

Beef Short Ribs with Tagliatelle

by Maggie Battista

I’m pretty sure Giada DeLaurentis is a bit of a diva (and I’m speaking from personal experience here), but I have to thank her for this very easy Short Ribs with Tagliatelle. I am no stranger to beef short ribs. In fact, it is pretty much my signature dish, and I’ve applied my technique for

The Normarita

by Maggie Battista

This past weekend was my Mom’s 70th birthday party. It was quite the extravaganza. First, it was a total surprise. Family visited from as far as Philadelphia, some with significant others in tow, and all stayed at my home, squished into three bedrooms, somehow. We were all tightly packed but happy to be so; it

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