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Winter Salad, Miso & Ginger Dressing

by Jill Chen
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KALE is one of the most nutrient-rich leafy green you could ever eat, and we’ve been eating this super food every which way possible, all in an effort to take better care of our body and soul in 2012. When Maggie asked me to do a post on a winter salad, I knew it had

Beet and Apple Salad

by Jill Chen
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This is a wonderful time of year. Farmer’s markets everywhere are brimming with the vivid colors of the early Fall harvest. This Beet & Apple Salad is not only delicious and so pretty, the crisp combo of earthy sweetness from the beets and tarty sweetness from the apples is a perfect way to bid farewell

Lentils with Roasted Beets

by Maggie Battista
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Lately I feel like a poster child for the Canal House Cooking series. I promise I’m not on their payroll; I just tend to gush when I’m truly in love. The Lentils with Roasted Beets dish from the spring version (volume 6) of Canal House Cooking impressed everyone on Easter, which only deepened the love.

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

Light Winter Salad and New Mexico Wine

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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This week’s bottle definitely is a special one. Not necessarily for its taste but rather for its provenance, New Mexico. Although this is the oldest wine growing region in the United States, few people know about it and New Mexican wines are quite rare on the east coast. Gruet, probably the most famous winery in

Growing Baby Lettuce

by Heather Atwood
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Goose Cove Gardens is one of Gloucester’s best treasures, a garden nursery with the healthiest plants and the nicest Karma.  Barbara, the lovely straw-hatted owner, is always protecting me from myself: “Do you really need five new Russian Sage, Heather?” Ever the educators, Barbara and the ladies from Goose Cove Gardens are offering a midwinter

Cheddar, Apple & Walnut Salad

by Maggie Battista
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Sometimes I look in my fridge and I feel like I got nothing. Some carrots, some ketchup, a jar of peanut butter but nothing that could make a pretty first course. I had put all my eggs in one basket; I spent the afternoon braising some beef short ribs in a mirepoix of vegetable goodness

Buttermilk Slaw

by Maggie Battista
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I abhor traditional cole slaw. I know that’s strong words for a simple shredded salad, but supermarket delis have really spoiled traditional cole slaw for me. It always tastes the same – too creamy, heavy and, well, just like a big tub of mayonnaise with a few, sparse veggies. Today, I prepped burgers for some

Frisee, Radicchio & Pear Winter Salad

by Maggie Battista

I am so in love with Mark Bittman and his cooking escapades. I have all of his books, except the latest vegetarian one (hint, hint) and read his articles, recipes and blog posts regularly. Alas, he’s had other foodie-types posting on his blog as of late, which sometimes diverts my attention toward other foodie-type contributors

Crisp Fall Tablescape

by Maggie Battista

It’s Fall, finally and unfortunately. My trip to California extended Summer, but only by 10 days. The moment my flight landed in Boston, I could smell Fall. At my farm, the bins overflowed with squash, fennel and lettuce greens. While there, I got over stimulated by, totally shoved in my face and kicked in the

Grilled Fig & Arugula Salad at The Girl & The Fig

by Maggie Battista

The Girl & The Fig does many many things well. Besides charcuterie platters, cheese plates and even pumpkin cheesecake, this delightful dish is their signature salad. The photo depicts a sweet pile of arugula, pecans, goat cheese and figs mid-course. The husband and I had already devoured half of it, but it still looked so

Summer’s End Panzanella Salad

by Maggie Battista

Impromptu dinner parties are the best sort of dinner parties. It was six o’clock on a week night and my family was heading over for dinner and all I had was the same old chicken. I had a plan for the chicken. I knew I wanted to make my aunt’s famous Chicken Murphy. (Frankly, there

The New Camera and Garden Tomatoes

by Maggie Battista

I’m in the midst of breaking in the new camera over a Mozzarella & Swiss Chard Frittata and Garden Tomato Salad. The frittata is like all my other ones – a great mixture of eggs, cream, salt and pepper piled on top of sauteed vegetables. In this case, I cooked up some swiss chard and

Friday Night Dinner, Garden at the Cellar

by Maggie Battista

A few weeks ago, the husband requested my presence at a date in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the city in which our romance blossomed seven years ago. We both lived in the North Cambridge/Porter Square vicinity, a neighborhood fairly barren of fine dining establishments at the time, a little sweet pocket of Cambridge that just didn’t have

Lemon Cilantro Potato Salad

by Maggie Battista

My husband loves potatoes. It’s a true love that began when he was a wee one fed piles of the mashed kind by his grandmother and mother at every meal. Every. Single. Meal. I’ve always been wary of attempting his family’s mashed recipe. I’m equally shy of his family’s potato salad recipe, a dish his

July 4th Menu Includes Tomato Bruschetta…

by Maggie Battista

Happy Independence Day! I love today. I love waking up early to get to work, in the kitchen. At 8am, I practically ran to the kitchen, hitched on an apron and started boiling, cutting and marinating. Today’s menu was short but fresh and well-seasoned. We enjoyed: Tomato Bruschetta Blue-cheese All-Natural Burgers with Balsamic Onions Lime-marinated

My Local, Not-So-Local Fruit Stand Makes Me Sad

by Maggie Battista

I had quite an interesting exchange this evening. We had run out of vegetables from our farm share so I popped into the local fruit stand to pick up some salad greens and fruit. Calareso’s Fruit Stand is located in Reading, Massachusetts, and sells fresh vegetables, fruit, plants, flowers and baked goods. (During the winter,

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