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Fresh Mustard Greens Pasta
This seems to be the summer of the gifted greens. A neighbor down the street, friend across town, and family growing vegetables on a nearby hill have all gifted us bowls of summer greens. They tell us...
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Blueberry Soda
I was trying to think when the last time we have had a week off together. A real week off - no house projects, no splitting up to visit old friends, and no real agenda. The answer is - maybe three...
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Nectarine & Blueberry Crumble
I like the summer side effect of people talking about books. It makes sense - more leisure time and vacationing leads to more reading. On our last day in Truro we went swimming in a kettle pond and our...
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Beach Smoothies
I have stopped washing our beach towels. I'm just throwing them into the back of my car - day after day. They're not really dirty anyway, just really really sandy (and more damp then I'd like to...
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Chocolate Cake
I'm envious of those parents who can write a beautiful letter to their children on birthdays each year. I sat down around Dylan's first birthday to do just that - write him something that describes our...
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August Gentle Food Cleanse
I'm not just saying this to say it - if you've ever thought of doing a food cleanse now is the perfect time. The late summer produce is so bountiful and delicious. Eating an abundance of the bright...
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Vietnamese Summer Roll Salad
A few weeks back I got an email from a kind reader, Anita. She reminded me how useful a print option would be on the site so you can, with just a click, print my full recipes to save and cook with....
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Summer Corn Cakes
Every couple of years I decide to very spontaneously cut off all my hair. On Tuesday I sat in the stylist's chair and let go of close to a foot. Dylan's first reaction was that I look like Mormor (my...
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Summer Tomatoes Two Ways
We have had close to two dozen almost perfectly ripe cherry tomatoes on the plant growing outside the kitchen window. A couple of times Dylan has spontaneously picked an orange one and taken a bite but...
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Frozen Raspberry Lemonade
Around this time every year I find myself reminded of the difference between the expectations of summer and the real life summer. Don't get me wrong, we are having a great time but it's odd to live...
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Edible Vineyard - Neapolitan Pizza
I had the pleasure of writing a cover piece on our homemade Neapolitan-style pizza for Edible Vineyard. Elizabeth Cecil took the amazing photographs.Story and links to all recipes below - enjoy!My...
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Roasted Pepper & Goat Cheese Sandwiches
Last summer when Dylan would ask me when his baby brother was going to be born I would always answer "after the fair". It's a huge annual mark for everyone here - telling us that it is soon back to...
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Roasted Sweet Cherry Fool
I trace my love for meringues and whipped cream back to Angel Pie. If you've never heard of it, Angel Pie first appeared in the 1950s Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook and is a meringue crusted pie filled...
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Potato, Leek & Zucchini Tart
I have decided September is not only my favorite weather month but is also my favorite food month. Both the temperature and food is right on the edge of summer and fall. The morning starts off cozy but...
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Farro Kale Salad
We felt pressure this weekend to pack in as many last minute summer festivities as possible (just put out the s'mores fire!) while prepping for the start of a new school year tomorrow. I wonder how...
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Beach Plum Jelly
This recipe comes from my mother in law and it is one that she has been making (according to Nick) every summer for his whole life. Maybe I was too pregnant to waddle down the bushy paths last summer...
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September Gentle Food Cleanse
Join us for September's Gentle Food Cleanse! A few lovely notes from last month's cleanse participants:"I feel so much better, so in control and the best part is: 13 pounds lighter thus far. I am...
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Cast Iron Skillet Chicken Thighs: Two Ways
Our fall schedule is in full swing - preschool, carpools, soccer practice, and everything in between. Our days are packed tight and come dinner time we are all overtired and hungry. A few weeks ago I...
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After School Snacks: Wholesome Banana Bread & Chia Pudding
This year I was armed and ready for the after school crash. Dylan is just 4 years old and his preschool days really drain him and sometimes that draining turns after school time at home into crazy...
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Gray's 1st Birthday: Spiced Applesauce Cake
“when i have said my evening prayer, and my clothes are folded on my chair, mama and papa switch off the light, i'll still be 11 months old tonight. but from the very break of day, before the children...
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