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The Monterey Bay Aquarium, a highly regarded institution, has been considered for many years a welcome watchdog over our seafood. Why? Simply because there is so much information, misinformation, myth and reality…
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A recent trip to the produce market led me to sing hymns in praise of winter vegetables. I returned home with familiar cauliflower and broccoli, as well as fennel, which I’ve learned…
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Exploring concepts of sustainability and learning from the past. At a little less than 700 feet above sea level, Mt. Agamenticus is not much of a mountain. Still, solitary Agamenticus dominates the flat…
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It’s an old story — you’ve heard it before, and not just from me — but it’s coming around again. Predictably, just as U.S. specialty markets begin to trumpet the arrival of…
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There’s a phrase Mainers use when they really, really like something: “Wicked good,” they say. Right now they’re saying that about Maine sea scallops, harvested from the cold, clean waters in the…
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Events for Virgin Territory and The Four Seasons of Pasta. January 7 – two events in Simbsbury, Connecticut 2 – 4 p.m., Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow Street; afternoon talk and discussion, pasta and olive…
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“Chroniclers… have not hesitated to describe an idyllic Mediterranean world living on a diet of fresh, homegrown vegetables… homemade cheese and of course home-produced olive oil”. Olive oil is a cornerstone of…
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Extra virgin olive oils made in hot climates have not had a great reputation. Oils from Sicily and Puglia in Italy and Andalusia, Spain, and other Mediterranean regions, where harvest temperatures are…
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WHEN MY LATE sister-in-law Ann Jenkins Lindemulder returned to Cambridge, Mass., after five years in what was then called Burma, she brought back a number of souvenirs. These included a bronze Karen…
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More than 120 pasta recipes focused on seasonal ingredients. In The Four Seasons of Pasta, Sara Jenkins and Nancy Harmon Jenkins celebrate the Italian native that has become a beloved American staple. There are few…