as much as possible. In doing so they are threatening the survival of many family farms and specialty producers that actually produce interesting foods. Case in point: Thomas Read organic chickens, not really that small but under...

and they can’t get in any special requests. Period. Yes buying from local family farmers is great. If they are available, if their products are in season, and if you can even get to them. I work part-time consulting for...

ordered (which came with more baguette, grapes, Genoa salami and capiccola). I ordered the Maple Leaf Farm duck breasts which came in a cherry glaze with sweet potato “mashers.” Now I’ll admit, this was my first...

Obviously, I’m not Sandy. But Frogmore Stew (named after a small coastal farming community) is one of those dishes that speaks of the regional ingredients that are available every summer in the loaw country. My favorite...

there wherever Mexicans have immigrated. I’m constantly amazed by Portland and Oregon’s variety. We have an entire town, Woodburn, Oregon, that has been adopted by Mexicans. The downtown has been essentially converted...

I have been out all day eating curried goat at the Honest cabbage and shopping at Borough market ( wonderful cheese from Neals yard Dairy and free range goose from the seldom Seen Farm) I am glad I missed most of this thread as I...

. Creosote; portions are larger on other menus), descriptions that practically give you the family tree of the animal you’re eating, insanely “creative” combinations like chocolate and green olives, most dishes...

Bread & Circus (Whole Foods) in the Boston area normally offers the gold-foiled dolce, as does the immortal Formaggio Kitchen (bow the head, please), which also offers the right rice (as does the fine Pemberton Farms in...

more than I like because of injuries hampering my physical activity levels. I got tossed around twice by an angry bull in winter 2003 when I worked as a artisinal cheesemaker and rustic baker on a dairy farm. I went through...

Me too. I had an heirloom tomato appetizer, with a shooter of gazpacho, that I can still taste two years later. And he came out to the table and spent a few minutes with us. During Katrina, he took his staff out to the small farm...

and appetizers. Clams and shrimp are not always scrupulously fresh. The only fish I order at Joe&Maggies is tuna, which is always good. I don’t order salmon because haven’t had a good piece of salmon anywhere in ages....

. In recent years Ive returned to the simple stovetop method – its SO easy once you get the hang of it. I dont see why anyone who doesnt have a family to feed would need to clog up their kitchen with another big appliance....

's.) During the summer, find your way to Ramsay’s Farm Stand near Pius X School.

the home, so they could not come back to join the family for lunch, the main meal of the day, and then return to the office or factory. Convenience became paramount in breakfast too— so now we Americans mainly eat processed...

When I was a little girl back on the family dairyfarm, we churned our own butter. It was WWII and this was, I think, a beat-the-rationing ploy. We had two gizmos for the job, probably resurrected from earlier decades when farm...