From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Cheap Eats?

August 20, 2009

Ezra Klein takes a closer look at the cost of shell fish over time

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Bye-Bye Basil

August 17, 2009

If your basil looks anything like the picture below then you might not have been aggressive enough with your scissors this summer. Not that I’m casting blame. Every plant in my front garden has grown tall and lanky despite my best efforts.   I think local weather this season was conducive to bolting.
While [...]

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Millions of Peaches

August 4, 2009

I think these farmers are up to something.  On little plastic plates piled high for grubby hands were the sweetest, most perfect representation of peachy pleasure I’d encountered all summer.  I’d been waiting for peach season for weeks and rumors that the rainy Spring was great for stone fruit was fueling desire.
At home with the [...]

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Lil’ Choppers

August 3, 2009

Grill books love to tout huge cuts seared over intense flames and finished  slowly over indirect heat. The results are a charred exterior and if you prefer, a wonderfully rare center. It’s a great technique that works for just about everything except fish and chicken but it requires you commit to a sizable [...]

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