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Nov
11
2009

More cooking adventures

On Sunday, I thought it would be a fine idea to give dried beans a chance. And I did. At 9:00PM on Monday evening. That was not well-planned. By 11:00PM, I had some marvelous cannellini beans cooked with shallots, garlic, crushed red pepper, smoky ham, white wine, sage, parsley, and thyme. It was great, it…  Continued »

Sep
22
2009

“Healthy” places to eat in the Boston area

So, The Phantom Gourmet is a local restaurant “review” show on one of the local regular-type-broadcast channels. It’s kind of horrible in that every episode seems to be about where you can go to get the giantest, most fried food in the greatest quantities for the lowest price and the lowest common denominator. To be…  Continued »

Sep
07
2009

Cooking Mara!

After taking the summer off from R&R as summer is the busiest time of year for me in terms of work (I work on the actual labor portion of my lab’s annual report and annual news magazine), I am ready to talk about a cooking adventure going on right now in my kitchen (I’m taking…  Continued »

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