After posting my "Biscotti (Attempt #3) entry", my friend e-mailed me to say her (directly-off-the-boat-Italian) mother had a fant...

For a long time, we had wanted to host a dinner party where we served only Julia Child recipes. August 15th (Julia's birthday) was alre...

I. Found. It. (I think). Finally, I figured out why I couldn't replicate the same flavors as the biscotti from Mike's Pastry that m...

The other day, one of my coworkers asked if I had ever heard of a bread from France that when made, didn't need much yeast because the b...

Our news sleuth found another bit of food news! Todd English's new burger joint Shared via AddThis

Looks like some changes are coming to the South End... Pho Republique, Bombay Club relocating Shared via AddThis

As I'm sure I've mentioned elsewhere, I've been coming to the Cape with my family for many years even though I'm originally ...

We love to go to Montréal during the summer, and we recently got back from our latest trip. As usual, there were fun festivals going on, and...

This week marks another one of our (what seems to be monthly now) ethnic dinner parties. So far we've tackled everything from German, to...

Last night at 6:30pm, I decided to try out Julia Child's French bread. Ignoring the fact that it would take me at least 8 hours from sta...

The House of Mondavi, written by Julia Flynn Siler, is an excellent book that retells the rise and fall of Napa Valley's most famous win...

This past weekend, P and I went to New York City for a wedding. It'd been a while since we were in the City, and we had an excellent tim...

I just finished reading Benjamin Wallace's in-depth look into the "Jefferson wine bottle scandal" back in the 1980's. His...

A month or so ago I was reading 'Stuff' magazine and came across an article about 'Teranga', Boston's new and only Seneg...