The early morning APB comes by text from our friend Ingrid. A farm at nearby Ryder Beach has a surplus of fresh eggs and the farmer is offering them for […]
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Bethany Gregory’s Roasted Oyster Banh Mi
An Outer Cape version of a French-Vietnamese sandwich that’s generous in every way
She had me with oyster banh mi. If that’s what chef Bethany Gregory was making for lunch at the Soup Kitchen in Provincetown (SKIP), I wanted to meet her. From […]
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Soy Sauce and Butter Make a Secret Sauce for Mushrooms
Dinner from an earthy, loamy countertop garden named Chenille
I have a pile of dog-eared seed catalogs marked with checks and circles — a paper hope chest filled with my garden aspirations. They sit in a growing pile on […]
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Garlic, Greens, and White Beans Make a Winning Dinner
No need to soak, and other wisdom on confronting your bean stockpile
It is mid-February of the pandemic winter, but even this one won’t last forever. It’s time for us to face a cold, hard fact: most of those dried beans we […]
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Kimchi Is Made of Spicy, Funky Kitchen Magic
So many cabbages, and, now, plenty of time
Life in the upside down has pushed me into some kitchen adventures I might not otherwise have entertained. One of them is membership in an “ugly” fruit and vegetable delivery […]
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A Magical Winter Elixir for a Lazy Afternoon
Homemade chicken stock flavors a rich risotto dinner
If you were to stop by my kitchen (were stopping by still allowed), you’d likely find a pot of stock murmuring gently on a back burner. Last spring, when everyone […]
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Fall’s Last Apples Go Into a Soup
In a Truro back yard, a two-tree orchard provides
When we first moved into our cottage in Truro several years ago, one of my first acts (after setting a great many mousetraps) was to scout out a place for […]
THANKSGIVING ON THE SIDE
The Relish Tray
Beet-pink pickled turnips bring smiles to the table
When I was a kid, and my mother set out her oval cut-glass platter and assembled a relish tray, we knew a celebration was at hand. Arranged artfully on the […]
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Gumbo Is for Sweater Weather
Briny local oysters and smoky sausage from Louisiana come together in a Truro kitchen
I think of the suddenly cool days this time of year as “gumbo and sweater” weather. Where I come from, which is rural south-central Louisiana — much in the news […]
