When there are raspberries and then blueberries, you can tell yourself you’ve got all kinds of time. You can go for a swim tomorrow. Or read a book. You have […]
About Teresa Parker
GALLERY
Fences for ‘Where There Are No Cows’
How to build barriers that are better for nature and for views
All of us on the Outer Cape are in some way or another living in a national park. Even if our homes are not within its boundaries, we are surrounded […]
letter from the publisher
One Year and Counting
This week marks a year since we sent our very first edition to press. It was a “preview” edition, full of hope that we’d find the support to develop into […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Sweet But Subversive Maple Walnut Pull-apart Bread
From Rage Baking to refocusing women’s power
Two years ago, after watching the Kavanaugh hearings, Katherine Alford chose one of the first recipes she would contribute to the Rage Baking collective: Maple Walnut Pull-apart Bread. Like other […]
Tide Charts
Know when to hit the flats
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Sooner the Better
People get annoyed when they don’t get their paper. I guess it’s good to be up there with coffee in our neighbors’ hierarchy of needs. While there are some things […]
LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
It’s Not a Moonshot
Shipwreck or springboard?
We went to press with our first weekly issue on Oct. 7, 2019, a little over nine months ago. Our business plan said we needed $375,000 in the bank.We had […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Crispy Homemade Potato Chips
Vinegar does the trick
Potato chips were practically invented for this moment in history. They are an irresistible escape from everything difficult about responsible grown-up life. But salt- and fat-wise, it can’t be entirely […]
FATHERS DAY
Lessons in Foraging for a Father’s Love
Michael Holt finds daisy leaves with his dad in Truro
TRURO — When Michael Holt was growing up in New York City, his summer weeks in Truro were “like a trip to the Garden of Eden.” It was here that […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Spinning Carrot Tops Into Supper
With garlic, almonds, and olive oil, they’ll work while you wait for the basil to grow
If you don’t get out to the garden to thin your row of carrots right now you will end up with runty twisted results, carrots unsuitable for prizes at the […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Radishes Fit for Jack Sprat’s Wife
Spicy bites of spring balanced with butter or cream cheese
Dinner at Prune was supposed to be a big deal. The kind of thing certain types of freelancers in New York saved for. So it was a bit disappointing to […]
KITCHEN TABLE
The Faithful Asparagus
It takes years to grow but just minutes to make
The vegetable garden is in a spring shambles. But some parts of it are waking up all on their own. I can see from inside the house that the parsley […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Big Easy Oysters
Wellfleet oysters make a New Orleans favorite even better
My friend Sophie’s mother, Lillian, was famous for her deceptively slow-paced, Southern-accented way of talking, and for her oyster patties. I never understood why these beautiful appetizers were called “patties.” […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Unforgettable Bar Nuts
With barely enough rosemary, brown sugar, and cayenne
We didn’t start drinking Manhattans at our house until after the election of 2016. After that, for a while, anyway, we’d mix up one cocktail, late at night, pour it […]
