EASTHAM — Patience, perseverance, and 25 dollars. In Eastham, if you have all three, you can buy a year’s worth of serenity, plein air exercise, and sustainably harvested seafood: you […]
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KNEADED
A Challah to Make You Holler
The perfect loaf for a day of shouting
We’re coming up on the high holy days of the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, which starts at sundown on Sunday the 25th, signals the start of […]
COOK’S KITCHEN
A Soleful Breakfast
Fresh-caught flounder, sunny eggs, ripe tomatoes, and a good cup of coffee start a sailor’s weekend
Cooking with friends who also love to cook puts things right for me. It’s like when musicians jam — we play, become inspired, and riff on classics, and our payoff […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
In Defense of a Drink That’s Pretty, Tart, and Juicy
A Cosmo is for when you need to find the ingenue in you
I’ve been shamed by more bartenders than I can count for ordering a Cosmopolitan. Most of the time, it’s been done with a quick but telling glance, though at my […]
THE ESSENTIALS
End of Summer Lobster Stew
Serve, if possible, by a window with a view
Sand dunes and salty air and lobster stew — I love everything Patti Page sang about, though, curiously, “Old Cape Cod” fills me with nostalgia for a past I never […]
FROM THE LARDER
You Say Tomato, I Say Tonnato
An Italian tuna mayo made for late summer lunches
Vitello tonnato is one of my summer specialties. But when I told Teresa about it, she turned me down cold. “That’s such a weird dish,” she said. The version I […]
FROM THE LARDER
Stalking the Elusive Red Currant
A once-forbidden fruit becomes a sparkling jelly
I got this text in mid-July: “Dani says to tell you that she has ripe currants if you’re interested.” Currant cultivation was, I had thought, forbidden in Massachusetts. But legal […]
COOK’S KITCHEN
Corn Chowder With BLT Salsa Is a Marriage Made in August
A light, no-cream soup is the base for a bacon, herb, and tomato topping
When my next-door neighbor left a bag of local corn and tomatoes on my doorstep, it was like Christmas in July. I am polyamorous when it comes to corn and […]
COOK’S KITCHEN
A Gift of Preserved Lemons Awakens a Mussel Memory
Chatham mussels meld deliciously with North African flavors
Mussels will always seem glamorous to me. The first time I had them, they were presented so artfully: a small woman carrying a steaming, oversized stainless-steel pot walked into the […]
TAKING OUR LICKS
The Sweetest Scoops of the Season
The Indie staff picks favorites from salted caramel chocolate pretzel to tangerine. What’s yours?
“Let’s skip it this year,” said K.C. Myers, feeling jaded about the ice cream survey. “We’ve tasted it all before.” But that was before summer really heated up, before the […]
THE ESSENTIALS
A Platter of Zucchini Fritti, Just Like Aunt Lil’s
Sultry seaside air inspires a quest to recover a crisp, salty taste memory
It’s that time of year. Unlike some people, I don’t dodge neighbors heading my way with a basketful of zucchini. This beautiful, versatile vegetable can be sautéed, frittered, grilled, or […]
TAKING OUR LICKS
The Sweetest Scoops of the Season
The Indie staff picks favorites from salted caramel chocolate pretzel to tangerine. What’s yours?
“Let’s skip it this year,” said K.C. Myers, feeling jaded about the ice cream survey. “We’ve tasted it all before.” But that was before summer really heated up, before the […]
FORAGING
A Secret Path to the Season’s Sweetness
Picking wild blueberries is a labor of love, with benefits
TRURO — I wasn’t sure what to expect when my boyfriend, Miles, headed down an unfamiliar sandy path lined with scrubby green underbrush. “Follow me,” was all he said. We […]
FROM THE LARDER
A Couple’s Flavorful Connections Between the Cape and Kalamata
Fresh Greek olive oil is the secret to a silky gazpacho
Olive oil may have always been ubiquitous in some lucky American subcultures, but it wasn’t in mine. I remember the first time my mother ran across olive oil on an […]
MEET THE MAKER
Behind Cape Cod’s Outermost Roast
John Simonian brews a career from love of a good cup of coffee
EASTHAM — John Simonian starts every day with a good cup of coffee. Then he goes to work making coffee for the rest of us. He’s not a barista. He’s […]
