There have been years, like the ones when we had our restaurant in Provincetown, when I did not think a lot about the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, where […]
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CHEF AT HOME
Two Schools of Fluke
Now’s the time for summer flounder, pan fried the old-fashioned way or plated raw in a crudo
I haven’t had much luck fishing this summer. There have been a few bluefish, sure. As for striped bass, I haven’t caught one keeper. They say the fluke are in […]
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 […]
BACKYARD PANTRY
Wild Cherry Cough Syrup
Collect native black cherry bark now for a homemade winter cold remedy
Earlier this summer, I discovered a wild cherry tree growing off my back porch. I noticed one variety, then a second, and learned from a friend and Cape Cod National […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
Blueberry Lemonade With a Bite
Summer fruit cocktails that aren’t at all cloying
The fleeting joy of summer is something we wait for all year here on the Outer Cape and, yet, it is almost gone before we know it. Right now, August […]
KITCHEN TABLE
How to Make a Fish Face
A landlocked Okie ventures beyond fish fingers
Growing up in Oklahoma I could never have imagined eating a fish with the head still on. Like most Americans in landlocked states, when I was a kid, I expected […]
SQUID INK
Summertime and the Jigging Is Easy
When the squid come in, wonder, respect, beer, the grill
WELLFLEET — I parked at Newcomb’s, front row for a surf check, and had not yet left the car when my friend Al walked over, rubbing the head of his […]
SUMMERTIME BLUES
Reviving a Smoked Bluefish Ritual
The delicate flavor of hard-earned summer leisure
TRURO — Like many men of his generation, my father was not much of a cook. He was good with burgers and steaks and made a fine tuna salad. But […]
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 […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
White Sangria Is the Essence of Summer
A drink for summer time-traveling to Spain
It was the year of the Chicken Dance and I was studying abroad in the old university town of Salamanca, Spain. Dictator Francisco Franco had been dead just a few […]
HARD (AND SOFT) LICKS
It’s the Time of the Season for Ice Cream
Our comprehensive survey of the landscape of frozen pleasures
The warm temperatures and the parade of cars could mean only one thing. It was time to stop standing at the kitchen counter eating ice cream straight out of the […]
PORTUGUESE FESTIVAL 2020
The Women Behind Cookie’s Tap: Valentina and Her Nana
Massa sovada, squid stew, and the ingredients of home, reimagined
TRURO — Valentina Cook-Wheeler isn’t one to talk about herself. But she does have some stories to tell. Although she lives in Truro now, she is not only a third-generation […]
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
A Bittersweet Cake for a First Careful Cookout
Dessert around a fire, with proof of our juicy world-traveling past
I know June is pretty much the end of the line for oranges. But I am sure that there are still a few to be rummaged up on countertops across […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
Taking a G&T Over the Top
Better tonic, muddled mint, and elderflower
Memorial Day, marking the unofficial start of summer, has come and gone this year in a way unlike any before: no crowds, no traffic, no large gatherings. Only the middling […]
