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Alexandra Dimodica
LOCAL BITES
Island Gourmet
Grab the ferry this weekend and devour dishes at these island kitchens through Sunday–it’s Nantucket Restaurant Week.
Support your favorite market
The 2010 America’s Favorite Farmers’ Market contest is underway. Show some love and get out your vote!
Preparing for the CSA Season
You’ve already begun to dream of fresh veggies, but are you ready to make the most of the season? Experienced blogger “Nita-Nee” provides some helpful hints.
Make delicious dishes without breaking the bank
Blogger Amy McCoy of Poor Girl Gourmet gives foodies on a budget a recipe for success in her new book.
Find your lucky four-leaf clover in a new location
Clover Food Lab’s new Dewey Square location dishes out homemade treats. Sorry, no leprechauns or pots of gold for sale.
“Fresh” events
Ana Sofia Joanes presents her film Fresh to the Boston audience and urges viewers not to just sit back and eat but become active in local slow food events (e.g., The Wine Bottega and Taza Chocolate are teaming up this weekend).
The Green Monster’s wives put food on the table
The Red Sox Wives Can and Cash Drive, a fundraiser for The Greater Boston Food Bank, is in season.
Visit the aquarium…for dinner.
On June 22nd chef-owner Michael Leviton of Lumiere in Newton brings the sea to shore at the New England Aquarium for its Celebrate Seafood Dinner Series. Conchs are no longer just for hearing the ocean.
Fresh Farm Meals on the Cape
Join the Cape Cod Culinary Farm Tour on June 24th! RSVP by Friday, June 18th, to Julia Grimaldi, 857-498-2632, Julia.grimaldi@state.ma.us or David Webber, 617-626-1754, david.webber@state.ma.us.
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NATIONAL TREATS
In the rest of the country …
Ketchup becomes (a bit) healthier: Hunts ketchup bids high fructose corn syrup a sweet farewell. (And what a photo on Rosie’s site. That’s real, folks!)
The return of Julia Child
Scripps Networks removed Fine Living from their menu and added the Cooking Channel to its network offerings. While the channel and many of the hosts are new, Julia Child is not. And she’s back!
Effects of the oil spill: perception v. reality
Members of the seafood industry believe seafood lovers may stray away from seasonal favorites on account of the BP oil disaster.
Are you an urban-dweller who dreams of the farm?
Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s newest book The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers gives the ins and outs of his move from city to country.
Because food is life…
Jessica Maillet, A Fete for Food blogger, brought her love for food to New York City for the Food for Your Whole Life Symposium.