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Alexandra Dimodica

LOCAL BITES

So, you’ve picked up your CSA veggies. Now what?
Food on the Food and Semi Sweet Online bloggers share some recent CSA-inspired recipes that will have you cooking in no time.

Green Thumb Gardening
Cave Cibum blogger shares some suburban gardening tricks of the trade and wonderful photos for those of you who are spending the season in the city.

Boston Beer Week in full swing
Tomorrow and Saturday, the American Craft Beer Fest hits the WTC, Boston.

Sumptuous Summer Food Samplings
The 2010 Summer Chef Series at Smolak Farms is right around the bend and so is the farm!

Chow down at Chowderfest
June 27th is the 30th annual WCod Chowderfest. 

Happy Quahog Day!
Celebrate June 21st with a meal at Hemisphere Restaurant and a meet and greet with Cape Cod’s ‘official’ quahog, Doug.  Because every shellfish deserves a little appreciation…

If your classic recipes seem stale…
Join Diane Gardner’s Kitchen Club for New England-inspired recipe ideas.

In the mood for love?
Brew some Courtship Tea, a black tea blend created exclusively for Donna and Ron Lasko, tea consultants and lecturers in Osterville, MA. It’s no love potion, but it may just do the trick.
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NATIONAL TREATS

It’s almost nothing like the YMCA camp of your youth
New York City chefs, writers, and foodies flock upstate to Farm Camp and learn a thing or two about poultry, food production and farm living.

How would you like that cooked?
Even if your answer to that question has never been “medium raw,” you may still want to check out Anthony Bourdain’s newest book and his recent interview with Tom Ashbrook of “On Point.”

International treasure
Now that the weather is a bit too hot for one of your favorite comfort soups, tis perhaps the season to try this melon gazpacho recipe, which hails from London.