Monthly Archives: August 2011

Food Therapy from Powisset Farm

Photo: Todd Dimmick

Since PRK’s been missing the chronicles of Powisset Farm’s Meryl LaTronica these past couple of months, we thought it would be fun to bring you some Food Therapy not from Meryl, directly, but from the blog that has grown from the fruits of her labor.

Enter Tod Dimmick. Tod curates and writes the Powisset Farm blog, created to help Powisset’s CSA members make the most of their bountiful shares — a common refrain. You might think of the blog as more or less a recipe box, one full of interesting, accessible, tantalizing recipes. I hungered after these, especially: Fried Sage Carbonara, Fennel and Chicken Slaw (above), Zucchini and Herb Fritters and Quick Whole Grain Corn Bread.

These are just my favs, however. Peruse the index of Powisset-inspired recipes to your heart’s delight. There are a lot of them! Tod’s been doing a whole lot of great eating — and drinking. He writes the wine column TastingTimes as well.

What Boston Eats: Brunch Downtown

Restaurant reviewer/midwife Sarah Kleinman of Boston Eats put on a fancy dress recently and dined downtown at The Fairmont Copley’s venerated Oak Room.

True to form, Sarah added a unique twist — a voucher!! — to the meal, making it that much sweeter. Hear about her Oak Room “experience.” Carousel or no carousel, she’d go back.

A Food Tour of Concord, MA: Part Two

In Part One of this tour, I left off at two tantalizing markets in Concord: The Concord Cheese Shop and Farfalle Italian Market–both of which offer high-quality homemade goods. In this second post, I focus on two farms where ingredients, rather than prepared foods, are the highlight. Gaining Ground and Hutchins Farm are two very different operations; however, both are rooted in Concord soil and strive for fresh, honest produce. Munch, munch…

Gaining Ground, 315 Virginia Road, Concord, MA

Kaleigh Boyle, Gaining Ground Farm Coordinator

Gaining Ground is a unique and inspiring initiative. This not-for-profit farm, founded in 1994 by Concord resident Jamie Bemis, donates all of its produce to food pantries and families in need throughout the Boston area. Even more impressively, Gaining Ground relies heavily on volunteer labor.

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