The Gloucester Farmers Market will be held for one last date – just in time to fill the Thanksgiving sideboard – Saturday, November 19th, at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Gloucester.
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A Thanksgiving Market in Gloucester
Written by Heather Atwood on October 28th, 2011Essex Clam Chowder Festival – and the winner is….
Written by Heather Atwood on October 26th, 2011
Tidal estuaries thread the village of Essex, famous for a strip of road that meets the Essex River with antiques and fried clams. For a quarter mile, every other building on the salt marsh-banked road offers either some of the world’s best old furniture or the best clams, which supposedly were first dipped in cornmeal and dropped in hot oil right here a hundred years ago.
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Pan-Seared Chicken with Barberries and Leeks
Written by Heather Atwood on October 23rd, 2011
Until last year I ignorantly considered barberry bushes, Berberis vulgaris, a useless suburban foundation planting: tall, thorny, seemingly more stick than foliage with berries only a bird could love.
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Quince Tarte Tatin and some pie crust facts
Written by Heather Atwood on October 19th, 2011
I recently assigned my thirteen-year-old daughter the task of making a croustade to take to dinner at our friends’ house. A card-carrying Taurus, Georgia makes pastry with intense deliberation. This particular tart – crust loosely enclosing chanterelle mushrooms, toasted prosciutto, and goat cheese – she’d proudly invented that afternoon.
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Casting Call for the next Fox MasterChef!
Written by Heather Atwood on October 18th, 2011
CASTING CALL IN BOSTON - FOX TV is headed to Boston on NOVEMBER 5th to hold an open casting call for the third season of MasterChef.
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Toasted Orrechiette with Fresh Corn and Shitake Mushrooms
Written by Heather Atwood on October 16th, 2011
Rockport’s Harvest Fest this Saturday!
Written by Heather Atwood on October 13th, 2011
This Saturday, beneath an enormous white tent on Rockport’s T Wharf Harvest Fest will celebrate autumn with a glorious bounty of local talent.
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Hoarding Sunshine; Fish Tacos with Roasted Salsa
Written by Heather Atwood on October 12th, 2011
The last of the season’s tomatoes are like the last beach days; they must be devoured with gluttony, juices running down our chins, forget the sunscreen; Grab all like a hoarder before the cold, colorless months begin.
Tabitha Vevers’ Art Post and Chris Schlesinger’s Barbecued Oysters in Their Shells
Written by Heather Atwood on October 9th, 2011
Tabitha Vevers: The Art of Survival is currently on view at Clark Gallery thru October 30. Her intimate and mysterious works are iconic and devotional, with imagery that is often beautiful, sexually charged and provocative. Gold leaf, exquisite color, and meticulously rendered figures enhance the emotional intensity of the work.
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Monks’ Bowls from The Organic Garden Cafe
Written by Heather Atwood on October 6th, 2011
Monks Bowls, layers of fresh greens and grains draped in a flavorful soup, and topped with anything seasonal from chopped avocado to dried cranberries, are always on the menu at The Organic Garden Cafe in Beverly, served with a ladle of Buddhist history.
