When we heard our friend Darren was planning to visit from Maine we immediately placed an order for lobsters. How can you not when a 1 1/4-pound lobster costs only $5? Well, pity the pour lobster fishermen. This recession has knocked the stuffing out of the lobster market. But we are happy to step up […]
Whenever our artist friend Bob is in town we look forward to an invitation to his cabin in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley where there’s usually some rip-roaring fun to be had behind an inevitably unusual food experience. I don’t think Bob does this by design. He’s just a very opportunistic eater. In this case, a neighbor […]
Tags:barbecue·goat·spit roasting
Our kitchen could be in a museum, it’s so old. But it’s big enough to fit a dinner party, start to finish, and the big island has enough counter space for a substantial buffet, a real advantage feeding a crowd. When six friends came to dinner last night we went to the pantry for hors […]
Tags:buffets·entertaining·pickles
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