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The Weekend and More

I have a few fun ideas to share before I get down to the business of  listing the area’s weekend events. Fun idea #1 Remember last Sunday’s pretty green risotto?  Even though we all had se… more →

Jane Ward's Food and Fiction

The Weekend and More — 3 comments

authorjaneward wrote 1 year ago: I have a few fun ideas to share before I get down to the business of  listing the area’s weeke … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, food and fiction, AMESBURY SPORTS PARK, Peabody Essex Museum, Agrigirl's Blog, Paletas de Pepinos, Maudslay Arts Center Concerts, Arancini, what to do with leftover risotto

Hungry and Pea Green with Envy — 9 comments

authorjaneward wrote 1 year ago: Hunger was published in the spring of 2001 but I wrote most of it during 1998, starting in the fall … more →

Tags: A Writer at Home, Cider Hill Farm, roasted garlic potato salad, Tendercrop Farm, Middle Earth Farm, Hunger by Jane Ward, pea and scallion puree, blueberry-avocado salsa with lime

Shallots, Leeks, and a Really Sharp Knife — 1 comment

authorjaneward wrote 1 year ago: Thank goodness Patti Small likes knives.  After watching practitioners of the knife sharpening trade … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, food and fiction, Patti Small, on the edge Knife Sharpening, braised leeks, pickled shallots, choosing kitchen knives, Amesbury Days Block Party

Confessions of a Strawberry Fiend (and what to do this weekend) — 9 comments

authorjaneward wrote 1 year ago: Guilty.  Yesterday’s lunch was a Strawberry-and-Cream Sandwich. But this time of year, when th … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, food and fiction, Strawberries, Newburyport Farmers' Market, The Vintage Bazaar Salisbury, strawberries and cream sandwich, almond poundcake, Newburyport Art Walk, Downtown Amesbury Strawberry Festival

Strawberry Madness and Weekend Picks — 6 comments

authorjaneward wrote 1 year ago: On Monday I had two pints of fresh local strawberries in the refrigerator.  By Tuesday, one pint had … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, food and fiction, Drunken Strawberries, savory strawberry recipes, Leather District Gourmet, Jacqueline Church

Fava Beans — 5 comments

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: Finding fava beans in the market on Saturday filled me with such joy.  I love favas, but until last … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, Jabberwocky Bookshop, Newburyport Farmers' Market, Pasta with Fava Beans and Pesto, preparing fava beans, Newburyport Spring Fest, Lama Surya Das, Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center, Amesbury's Memorial Day Parade

North Shore Picks of the Weekend, May 20-22 — 1 comment

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: This weekend, I have chosen my own book-author event as a “pick” for the weekend.  I hop … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, Jabberwocky Bookshop, The Mosaic Artist, Jane Ward, Amesbury First Festival, Amesbury Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Red Cross, 8th Annual Newburyport Chocolate Tour

North Shore Picks of the Weekend, May 13-15 — 1 comment

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: I have my fingers crossed for sunshine.  And also for some asparagus still being available by the ti … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, Newburyport Farmers' Market, Massachusetts Poetry Festival, downtown salem, Looks Don't Count

Picks of the Weekend, April 29-May 1 — 1 comment

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: Newburyport is one happening little city this weekend.  Drive on over to take in the food and litera … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, Jabberwocky Bookshop, The Book Rack, Newburyport Farmers' Market, Newburyport Literary Festival

North Shore Picks of the Weekend, February 10-13 — 1 comment

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: No surprise, this weekend is full of events that concern love, and not just the romantic kind.  Area … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Stoneham Theatre, Firehouse Theatre, Merrimack Valley Bald Eagle Festival, Leary's Fine Wines, Chococoa Baking Company

North Shore Picks of the Weekend 2/3-2/6 — 1 comment

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: Before I get to my food and cultural picks for the weekend of February 2-6, I want to report on my t … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, Alice's Tea Cup, Molasses Cookies, The Music Hall Portsmouth, Elizabeth Gilbert, Art Round Town Portsmouth, Chez Boucher Cooking School, Chez Bouchon, AMESBURY SPORTS PARK

Picks of the Weekend 1/21-1/23

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: NEWBURYPORT ART ASSOCIATION, Newburyport, MA Winter Open Members’ Show Watercolor, Pastel, Photograp … more →

Tags: North Shore Weekend Picks, Newburyport Art Association, Jabberwocky Bookshop, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Picks of the Weekend, Firehouse Theatre, players' ring theatre, Newburyport Winter Carnival

Battle Butternut — 5 comments

authorjaneward wrote 2 years ago: (Folks, I am taking on my nemesis orange vegetable, the winter squash in all its varieties.  If I fi … more →

Tags: Cooking From the Farms, Heron Pond Farm, CSA, BUTTERNUT SQUASH, grapeseed oil, Pan-roasted Butternut Squash with Rosemary and Balsamic, Kathleen Volp


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