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The Lunchbox: 5 Good Reasons to Bring your Lunch

homeandoats wrote 5 days ago: From DW: leftovers for lunch 1. $10 a day x 5 days a week=$2600 a year. That could buy birthday dinn … more →

Tags: Cooking Chronicles, Do It Yourself

A Moment in the Kitchen: Mint Tea

homeandoats wrote 2 weeks ago: From JH: homegrown and handmade In my ongoing effort to use all of summer’s mint before winter … more →

Tags: Do It Yourself, Raw materials, Gift Ideas, reimagining

CONSIDER THE CHICKEN6 comments

bluejeangourmet wrote 1 month ago: Oh humble chicken, you have been much-abused.  Penned-in, overfed, packaged on sterile Styrofoam and … more →

Tags: make ahead, Meat, Chicken, Old School, Soup

Quick & Easy Lunch: Dried Cranberry & Goat Cheese Salad with Balsamic Dressing

danielle932 wrote 1 month ago: This is a delicious quick and easy lunch if your’e on the go.  The leftover cranberries and goat che … more →

Tags: Quick Lunches

Another Moment in the Kitchen with More Green Tomato Pickles

homeandoats wrote 1 month ago: From JH: ready for gifting Same great recipe. Just a new, more polished look. The labels, I bought a … more →

Tags: Cooking Chronicles, Do It Yourself, Gift Ideas

A Moment in the Kitchen: Roasted Tomato Sauce

homeandoats wrote 1 month ago: From JH: roasted H&O tomatoes With the very last of my garden’s ripe tomatoes, I decided t … more →

Tags: Cooking Chronicles, Do It Yourself, The Growth of a Garden

FEELIN' KINDA SUNDAY: STUFFED MUSHROOMS5 comments

bluejeangourmet wrote 1 month ago: This is one of those “back pocket” recipes; an easy-to-make, hard-to-mess-up crowd-pleaser you keep … more →

Tags: party food, Appetizers, make ahead, veggies, Football

FEELIN’ KINDA SUNDAY: ONION RINGS8 comments

bluejeangourmet wrote 1 month ago: My mother, she’s a very wise woman.  When I was still rather young, she impressed on me the importan … more →

Tags: Appetizers, Sides, Football, Fried

INDIA TRAVEL EDITION: SWAGATH - DELHI

cgfd wrote 2 months ago: FIND IT: 14, Defence Colony Market Delhi, India‎  011 24330930‎ Bottom Line:  From the first bite I … more →

Tags: Delhi, Indian, on the road again, Winning Streak

Brunch in Central Square2 comments

fwc wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been meaning to write up a post on brunches for awhile now. A is a big fan of brunch, so … more →

Tags: hoods, Cambridge, fwc, Local, Restaurants, Reviews, somerville, Top End

MARINATED SALAD15 comments

bluejeangourmet wrote 2 months ago: I can’t take any credit for this recipe. All of it goes to Veena. This is one of those dishes that a … more →

Tags: make ahead, Potluck-Friendly, Sides, Beans, healthy, Mama, salad, Savory, veggies

Showing bread who's boss4 comments

jturningpin wrote 2 months ago: I’ve started to get a bit antsy regarding the — let’s face it — blandness of … more →

Tags: Food, Japanese

A Moment in the Kitchen: Green Tomato Pickles7 comments

homeandoats wrote 3 months ago: From JH: the star fruit In earlier posts I mentioned my recent trip to see JB’s family in Cali … more →

Tags: Cooking Chronicles, Do It Yourself, Gift Ideas

A Fireplace Fix

homeandoats wrote 3 months ago: From DW: This is one of the best examples of “rigging” I have seen in some time. Good fr … more →

Tags: Do It Yourself, Raw materials, reimagining

How Do I Love My Ikea "Benjamin" Stool...

homeandoats wrote 3 months ago: From JH: tomato trellises and the beloved garden stool Let me count the ways… 1. It has simple … more →

Tags: gardening, The Growth of a Garden

BEIRUT TRAVEL EDITION: SULTAN BRAHIM, SULTAN OF MY DREAMS

cgfd wrote 3 months ago: DIWAN AL-SULTAN BRAHIM Avenue Charles Malek Achrafieh Beirut, Lebanon 01 56 57 57 / 03 56 57 57 http … more →

Tags: Beirut, Lebanese, on the road again, Winning Streak

BUTTERMILK BISCUITS & ZIPLOC-BAG OMELETS9 comments

bluejeangourmet wrote 4 months ago: I love breakfast.  A nice, leisurely, tummy-stuffing, weekend breakfast (or maybe brunch, depending … more →

Tags: Breakfast & Brunch, Baked Goods, buttermilk, kids, Eggs

Deal of the Day: Rachel Comey Rucksack

homeandoats wrote 4 months ago: From DW: contributor by rachel comey rucksack Yesterday, I jumped into Urban Outfitters in an effort … more →

Tags: Clothes and Accessories, I (Heart) Bikes

Urban Ore EcoPark

homeandoats wrote 4 months ago: From JH: an aisle of old french doors The Berkeley, CA equivalent of New York’s Build It Green … more →

Tags: Raw materials, recycling, reimagining


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