Food Friday: Store-Bought for Mother’s Day
Here is a little news update for you: Mother’s Day is Sunday. You might have noticed the floral displays of potted hydrangeas, and cut roses, and bunches of tulips near the front entrance to the grocery store, and thought nothing more than, “My goodness, spring has sprung.” And then bustled along to complete your original […]
Exciting Breakthroughs in Medicine by Angela Rieck
The Invisible Kingdom is a book that chronicles Meghan O’Rourke’s struggle with an undiagnosed auto-immune disease. She describes the decade-long journey to get treatment for an autoimmune disorder that defied classification and, therefore, treatment. She finally tried a radical solution that is not recommended by the medical establishment, but it worked for her. The one […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Biking Over to Tschantre & Sons
John A. Tschantre & Sons Co. was a successful jeweler and watchmaker in Cambridge in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Philanthropist Ed Satell to be Honored by Temple B’Nai Israel
What makes successful people give away their wealth? Do they want to have their names memorialized on buildings or institutions? Or do they have an internal desire to “do good?” Ed Satell joins a long line of successful entrepreneurs who have exhibited corporate social responsibility through his millions of dollars of philanthropy. On June 8th […]
Chesapeake Lens: Double Take by Richard Shanks
A great blue heron rises just after sunset in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.
Wine of the Week: Le Calle Poggio D’Oro Montecucco Sangiovese DOCG
Last weekend at Piazza Italian Market, we tasted an outstanding Rosato made in Toscana from 100% Sangiovese grapes; this weekend we will return to Toscana to taste a fully vinified 100% Sangiovese, the Le Calle Poggio D’Oro Montecucco Sangiovese DOCG ($26.95), from the Le Calle winery in the high Maremma area of Tuscany. Located in the Montecucco DOC, […]