Food Friday: Rites of Summer
Here we are in the first week of June and already it has been so stinking hot that I can barely think about eating, let alone cooking. When start to think about food, I am already daydreaming about nice cool, summertime foods that do not require a lick of cooking: watermelon, strawberries, icy bowls of […]
Blue Crab Populations are Down, But Experts are Not Worried
The number of blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay is down slightly from last year, to 317 million, but researchers said the numbers are manageable and they see “no serious reason for concern.” The population estimates come from the annual winter dredge survey released last month by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Virginia Institute […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Thank Goodness for the Hot Dog
Wine of the Week: Cesanese Del Piglio DOCG
This weekend we will taste a new red wine, the Cesanese Del Piglio DOCG $18.50 w/o tax) from the Pileum winery in Ciociaria, Lazio, between Rome and Naples. The grape’s name derives from Cesano, a small town south of Rome. There are two varieties of this indigenous grape, and we will be tasting the Cesanese di […]