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Continue reading →: science & cooking
The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Alícia Foundation have developed a new General Education science course, “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter,” which recently began this Fall. The course — which is unfortunately limited to currently enrolled Harvard undergraduates —…
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Continue reading →: chris trapper + kristin cifelli
Back in high school, I used to work in San Francisco at the Macy’s in Union Square. I was a receptionist at what was at the time an Elizabeth Arden Red Door salon. I used to take BART back and forth between Hayward and the city after school to work…
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Continue reading →: new chocolate flavors
I think it’s possible that I am the only person that gets excited about new chocolate flavors, especially when it involves Taza. I stopped by Bloc 11 for an afternoon caffeine fix on Friday and came across their display of two new Taza chocolate flavors — coffee and salt & pepper…
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Continue reading →: the indo does lunch now
That’s right folks, you read it here, one of my favorite Somerville hang outs – The Independent – is now doing lunch! They offer a few brunch options plus a little bit of their regular menu from 11 am to 4 pm daily. I went there on Wednesday with three…
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Continue reading →: a day in new york
I never really understood what the phrase, “in a New York minute” meant until I actually visited the Big Apple shortly after moving to Boston. I had gone there with a good friend of mine from high school and even then — I think we were barely 21 years old…
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Continue reading →: spice & rice (cambridge)
What do you do when it’s 96 degrees outside and you didn’t bring a lunch to work? You order in! Yes, that’s right folks, me and a couple of coworkers were too chicken to face the heat and humidity by getting in our cars to seek out food this afternoon…
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Continue reading →: green land cafe (salem)
If you’re ever up in Salem, Massachusetts on a beautiful sunny day, look for Green Land Cafe. They have a nice outdoor patio area in the back, under some tall trees that provide a nice amount of shade for a nice dining experience.
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Continue reading →: sam’s at louis (boston)
A couple of Saturdays ago, Tony and I were sitting outside on the patio at Sam’s, a restaurant in the Louis building in South Boston. It was one of the first days where the humidity had finally dropped so it was nice and sunny outside without being muggy. We forced…
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Continue reading →: i made a blueberry cheesecake
I don’t know why but I had been craving cheesecake for a little while. It’s not something we have often during the year, and I think I’ve only made 3 or 4 times in my life. There’s something a little daunting about it to me for some reason. I’m not…

