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Summer Pudding Chronicles With berries and bread, you can make a delectable summer pudding	Roz Cummins	28 Aug 2008	'Tis the Season
For years, I've drooled over photos of summer pudding -- a traditional British dessert that's the same deep blue and purple color as a serious bruise. Summer pudding features a little bread and a lot of berries, and Massachusetts, where I live, is known for its delicious late-summer harvests of raspberries, blueberries, etc. One of these summers, I've long thought to myself, Olde ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

From Vegan to Hog Butcher Getting to the meat of the matter with Boston chef Jamie Bissonnette	Roz Cummins	31 Jul 2008	'Tis the Season
Jamie Bissonnette. In my most recent article, I described my experience attending a hog-butchering workshop led by Boston chef Jamie Bissonnette. He mentioned during the workshop that he had been a vegan when he was younger. I wanted to find out more about what would make someone change his eating habits so dramatically, so I set up an interview with Jamie to talk about the i ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season, vegetarianism and veganism (all these topics)

Confronting Your Inner Carnivore If you're going to eat meat, you can't shy away from the whole beast	Roz Cummins	17 Jul 2008	'Tis the Season
Ready to meat its maker. A few months ago, I decided to force myself to confront issues surrounding meat-eating head on -- so to speak -- by attending a hog-butchering class. Taught by Boston chef Jamie Bissonnette of KO Prime and offered through the Chefs Collaborative, the class focused on utilizing the whole animal, from head to tail. As usual, I was beset by the ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Good Home Cooking How author Betsy Block convinced her finicky family to mend their dietary ways	Roz Cummins	03 Jul 2008	'Tis the Season
In her new book The Dinner Diaries: Raising Whole Wheat Kids in a White Bread World, Betsy Block writes compellingly about trying to feed one's family and oneself in a nutritious, sustainable, economical, and harmonious way -- and dealing with various likes and dislikes within the family dining unit. Betsy Block Photo: Andrew Pockrose I imagine reviewers will liken the expe ...
Topics: books, food, green living, interview, parenting, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Response from Alton Brown Celeb chef clarifies his relationship with Greenpeace	Grist	01 Jul 2008	Gristmill
A couple of weeks ago, we ran an interview with Food Network chef Alton Brown about his new sustainability efforts. In the course of the piece, Roz Cummins asked him if he'd be willing to crew on a Greenpeace boat, and he said yes -- an answer that's apparently been repeated and miscontextualized all over the place. Brown dropped us a note to clarify his position. Here's what he has to say: Dear Editor, Just to set the record straight: Although I would be very interested in ...
Topics: food, grassroots activism, interview, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Brown is the New Green Food Network star Alton Brown adds a pinch of sustainability to the pot	Roz Cummins	19 Jun 2008	'Tis the Season
Alton Brown: Boy meets salmon. Photo: Studio Chambers The Portola Caf� and Restaurant, the fine-dining venue within the Monterey Bay Aquarium, is an airy, light-filled space surrounded by windows on three sides. The soothing, understated interior showcases a breathtaking view of Monterey Bay, where one can watch otters wrap themselves in kelp while cormorants swim and dive ne ...
Topics: celebrity, food, green living, interview, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Red, White, and Green A primer on organic wines, and a sweet way to bring them to the table	Roz Cummins	05 Jun 2008	'Tis the Season
Psst! Organic wine doesn't suck. About 15 years ago, a friend brought an organic wine to a dinner party I was giving. He explained to me that in addition to being made from grapes that are grown organically, organic wines don't contain any added sulfites (some sulfites occur naturally as a result of the fermentation process). Since I try hard to use organic products as much as I ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Lessons from a sustainable-food conference at the Monterey Bay Aquarium	Roz Cummins	22 May 2008	'Tis the Season
Information you can eat. Photo: Monterey Bay Aquarium/Randy Wilder A couple of months ago, I wrote about how the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California comes up with its wallet-sized cards -- the ones that tell us what seafood choices are sustainable. I got so interested in the topic that when I got an invitation to attend the aquarium's annual Cooking for Solutions conference, ...
Topics: food, green living, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Liquid Gold How to use extra-virgin olive oils, from the extraordinary to the merely wonderful	Roz Cummins	08 May 2008	'Tis the Season
I met with my friend, chef Didi Emmons, on a recent spring morning for breakfast in Harvard Square. We met at the Hi-Rise Pie Company, where we bought a loaf of potato bread and crept up the stairs to the little rooms filled with ancient chairs and tables. Peak oil. Didi pulled a dark green glass bottle from her rucksack. I wondered what the other patrons thought, since it wa ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

In My Salad Daze Here's a dressing that passes muster without cutting the mustard	Roz Cummins	24 Apr 2008	'Tis the Season
Now that spring is well and truly here, I can't wait for local produce to appear in the farmers' markets. In New England, that moment is still many weeks away, sadly, but at least now it seems possible -- unlike in the winter, when the farmers' markets I frequent show off piles of dirty snow, not heirloom tomatoes. I love to make and eat salad, so while I while away the weeks waiting for ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Going With the Grain While food prices rise, here's a stick-to-your-ribs pasta dish that won't cause sticker shock	Roz Cummins	10 Apr 2008	'Tis the Season
Every time I go to the supermarket lately, I get sticker shock. Why is it suddenly costing an arm and a leg to keep body and soul together? Part of the explanation lies in recent developments at the gas station. Skyrocketing fuel prices translate to higher costs for growing and transporting food -- and higher retail prices for us. Then there's the biof ...
Topics: agriculture, food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Fish Stories How the Monterey Bay Aquarium makes its safe-seafood list -- plus a seafood recipe you can feel good about	Roz Cummins	27 Mar 2008	'Tis the Season
When it comes to safe seafood, the list-makers don't horse around. Photo: SqueakyMarmot Back in the late 1990s, I happened to attend an exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California called "Fishing for Solutions." The experience profoundly changed my attitude toward seafood and the supposedly limitless abundance of the sea. The exhib ...
Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, green living, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Spring Is in the Pasta Drive a stake into winter's cold heart with a creamy, dreamy noodle dish	Roz Cummins	13 Mar 2008	'Tis the Season
Goodbye winter, hello primavera. Photo: iStockphoto I love March. Why? Because I hate winter. I hate shoveling, I hate walking on ice, and I especially hate always having to look at the ground when I'm walking, instead of at all the people and things around me. With the exception of cross-country skiing and being able to do stuff indoors without feeling guilty about not ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Seas Sick Fishing for hope at a seafood-industry trade show	Roz Cummins	28 Feb 2008	'Tis the Season
Photo: Chris Seufert Viewed from a distance, the Boston Convention Center looks a bit like a great white whale -- an appropriate setting for the annual International Boston Seafood Show. The building's vast interior offers great vistas for people-watching, often through huge glass windows. People move through the hallways and aisles in large groups; watching them was a bit like gawking at schools of fish th ...
Topics: food, green living, oceans, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Immaculate Confections A pair of decadent desserts guaranteed to sweeten up your Valentine's Day	Roz Cummins	14 Feb 2008	'Tis the Season
Like every food writer the world over, I am duty-bound to offer a chocolate recipe for Valentine's Day. I was fortunate to get a recipe for Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes from the Woodstar Caf� in Northampton, Mass., a bakery whose goods are so delicious that I have been known to eat there twice a day when I'm in town. Nothing says I Love You like a cannel�. Photo: Canto 6 Bak ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

On Pigskins and Vegans A noncarnivorous path to Super Bowl-snack nirvana	Roz Cummins	31 Jan 2008	'Tis the Season
Three cheers for vegan snacks! Photo: iStockphoto I have tried and tried to learn about football. Many people have taken the time to sit patiently by my side while a game is on and gently whisper explanations like, "OK, see, there are a series of things called downs ..." Right away, my mind trails off. Despite my total lack of comprehension of anything that happens on the field, I enjoy ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, sports, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Good Thymes and Bad A food writer looks back at 2007, from supermarket monstrosities to organic-garden epiphanies	Roz Cummins	10 Jan 2008	'Tis the Season
While I peeled the apples for Apple Brown Betty recently (see recipe below), I had time to think about the food-related highs and lows of the past year. What was my most disconcerting food experience of 2007? Three interactions with the industrial food system vie for first place. We're holding out for grape-sized apples. Photo: Digital Visions 1) Last we ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Pearls of Wisdom How I shucked my oyster ambivalence and learned to love the noble bivalve	Roz Cummins	13 Dec 2007	'Tis the Season
I've lived in Boston for years, but for some reason, I had never visited nearby Portland, Maine -- until last week, that is. I chose a dramatic occasion for my Portland debut: an Oyster Tasting Night put on by Slow Food Portland. Aw, shucks. Photo: pingpongdeath My previous opinion about the celebrated bivalve was decidedly lukewarm. My lack of oyster enthusiasm once even forced ...
Topics: food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

The Gingerbread Diaries Building an eco-home from a favorite holiday sweet	Roz Cummins	29 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
When my friend Deanna told me that she wanted to make a gingerbread house this year -- and, in particular, to do so on Black Friday, aka Buy Nothing Day -- I immediately asked if we could make an environmentally sound house. The chances of my ever being able to afford the real-life eco-house of my dreams are slim unless I win the lottery, but I figured I could at least afford the gingerbread ver ...
Topics: food, green building, green living, holiday, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Giving Thanks A recipe for no-boil pumpkin lasagna	Roz Cummins	15 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
For most of my adult life I've been anti-lasagna. It's not that I refuse to eat it. Quite the reverse! I love to eat lasagna. I just refused to make it. The idea of boiling giant, unwieldy sheets of pasta always got on my nerves. It didn't seem worth it, no matter how delicious the result. For years, a little depiction of a pan of lasagna superimposed with one of those internationally recognized "No!" cir ...
Topics: food, holiday, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Botched Alaska An unseasonably warm night and a doomed-to-melt dessert	Roz Cummins	01 Nov 2007	'Tis the Season
November is the new September. -- Aladdin Ossorio I've been itching to make a Baked Alaska. In 1989, the year the Exxon Valdez spilled oil all over Prince William Sound, my friends and I had several Baked Alaska parties featuring a whiskey-laced "Exxon Valdez Fudge Sauce" that I concocted to recreate the oil slick -- and to commemorate the fact that Captain Hazelwood reputedly imbibed a ...
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Girls Just Wanna Have Farm On accepting invitations from strangers, and a harvest festival	Roz Cummins	18 Oct 2007	'Tis the Season
A few years ago, I heard an actor say on a talk show that he had decided if someone invited him to a party, he was going to attend, whether he knew the person or not. When I repeated that to my friend Pagan Kennedy a few days later, she responded, "That's great! That should be my policy!" Then, half a heartbeat later, she said, "Wait a minute! That is my policy!&qu ...
Topics: agriculture, food, Massachusetts, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Last Swim with Henry Dave An autumn swim at Walden, a warm robe, and a piping hot bowl of soup	Roz Cummins	04 Oct 2007	'Tis the Season
Walden Pond, a hit with tourists and Transcendentalists. Photo: Sonny Morningstar It's an odd fraternity, the group of people who continue to swim at Walden Pond well past Labor Day. Dusk comes earlier and earlier and the water begins to cool, but these autumn swims are one of the great pleasures of my life -- and, of course, each swim feels increasingly precious as we move i ...
Topics: food, Massachusetts, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Junk Food Junkies On kids, zucchini, and an experiment with pizza soup	Roz Cummins	20 Sep 2007	'Tis the Season
A few weeks ago, when I made zucchini blueberry bread with my friends' kids, it was revealed that one of them didn't care much for zucchini in its non-dessert incarnations, seeing as how it was a vegetable and all. So I challenged myself to invent some kid-friendly zucchini dishes to see if I could get him to enjoy it and include it in his list of things he might -- might -- consider eating. Do I ha ...
Topics: food, health, parenting, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

A Summer Send-Off As the season fades, it's time for one last blueberry blowout	Roz Cummins	06 Sep 2007	'Tis the Season
Before summer gets away from me entirely, I'd like to share a few more moments from the Northeast Organic Farming Association conference I went to a couple of weeks ago. (By the way, I referred to it as the Farmers' Association last time, which may seem like a small difference, but is actually an important one: you need not be a farmer to be a member.) It was a berry good year. Photo: iStoc ...
Topics: food, organic food, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

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