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Grist for the Mill Fall 2015

Lost in the woods. Well, not really lost, just disoriented enough to cause concerns of ‘being ill-prepared’ without a map, water, and tick repellant. I may be exaggerating a bit, but our mushroom foraging foray did stretch out...

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Liquid Assets • Bradford VODKA

By Matt LaBombard Proves Handcrafted is Simply Better I woke up on a rainy Sunday with a pounding head. It had been a long night with what I can only express as too many rounds with José Cuervo, and dance moves that could have...

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Couch Potato : Tasting Wine & Cheese

By Brooke McDonough.   Reading Adam Centamore’s Tasting Wine and Cheese is akin to taking a course in the art of pairing. It’s no wonder; Centamore teaches an interactive pairing workshop at the Boston Wine School, which is...

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What’s Cooking • Loving Lard

A much-maligned fat makes a comeback By Peter Burrows  As told to edible South Shore & South Coast Q: We’ve been trained all our lives to say, “Eww, lard.” What’s changed? A: The last few generations of Americans have been...

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Queen Bee and the ‘Art’ of Beekeeping

When you think about a queen, images of crowns and castles from movies and books probably come to mind. And yes, there are some similarities to the honeybee queen and our historical and fairytale queens. She is a powerful ruler...

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Edible Oddity • TURKEY CROSSING

Why? Why did the turkey cross the road? (It was the chicken’s day off!) Why did the turkey cross the road twice? (To prove he wasn’t chicken!) Why let the chickens have all the fun? Street sign on Route 58 in Carver,...

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