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Edible Notables
INDIE FERM by Charlotte Malakoff Deep in the recesses of a Plymouth cul-de-sac, strange and wonderful things are afoot. Paul Nixon, a newly-commercial microbrewer—make that nanobrewer—is taking advantage of his LACK of scale to...
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by Katherine Rossmoore The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, the “Father of Western Medicine,” who incidentally, proclaimed, “Let food be thy medicine,” is said to have insisted that his first hospital be built by a stream so...
Read MoreWhat’s Cooking? Paula Marcoux
by Aja Amontea Cooking With Fire! Food historian, archaeologist, and edible SOUTH SHORE & SOUTH COAST Food Editor Paula Marcoux talks about her new cookbook, using live fire, and looking to the past for exciting cooking...
Read MoreMaking the Grade for Bluefin Tuna
Bluefin tuna make their grand entrance to our coastal waters in June, although it is rare to see...
Read MoreTrue Grist
by Paula Marcoux. Although we don’t remember it, we New Englanders used to eat hominy grits with at least as much enthusiasm and dedication as Southerners, only we termed our staple food samp, hasty-pudding, suppawn, mush*....
Read MoreHolly Hill Farm & Hingham High School: Composting Partnership
The Evolution of an On-Site Recycling Factory The seed was planted back in 2011, with a composting demonstration held at Hingham High School. Envision teenagers (over 1,000 of them) suddenly being asked to care for their food...
Read MoreHamming It Up
by Julia Powers New homeowners often have big plans for their backyards—a stone patio, a garden, or perhaps a pool. When Amy and Sam Hainer purchased their Norwell home four years ago, they too had big plans for the space out...
Read MoreGrist for the Mill Spring 2014
We say this over and over and apologize if you’ve heard it before, but the most intriguing thing we’ve learned since starting eSS&SC is how much we don’t know about what’s going on in our own food community! We are...
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Wine is food;
spray cheese is not.
Butter’s good; margarine is just yellow gunk.
Soil beats strip malls; food gardens are preferable to lawns; farmers, chefs, and artisans are our heroes.
