I made the cucumber ice cream from the contest last year (or the year before?) but am looking forward to making at least several of this year's...probably starting with the key lime!

The Boston Chinatown is a great resource. I often go to Haymarket first on Saturday mornings, then stroll over to Chinatown for other groceries, and pick up a Vietnamese sandwich...and find that I...

This sounds really creative! If I had had time to create an entry, I was going to do something with goat cheese, so this is right up my alley. I also agree that cats make great testers since they...

I was just wondering if an ice cream made with sparkling water would taste "sparkly". I'll give this a try when I next make ice cream!

spaghetti-os! my best friend's mom always gave that to us when I went to her house, along with peanut butter and green apples. Also I just found a recipe for banana pudding in an inherited cookboo...

Oh no, cat on the kitchen counter--eek!

I learned the sour milk trick awhile back and have never looked back!

I don't mind accomodating allergies, religious restrictions or if someone is a vegetarian, but if someone "doesnt' like something"-- that's a different story.

I've seen it a couple places here in Boston-- Burton's in Fenway and maybe also The Alchemist.

I'd love to grill up some fish and veggies-- it would be amazing to grill even in a Boston winter!

I've been putting coffee and water in a french press and just letting it sit overnight in the fridge, then pressing it in the am (kind of like cold pressed coffee). It's very easy!

The best defense is to share the offense!

I also had a roasted beet and goat cheese salad! And... a DQ blizzard.

This looks as promising as those little cans of champagne with straws! Love it!

I also grew up with fresh fried okra...but okra is harder to find here in Boston. I bought two cans of it last week, to fry, and it wasn't bad. Not as good as fresh, but a suitable alternative.

I don't have a microwave but I do have a gas stove...so I usually put the butter in a dish on the stove over the pilot light and can get it as soft as I want that way.

I made some once...I think from Bittman's How to cook everything in the world. It came out okay, but not quite right. I think the lack of brick oven had something to do with it.

fiestaware!

Oh this would be great! Strawberry pie in the early summer, then peach and then blackberry cobbler towards the end....mmmmm!

favorite.thing.ever!