EXPLORING THE SOUTH SHORE ONE BITE AT A TIME
June 2011
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06/24/11Antipasto PerfectIt’s summer; if you want to call the cool, damp weather we’ve had lately that. The plant catalogs are piling up on the coffee table. In the grocery store, stalks of almost-affordable asparagus herald the arrival of early crops. At the gourmet food/cheese shop where I work, we spend hours shelling fresh peas; imported from California—it’s too early to reap that delicacy from New England soil of course, yet the plump green pods are redolent of new beginnings. Come August, we’ll be salivating over fresh tomatoes, zucchini, summer squash and peppers, but for now, that’s all a dream.There is a way though, to make this delay more, well, palatable. Take the tired veggies offered on the grocery store shelves now, toss them with olive oil, salt and pepper and... |
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06/23/11Father Bill’s Food Fest and AuctionEat, drink, and raise money for a great cause! |
