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Better ideas for using the zucchini bounty

1:24 AM Sat, Aug 15, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

I'm tired of reading recipes for zucchini that mostly add tomatoes, a little garlic and onion, and stop there. So I was pleased to see that Jen O'Callaghan at the Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph had gone beyond the obvious in Zucchini......

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Ceviche: Chilled fish 'cooked' by a citrus marinade

6:41 AM Fri, Aug 14, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Elise Bauer of Simply Recipes writes, The first time I made ceviche, I was amazed. I could actually see the lemon and lime juice turning the color of the fish from translucent pink to opaque white. The acid from the......

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Football food: Recipes for tonight's Patriots game party

9:53 AM Thu, Aug 13, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

During the 2008 Patriots season, we gathered recipes that are good to serve people who are watching TV in comfortable chairs, snacks for the nervous and pumped. Tonight, the Pats play their first preseason game on TV against the Philadelphia......

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Recipe: Fresh tomato pie from a family-farm restaurant

11:09 PM Wed, Aug 12, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Photo / The (S.C.) State / Kim Kim Foster-Tobin Stono Farm Market's Tomato Shed Cafe on Johns Island, S.C. is known for its tomato pie made from tomatoes grown on a family farm. The Columbia (S.C.) State does a......

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Indoor clambake a lot less work than the feast on a beach

4:10 PM Tue, Aug 11, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

True clambakes -- pits filled with steaming rocks and seaweed on the beach -- are major productions. You can fake it indoors though -- it's a one-pot meal. Make sure to use a very big pot. Seaweed not required.......

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Dining Out: Delight in Mediterranean flavors at North End Café

12:01 AM Tue, Aug 11, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Michael Janusonis    Email

The Providence Journal / Connie Grosch These long and crunchy chicken tenderloins, accompanied by a drizzle of mild Dijon sauce, are one of three skewer offerings at the North End Café, 1058 Charles St., North Providence. View North End......

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Tickets to a Pats game await N.E. recipe contest winners

6:10 PM Mon, Aug 10, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

This contest for tailgating recipes that include cranberry ends Sept. 1. If that seems early, the NFL Preseason starts Thursday night for the Pats, who play the Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia at 7 p.m. The game is......

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Update: Sauteed fresh corn, green beans, red onion make modern succotash

10:52 AM Mon, Aug 10, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Updated Monday, 10:52 a.m.: After blogging this Friday (see below), I picked up a half-dozen ears of fresh corn from a roadside stand Saturday with this recipe in mind. Last night, my daughter and I made it and served it......

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Mutant squash from the garden

10:56 AM Sun, Aug 09, 2009 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Photos / Sheila Lennon My daughter brought over a squash from a plant in her garden that wishes it made lemons, and tries, left. We paired it with the Siamese-twin squash at right from our garden. Even when cut......

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