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I’ve had a number of requests to post my tomato sauce recipe. I actually started with a published recipe, “Sally Colucci’s Gravy” (in some families, it’s called “gravy” as opposed to “sauce”) that I modified, and which has continued to evolve over time to be quite good. It generates a big quantity including about 15 [...]

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One of my Boston social media buddies, Todd van Hoosear (@toddvanhoosear), set me off on a rant a couple of days ago by retweeting this from Jon Silk (@prgeek) in London. I responded with a string of tweets, about how restaurants should put their actual street address in a prominent place so I can enter [...]

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Lobster Fettucini in Tarragon Cream Sauce

Birthdays at our house are always excuses to make fancy food, drink champagne and eat too much. Tonight, for our son’s birthday (33), my wife Barb made a favorite of his that we discovered at a local restaurant, The Seahorse, in Noank, CT. The official name on her recipe is “Spinach fettucine topped with lobster, [...]

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In honor of July 4th, Independence Day, I am going to school all of you in the preparation of a proper New England Lobster Roll. To the visitor to New England (“from away” as you’re known here) I will warn you that there are dining establishments that claim to serve lobster rolls, but most are [...]

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Chili time!!

I’ve been tweeting this weekend about making chili. I love chili and over a lot of years, I’ve refined my recipe to the point where it’s easy to make and tastes great. When I started out making chili, I experimented with different recipes and ingredients. I threw everything but the kitchen sink into it, usually [...]

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