Blog de Puree

Late September and into October is when the harvest really peaks here in Northern MA and this week’s farm-share had the most variety yet. I celebrated our veggie bounty by making “Le Grand Aioli,” something I have been dying to try since I read about it in Domino Magazine last year. Some flounder poached in wine and [...]

We picked up our first share of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) produce from Arrowhead Family Farm in Newburyport, Mass today and consequently cooked our first, delicious meal from locally grown food. A bird’s eye view of the Arrowhead Family Farm along the Merrimack River in Newburyport, Mass. Take that big chain markets and national (and [...]

This past Friday evening, Randye and I had a belated Valentine’s Day meal that blew away anything we’ve had in the area for a long, long time. And we’d love to recommend the restaurant, but we’re not going to. Why? Because it’s our secret and we don’t want to share! (It’s small and it’s in [...]

We decided we’d treat ourselves this past Saturday to a nice dinner out at the Mission Oak Grill (Web site still under construction), one of Newburyport’s new restaurants and our waitress told us that it identifies itself as a steak house. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as good as we had hoped. The restaurant is in an [...]