Jul 7th 2015
A Traditional Cup of Tea, on Ice
When I think of “iced tea” what usually comes to mind is something fruit flavored, like “mango passion,” or a glass of Southern sweet tea, or maybe an iced chai latte from somewhere like Starbucks, bu
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Jul 2nd 2015
Peaches and Nectarines: A Lesson in Botany
June Crest yellow peaches harvested by Masumoto Family Farms in Del Rey, California.
The heart of June often evokes a childhood nostalgia for summer vacation, as evidenced by a recent discussion in
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Jun 16th 2015
Rodolphe le Meunier Salted French Butter - Butter Me Up
Two of our favorite cultured butters: long-time obsession Rodolphe Le Meunier's Beurre de Baratte (salted and sweet), and local newcomer Ploughgate Creamery's salted butter.
Many years ago, when I wa
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May 26th 2015
The ABC of Biodynamics
Turning biodynamically-treated compost at Granton Vineyard in Tasmania. Credit: Mark Smith.
There are a just handful of really hot topics in the world of wine right now and one of them concerns an ap
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May 19th 2015
Fragile Oil: The Decimated Olive Harvest of 2014
After record low olive oil production in Italy and France, something of a silver lining might come from Greece.
The winter of 2013-2014 was too mild. The spring and summer that followed, by contrast
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May 14th 2015
How Many Kinds of Wine Are There, Anyway?
“What kind of wine is this?” is a question heard frequently in the Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge wine corner. Wine is categorized and merchandised so many different ways today that it's not surprising
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