I just started a tiny little blog...

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July 26, 2009

Am just learning the ropes of how to post photos, etc. It’s called Kitchen Almanac, but you can access it at:

http://rozcummins.blogspot.com/

There’s a nice photo of the summer pudding that I made last year on the banner. Mmmmmm. Summer Pudding....

Cod, part III

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July 11, 2009

This week we had our third delivery from Cape Ann Fresh Catch. It was raining cats and dogs, which made the usually fun adventure of going to get the fish a whole lot less fun and a whole lot more of an adventure. (And to the guy who drove into the parking space that I was backing into and said that he felt entitled to do so because I “wasn’t backing into it fast enough” (!) all I can say is that I hope that you have some time to reflect upon whether that was really the best way to deal with that situation. Talk about Bad Car-ma!)

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Some photos from the first two weeks of the Cape Ann Fresh Catch deliveries

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July 2, 2009

The first week we got cod. The second week the seas were too rough for the boats to go out, so there were no deliveries - a good reminder that we are always at nature’s beck and call, and also that fishing is dangerous work.

This week we had a choice of yellow tail flounder, whiting, or cod. I wanted to try my hand at filleting the cod again, so I chose cod. I felt like I really had the filleting down, but this time I had more trouble extracting the pin bones. Maybe because it was a bigger fish?

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Saw Lisa Hamilton read from her new book, Deeply Rooted, last night...

From rozcummins — Blog by Roz Cummins

June 26, 2009

I attended the reading at the Harvard Book Store. Lisa read several excerpts and spoke about what it was like to interview the farmers profiled in the book and document their lives. Carolyn Mugar spoke about Farm Aid (which is based in neighboring Somerville) and the fact that many young people are interested in becoming farmers. There was a milk tasting afterwards.

No delivery from Cape Ann Fresh Catch today...

From rozcummins — Blog by Roz Cummins

June 23, 2009

The seas were too rough for the boats to go out. So, no fish. Mother Nature has spoken!

Cape Ann Fresh Catch CSF

From rozcummins — Blog by Roz Cummins

June 17, 2009

A friend and I are splitting a half share in the new Cape Ann Fresh Catch CSF (a CSA for fish). I will write more about it later this week, but in the meantime, here are some photos from our first delivery, which we picked up yesterday. We received a cod and it was delicious.

I am getting ready for the Culinary Historians of Boston annual historic Banquet...

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May 16, 2009

For the next three years, our banquets will trace the the Triangle Trade (slaves, molasses, and rum) and this year we are focussing on Colonial New England. When I was in college I used to have a summer job cooking at a colonial inn, wearing an itchy, heavy costume and doing open-hearth cooking. I taught “Colonial Living Day-camp” to twelve-year-olds. They all had to wear costumes and give tours of the inn. You should have heard the things they said! When they forgot the stuff we taught them that they would just make stuff up.

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The desire to help those in need, the frustration of wondering how best to do so...

From rozcummins — Blog by Roz Cummins

February 27, 2009

I thought my cousin Alison’s post on this topic was very thoughtful and I especially appreciated hearing the perspective of people who grew up overseas - Alison grew up in Nigeria and the cab driver she mentions is from Haiti. I thought that all of you might enjoy reading it as well. Her website is alisoncummins.com. I asked her permission to reproduce her post here and she gave it to me:

solace
January 11th, 2009
I often have interesting conversations with taxi drivers, but it’s usually me who starts them.

Yesterday I gave my destination and we discussed the route. Then the driver cautiously asked me if I were Québécoise pure-laine? Well, I said, I’m anglophone but I’m born here.

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My friend Monica Bhide’s video on what to watch during the Oscars...

From rozcummins — Blog by Roz Cummins

February 16, 2009

Here is her recipe for Guava Bellinis and popcorn with fantastic spices, red onion, and lemon juice:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmXKSFg2qjQ

I can’t wait to make these. I guess I’ll wait for the Oscars to heighten the anticipation!

Pictures of the Santa Monica Farmers Market

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February 8, 2009

Going through some photos from last spring (08) I found some I took of the Santa Monica Farmers Market - a warming and cheering thought on a February day here in Massachusetts. The red plant in my friend’s hands is seaweed.