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Thanksgiving Turkeys: Massachusetts Turkey Farms

Looking for a fresh & local turkey this year?  Check out these local turkey farms for the best turkey ever!  The Natick Farm needs your order early - they sell out fast!
Thanksgiving Turkeys: Massachusetts Turkey Farms.

Cooking: Bulk Buying - The Boston Globe

Boston Globe Magazine article gives tips on cooking with all that food you end up buying at BJ's and Costco.  Author Sally Sampson has a good book out on cooking with all that meat you end up with at the warehouse stores -  From Warehouse to Your House: More Than 250 Simple, Spectacular Recipes to Cook, Store, and Share When You Buy in Quantity

Bulk buying saves money but demands savvy kitchen tactics: Cooking: Bulk Buying - The Boston Globe.

Butter Holds the Secret to Cookies That Sing - NYTimes.com

When baking cookies, the most common mistakes made by home bakers, professionals say, have to do with the care and handling of butter.

Butter Holds the Secret to Cookies That Sing - NYTimes.com.

Really? - The Claim - Early Exposure to Nuts Can Raise Allergy Risk - Question - NYTimes.com

From Today's NYT: Recent studies questioned if early exposure limited peanut allergy or increased the risk of developing it.

Really? - The Claim - Early Exposure to Nuts Can Raise Allergy Risk - Question - NYTimes.com.

Thanksgiving Turkeys: Massachusetts Turkey Farms

Looking for a fresh & local turkey for Thanksgiving?  Check out these local turkey farrms! 
Thanksgiving Turkeys: Massachusetts Turkey Farms.

Wines for Thanksgiving - NYTimes.com

Good Turkey Day wines from the NYT...

Wines of The Times - Wines for Thanksgiving - NYTimes.com.

Comparing apples to organic apples - The Boston Globe

Comparing apples to organic apples - The Boston Globe.

We'd like to think pesticide-free food is better for us, but scientific proof remains elusive

Bake Sales Fall Victim to Push for Healthier Foods - NYTimes.com

The school bake sale is becoming obsolete in California, as new standards restrict what foods can be sold to students.

Bake Sales Fall Victim to Push for Healthier Foods - NYTimes.com.

The apples are picked. Now what? - Boston.com

We went apple picking yesterday afternoon at Jane & Paul's Farm in Norfolk and have WAY too many apples in our house!  "Just one more, mom!"...  Here are some great apple ideas from Boston.com for those in the same situation.  My fav is the FrankenApple!:

Did you just get home from a crisp afternoon of apple picking? Did you plunk down your bucket of apples and wonder, "now what?" Well fret no more. Here are 15 creative recipes and craft ideas for your apples.

The apples are picked. Now what? - Boston.com.

Molten chocolate cakes - The Boston Globe

yum...or you could just buy them at Trader Joe's... ;)

Molten chocolate cakes - The Boston Globe.

Cooking for 2 Parents and a Baby - NYTimes.com

Sharing adult meals with a baby and feeding them a range of foods encourages the child to be more adventurous at the table.

Cooking for 2 Parents and a Baby - NYTimes.com.

6 Food Mistakes Parents Make - NYTimes.com

Most parents can relate to the daily challenge of finding foods that children will eat.

6 Food Mistakes Parents Make - NYTimes.com.

Chickering Lunch Menu up!

September's lunch menu is up!  Our household is not too pleased that the first day of school is chili, but it's fun that pizza is on Mondays now....
Dover Public School.

Blue Ginger at 10 balances old and new - The Boston Globe

Blue Ginger at 10 balances old and new - The Boston Globe.

Study: Restaurant kids' meals loaded with calories - Boston.com

Study: Restaurant kids' meals loaded with calories - Boston.com.

Working-class heroes - The Boston Globe

Globe's Plonk of the Month - Sauvignon Blanc.

...That said, sauvignon blanc remains - with rare exception - true to its proletarian roots: a pragmatic, hardworking grape prized mainly for its ability to make bright, refreshing, cheery wines that are handy with food and most at home in the informal setting of the cafe, or its equivalent.
Working-class heroes - The Boston Globe.

Cold comfort - The Boston Globe

Globe article talks about the new Abbott's Frozen Custard in Needham.  Yum....

Cold comfort - The Boston Globe.

The 10 Best Family Restaurants

The 10 Best Family Restaurants.

Feel like going out to eat tonight? Parents recently polled more than 50 of the largest full-service or buffet-style restaurant chains to see which cater best to families and to find out what they're feeding the kids.

Free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream day! April 29th

Free Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream day! April 29th.  Find a shop near you via the link below!

Link: Ben & Jerry's Scoop Shops.

Kids Eat Free @ Bugaboo Steak House

If you don't feel like cooking and you can deal with the talking animals on the walls, Bugaboo is offering free kids meals on Tuesdays until 4/29/08.  No coupon required... Locations in Dedham and Framingham.... See kids menu here.

Link: Welcome to Bugaboo Steak House.

Starbucks Announces New Upgrades - TIME

  I've got caffeine on the brain this morning....

One of the broadest changes is a loyalty-rewards program starting in mid-April for anyone who buys a Starbucks card and registers it online. Participants will get free refills on drip coffee, a free cup of coffee when they buy a bag of whole bean coffee, two free hours of Wi-Fi a day and free upgrades — including syrups, soy milk, and extra whipped cream — on all lattes.

Link: Starbucks Announces New Upgrades - TIME.

Food Allergies Stir a Mother to Action - New York Times

Link: Food Allergies Stir a Mother to Action - New York Times.

Ms. O’Brien was also the kind of mom who rolled her eyes when the kid with a peanut allergy showed up at the birthday party. Then, about two years ago, she fed her youngest child scrambled eggs. The baby’s face quickly swelled into a grotesque mask. “What did you spray on her?” she screamed at her other children. Little Tory had a severe food allergy, and Ms. O’Brien’s journey had begun. By late that night, she had designed a universal symbol to identify children with food allergies. She now puts the icon, a green stop sign with an exclamation point, on lunch bags, stickers and even the little charms children use to dress up their Crocs. These products and others are sold on her Web site, AllergyKids.com, which she unveiled, strategically, on Mother’s Day in 2006.

Meal Assembly Places Near Dover

New page!  If you know any more, please leave a comment!

Link: Dover DoodleHeads: Meal Assembly Places Nearby.

Football Food @ Sherborn Out

Did you know??? ....

Get all your game day party essentials at The Out.  Delicious snacks, appetizers, dips, spreads and beverages.

For Pre-Game, explore our freezer case for great appetizers - scallops and bacon, chicken cashew spring rolls, and crisp parmesan artichoke hearts. Fill up you best bowl with our Fastachi nuts - cajun, wasabi, or cranberry nut mix.  Lay out a platter of great cheeses, delicious garlic-herb cheese dip, hummus, and a big bowl of chips with black bean salsa.  And, of course, you can't forget the chicken wings - available buffalo, spicy asian or with honey-mustard glaze!

At Half-Time, warm up with beef chili, clam chowder, chicken quesadillas, chimichangas, crisp vegetable spring rolls, baked macaroni and cheese or pre-order a half or full pan of shepherds pie.

For the final stretch, knock their socks of with our Patriot theme cookies, fudge brownies, chocolate bread pudding and apple crisp.

Sneaky Chef Sues Seinfelds

Link: An Author Sues the Seinfelds, for a Cookbook and for Barbs - New York Times.

Missy Chase Lapine, the author of “The Sneaky Chef,” a cookbook whose recipes camouflage puréed vegetables and fruits in comfort food for children, sued Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld on Monday, charging copyright infringement and defamation.

Let's Dish deals for Jan 2008

$15 off an 8 or 12 meal session.  promo code: NEWYEAR15

Free Dessert with Any 4 meal session.  promo code: NEWYEARDISH

Link: Let's Dish! - The healthy, fun, fast way to provide great meals for the whole family!.

Remember the Milkman? In Some Places, He’s Back - New York Times

Looking for a milkman in Massachusetts?  Read this article in the NYT and try out these milk delivery services...

Thatcher Farm: http://thatcherfarm.com/

Crescent Ridge: http://www.crescentridge.com/

Hood Home Delivery: https://www.hoodhomedelivery.com/

More Dairy Farms in MA: http://www.mass.gov/agr/massgrown/dairies.htm

Link: Remember the Milkman? In Some Places, He’s Back - New York Times.

Turning Kitchens Into Laboratories to Find Treats for the Allergy-Prone - New York Times

Business: Turning Kitchens Into Laboratories to Find Treats for the Allergy-Prone

Many entrepreneurs have started businesses selling candy, cookies and other sweets that are free of potential allergens.

Link: Turning Kitchens Into Laboratories to Find Treats for the Allergy-Prone - New York Times.

Getting more Veggies in Kids: Seinfeld's New Book

If you haven't heard about Deceptively Delicious and you have kids who give you trouble eating their veggies, check it out. Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food, by Jessica Seinfeld {Yes, THAT Seinfeld}, has tons of way to hide healthy food in food that your kids actually eat. Think pureed cauliflower in mac & cheese. A few reviews of this book were really helpful to me:

* Ssshhh, It's My Little Secret on Silicon Valley Moms Blog

* A Review on Amazon, We dont care who did it first, the Sneaky Chef is the one that works

Many comparisons were made to The Sneaky Chef by Missy Chase Lapine. Check out The Sneaky Chef's website here.

Recipe: Orange-scented cranberry and pecan scones

From the Boston Globe

Yum: Do Try This at Home Recipes

from today's Boston Globe: pad thai, pizza, beef chow fun & chicken nuggets

NYT: Picky Eaters? They Get it From You

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/dining/10pick.html?em&ex=1192161600&en=ca03f3f7a86e6753&ei=5087%0A

Chiara participating in Restaurant Week: $33.07 for 3 course meal

Restaurant Week is August 5th - August 17th!
Boston's Summer Restaurant Week is now two full weeks. From August 5th - August 17th Chiara in Westwood is taking part : Sunday-Friday for these two weeks and enjoy a fine dining experience complete with wines paired for each course. 3-Courses only $33.07
Their Restaurant Week menu...

Organizing Recipes on the Web

I am not an organized cook. I have ten million cookbooks with one page dogeared in each. And then there are all the recipes I have emailed to myself.... Then one day I came across recipething. It is very simple and allows me to put all my favorites in one place! I put together a list of a bunch of the online recipe organizers - my favs are recipething and Real Simple's My Kitchen.

recipething
Are your recipes lying around in emails, Word documents, Crisco-covered cards and crumbling cookbooks? RecipeThing lets you organize your favorite recipes, share them with your friends, and use them again and again. A very basic but great site! A cool feature is the RSS feed of your friends' recipes. Free registration required.

Real Simple's My Kitchen
Real Simple lets you lets you save and organize recipes -- both your own and those from Recipe Finder -- into Saved Recipes. You can also save menus as well as customized Shopping Lists. Also useful: Real Simple's Daily Recipe RSS feed

A few more that are out there:
Epicurious' My Recipe Box requires registration but allows you to Save recipes from Gourmet and Bon Appetit to your personal Recipe Box, submit your own recipes, and share recipes with other "My Epi" Members. Many recipe RSS feeds available

Allrecipes My Recipe Box
My Allrecipes allows you to save, organize, and share recipes, meals, reviews, photos and more. Store recipes from Allrecipes, your cookbooks, magazines and other websites. Sort recipes by rating, source, title and date. Organize recipes into whatever categories you like and a dd private notes to any recipe. Free registration required.

Yahoo Food
includes "cooking with kids" from Kraft - does not have a recipe box but does keep track of all your recently viewed recipes at the bottom right in "Recent Activity"

Kraftfoods.com
has a personal recipe box feature that allows you to store all your favorite recipes in one spot - whether it's from Kraft, or a favorite from your family's kitchen. Use your recipe box to save, organize, print, rate, and create a Shopping List. More info on features is here

Food Network's My Recipe Box requires registration, has a limit of 50 recipes and has a disclaimer at the bottom: "Please note! Some recipes are only available for a limited time, and may be removed from your Recipe Box at any time. Please print recipes in advance."

Surprisingly, Martha Stewart's website does not have a way to save and store recipes... Their recipe search allows you to only print or email recipes.

Strawberries: Pick your own: Map & Guide from Globe

The Boston Globe has a great guide to Boston area pick your own strawberries. It includes a map and many recipes. Check the full article out here

The MA Dept of Ag Resources has a PYO Strawberries listing here

Farmers' Markets in MA

We love going to the Natick Farmers' Market on the Common (June 9 - Oct 20 on Saturdays from 9-1). The kids have a blast looking at the flowers and all the colorful fruits and vegetables (and sometimes honey, pies and more).

Other nearby towns have farmers' markets too: Brookline, Framingham, Newton, Norwood and Wayland.

The list of all MA farmers' markets is available here.

The Ultimate Timesaver: Peapod Grocery Delivery

I am a true convert. I rarely go to supermarkets anymore. Because of Peapod.

I can get virtually anything that a Super Stop & Shop has via Peapod. I can:
- Food shop in my pjs
- And peek in my fridge while I'm shopping to see whether I really do need more ketchup or not
- Get all my shopping done in 5 minutes if I have Lists set up in Peapod
--- At 5 am
--- Or midnight
- And have the bags carried up the steps and into my kitchen by someone else!
- And use coupons
- And save money because I don't smell and see the cookies in the bakery area!
- And I don't have to drag the kids to the market.... And chase the thru the aisles.... And tell them NO ten million times.... And try to ignore the screaming tantrums for the froot loops ... And drag them out.....

All for just a $6.95 delivery charge (with $100+ order)

How it works:
- Sign up
- Build some shopping lists
- Shop your lists and their sale section
- Pick a delivery slot - usually a two hour window - you can shop days in advance
- Check out with a credit card, auto withdrawal from your checking account, or check
- Sit back and wait for them to arrive

Ahhhh Peapod, I love you.

And if you order from Peapod enough, you are awarded with their VIP club. This gets you free products and delivery occasionally.

Save time and Money with Peapod! click here

Amazon's new Subscribe & Save program

I'm into anything that saves me time these days.... here's a nice one:

Amazon's new Subscribe & Save program
It's a great way to save money on items you use routinely while helping to make sure you don't run out. Benefits include:

*Automatic delivery
*15% discounts on Amazon's everyday price
*Free shipping
*Flexible delivery schedules
*No penalties for canceling

Products available include:
Baby & Child Care: Baby Wipes, Diapers, Training Pants

Food & Snacks: Breakfast Foods, Coffee, Nutrition Bars & Drinks, Snacks, Tea

Household Supplies: Bath Tissue, Batteries, Facial Tissues, Laundry Supplies, Paper Towels

Personal Care & Beauty: Cleansers, Deodorants & Antiperspirants, Feminine Hygiene, Hair Care, Makeup, Oral Hygiene, Shaving & Hair Removal, Skin Care

See the list of all available products by clicking here:
Amazon.com's Subscribe & Save program

Let's Dish in Needham $10 off!

Let's Dish is a meal assembly chain in Needham, MA. GEt $10 off a session in March at Let's Dish (8 or 12 meal session) with coupon / promotion code VALFEB15.

Let's Dish lets you prepare 8 to 12 meals in under 2 hours! You can also do Dish-n-Dash and they will make them for you! Convenient location in Needham right off 128.

March Special at Chef Dane's

Try out Chef Dane's in Needham for assemble your own dinners. See this article in the DS Press for more info:
http://www.townonline.com/dover/homepage/8999029273394151423

Special #1: FREE Assembly! No time to come into Chef Dane’s? The staff at Chef Dane’s will assemble your meals for you for FREE! All you have to do is order ahead of time and pick it up! Just go to www.chef danesneedham.com, then go to “Order Here” and select “Pickup Orders”. Pick a time closest to when you want to pick up your order and type in “comments” the time you will be in to pick up your order. It is that easy!

Special #2: Buy a minimum of 4 entrées and get one free! Use code 1030 at check out. (Offer good 1 time only)

www.chefdanesneedham.com

Free Roche Bros Home Delivery this week

I use Peapod, but here's a good deal from Roche Brothers this week on their home delivery service. [I find that Roche Bros' delivery times don't work for me - but I love their stores.]

FREE DELIVERY on your next order of $50 or more, if delivered before March 18, 2007.

At checkout simply enter the promotion code below to recieve FREE DELIVERY on your next order of $50 or more this week.

Promotion Code SW34EDCQ
http://www.rochebros.com

Barefoot Contessa Recipe Indexes on website

I've been watching a lot of Barefoot Contessa shows on my Tivo lately and often wondered if I had the recipe she was making in one of her cookbooks. Now I can find out quickly by looking at her comprehensive recipe index on her website - http://www.barefootcontessa.com

Just click on "indexes" to see the entire list! Thanks Ina!