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Today's plan: local clams!
After last night's pyrotechnic extravaganza, it really, truly, officially feels like summer. Yeah, it's a little gray out and only in the mid-60s, but still....
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Wanna grill?
Try our barbecue guide for step-by-step tips on how to prepare beef, chicken, seafood, pork, veggies, and more.
Looking for good cooks
About once a month in the Food section, we run One Cook's Best Dish, a column that features a special family recipe from a cook somewhere in this area. If you or anyone you know has a recipe that reflects your heritage, please send ideas to Globe contributor Jane Dornbusch at onebestdish@yahoo.com.
CHATS
1 p.m. mon Get parenting advice from Barbara Meltz
Things to Do
Restaurants
Dining Out review
In Jamaica Plain, far from the same old, same old
Vee Vee is that rare restaurant that doesn't closely resemble other eateries in town. Cheap Eats
Four burgers, four sides, and dessert ... that's it
Four Burgers in Central Square is bright, clean, and spare.
Plonk of the month
Perfect for sipping on the back porch
These red wines are good on their own or with a light summer meal.
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- Discuss Gluten intolerant? Share dining, cooking, and shopping tips.
- Baking gluten-free Brownies
- Gluten-free strawberry-almond cake
- Gluten-free sesame crackers
- Gluten-free strawberry-rhubarb crisp
Guide
Cooking on the 4th?
Try our guide for Fourth of July recipes and more. These dishes are festive and portable, so take them along whether your celebration is at the beach or in the backyard.
Catch of the day?
A meal of salmon is a time-honored Fourth of July tradition in New England, along with peas and new potatoes, which came into season around the same time the fish ran. Times, however, have changed. Atlantic wild salmon is commercially extinct.
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Find your fresh produce here
More than 125 farmers’ markets operate statewide. Most have already begun and will stay open through October. Here are the markets closest to Boston.
Joy of Baking: Blueberry biscuits
In these biscuits, dark pools of blueberry lend a concentrated flavor to the pleasingly gritty interior. They rise beautifully and turn golden in the oven, announcing that berry season is in full swing.
Food & Travel
Cooking at Stonewall Kitchen
Stonewall Kitchen, known for its good-tasting and stylish preserves and sauces, opened a cooking school next to its flagship store in May.
Family Table | Seasons | Short Orders
- Seasons Coleslaw with fennel
- good to go Split decision
- Short orders Something to relish
- Short Orders Small cup, big help
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- Go Fourth...and enjoy
- Wal-Mart expands local produce sales
- A sweet summer pick? St-Germain is the one.
- Bites Recent Dining Out reviews
- Cheap Eats Four burgers, four sides, and dessert ...that's it
- Dining Out Far from the same old, same old
- Struggling Starbucks to shut 600 shops in US
- Catch of the day?
- Four for the 4th
- Get your farm fresh produce here
- Short Orders Small cup, big help
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June 25, 2008
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