Melissa@Market
Melissa’s series that takes fresh finds and ingredients from the farmer’s markets and shows you how to create simple, healthy recipes in your kitchen for a nutritious meal.
Boston: On the Road with: Melissa@Market
While traveling across the country in my food justice quest for Food Fighters (shameless plug: check out our first featured organization later this week), I’ll also be scoping out the farmer’s market scene across America for M@M. That scene is definitely alive and well in Boston, Massachusetts, where you will often find up to five [...]
An Easy (no, REALLY) Summer Dinner Party: Melissa@Market
Disclaimer: First, Patty wrote that article about popsicles last week. Now, I’m writing about melons. What’s next? Sausages?! By the time ZomppaB and ZomppaKat return from the Camino our only readers may be 13-year old boys. B and Kat- dreadfully sorry, but here we go! What can I say? I love my melons. Does it [...]
An Overdue Love Letter: Melissa@Market
After almost twelve years of courting, it seems I have finally fallen in love. Let me tell you, it hasn’t been easy. There have been several break-ups,including one that lasted for almost three years. There have been times when I threw up my hands in agony and cried myself to sleep, dying to escape. For [...]
Gummified:Melissa@Market
Why, yes, I did make up the title word of this article. Here’s the definition: the emotion felt upon noticing a gummy candy has become a permanent decoration on the side of your vehicle. Usage: Melissa was gummified when she realized the gummy strawberry still had not dissolved from her left-side passenger door. This [...]
A Rascal Gets Refined: Melissa@Market
Let me go ahead and put this out there: today’s recipe looks quite refined. If you are the type to judge by appearances, it screams “ladies who lunch” or “bridal shower in the Hamptons”. On second thought, it doesn’t scream at all. It articulates, possibly in a clipped New England staccato or a honey-laced [...]
Aching for Good Food: Melissa @Market
I have a toothache. Toothache+Food Obsessed Individual= Extreme Measures. For the last three weeks, the upper right quadrant of my mouth protested almost daily that something was amiss while I attempted to sneak through my (eating) schedule without provoking it. The problem started while I was in Napa attending a yoga/food/wine retreat on Memorial Day [...]
Putting the Real in Reality Food TV: Melissa@Market
Dear Food Television Programming, I want to believe you have America’s best interests at heart. Perhaps your shows really do intend to inspire people to step back into the kitchen for something other than a bag of cheesy crisps and a fizzy soda (only on a commercial break, of course). Should you truly wish [...]
Shine On, Strawberry: Melissa@Market
When I was around 5 or 6 years old, Strawberry Shortcake™ ruled my world. (Along with Star Wars, but that’s a different story.) The Berry Bake Shop™ dominated my collection and stood surrounded by Strawberry’s friends: Blueberry Muffin™, Apple Dumpling™, Raspberry Tart™, the Purple Pieman™, Orange Blossom™ (not really a baked good, but whatever!), Lemon [...]
I was a Kick-Butt Girl Scout: Melissa@Market
I was a kick-butt Girl Scout. Slap that hefty badge book down in front of me, and I would crack that baby open and go to town. I loved how each badge ticked off the tasks to complete until, TA-DA!, you earned one of those knobby round disks. To earn a “Camp Together” badge: plan [...]
Pop and Sizzle: Melissa@Market
Are you sick of asparagus yet?! Me, either. After all, it’s in season for such a mere blink, let’s savor it while we can. Before we know it, we’ll be once again pining away for some sweet, green, fibrous goodness. Kind of like that handsome chef who’s in town for only a one week run. [...]
