The Winds Are A-Blowing
Macheis is a musician with a mission. He straddles the sometimes divergent areas of healing from trauma and music, bringing them together to create songs to deal with and heal [...]
The Going Goetz Good
A new artist has come to town. Julie Goetz paints whimsical portraits of our furry animal friends and has served as a judge at local art exhibitions and contests. The [...]
Eating Outside the Box
Gordon Ramsay, the acerbic yet sharp-minded celebrity chef, once quipped that certain vegetarian or vegan dishes are why he is not a vegetarian or vegan. But we have to be [...]
The Great American Clam Bake
Bex had a successful end-of-summer Clam Bake! Gorgeous, perfect weather laid the backdrop for a mellow, friendly event, with live music by Macheis Wind. Evoking a late summer New England [...]
Artist Appreciation Month
August is American Artist Appreciation Month. America has always produced high-caliber artists, from the lonely landscapes of Edward Hopper, to the playful, colorful musings of Jean-Michel Basquiat, to the photography [...]
Open-Air Eating
National Eat Outside Day is the last day of August this year. The history of people eating outside is fascinating, but you can use your own common sense to remember that [...]
Herbs for Flavor
We’ve written before about the benefits of smart/healthy salt, trying to stay balanced on a thorny public health topic. Many chefs, you will find, will go against the conventional wisdom [...]
The Saucy Saucier
When we think of sauces and gravies, we often think of hearty comfort food of the colder seasons. Thanksgiving gravy, Indian Pudding, soups, and liquids to warm the body, mind, [...]
Won’t You Be Thy Neighbor?
Chef Becky has never been overly concerned with popularity contests, but they are still nice to win. Bex recently won a Neighborhood Fave award from Nextdoor.com. What is Nextdoor.com? Nextdoor.com [...]
Eat Local Because You Can
Chef Becky was asked for her contributions to an article for MarthaStewart.com on How to Perfectly Can Tomatoes, read on. WHY CAN? Chef Becky Geisel lives by the minimalist credo [...]
