Pasta Primavera

Pasta Primavera

By GAIL BLAKELY You may be surprised to learn that pasta primavera did not originate in Italy. In this country, back in the 1970s, there were two distinct types of Italian pasta and sauce categories: southern and northern, one being red, the other white. That was...
Cooking Fish

Cooking Fish

 By GAIL BLAKELY Visitors to Cape Cod are often surprised to discover that the Cape is as close to being an island surrounded by salt water as it could possibly be, without being one. Prior to 1914, we were directly attached to the rest of Massachusetts. Then the...
Farm to Table

Farm to Table

By SHEILA HURST In their search for the freshest ingredients, area restaurant owners and chefs are embracing the farm-to-table movement by dealing directly with local farms and fishermen for anything from lettuce to strawberries to oysters. The farm-to-table movement...