I love Jacques Pepin.
Just listening to him and watching his invigorating style makes me smile.
This past weekend, Jonathan and his roommate took me to the Well Fleet Oysterfest on the Cape! We ate oyster… after oyster… after oyster…
Jonathan and I demolished a total of 36 oysters. That’s a pretty legitimate number.
I had some really good clam chowder, fresh - not the kind where restaurants continue to add flour, and some roasted corn (pronounced “keerrrrn”) - always completes me when I am at a festival.
One of my favorite brunch dishes: fall vegetable hash. The best hash I had was at Lineage in Coolidge Corner, Boston - and I was lucky enough to find the recipe online by Jeremy Sewall himself! I altered the original recipe a little bit by adding my choice of fall vegetables and adding a poached egg.
And for the meat eaters that morning, classic brown sugar bacon - yum.
Lobster Dinner Plate @ The Lobster Shack at Two Lights in Cape Elizabeth, ME
*If you ever get a chance to go to Maine, lobster is a MUST-EAT. The Lobster Shack had amazing food, and the most amazing oceanside view including a lighthouse in the distance.
The epitome of the “New England” experience: apple picking in the fall.
Ever since I moved to Boston, I always dreamed of dancing in the fall leaves and eating fresh apples from the trees. After three years, my dream finally came true - I got the chance to visit my girlfriend in Maine, and she took me to an apple orchard! The orchard was literally called The Apple Farm - I guess they weren’t really creative.
At the orchard, I was more giddy than the 6 year-olds who were there… It’s not my fault I have never been on a hay ride! But the best part of my day was when my girlfriend made a fresh apple pie with the apples we picked earlier in the day. Oh my goodness, I felt like I was in heaven.
I think I ate half the pie…