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Whole Baked Garlic with Bleu Cheese

by Malcolm Bedell November 8, 2012

One of the coziest restaurants in Rockland to sit and watch the snow fall has to be In Good Company, a small, inviting restaurant housed in a renovated bank on Main Street that feels more like a good friend’s living room than an elegant late-night spot. While we haven’t sat down for a full meal [...]

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An Autumn Dinner Party Menu

by Jillian Bedell October 4, 2012

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about throwing a dinner party. An intimate, joyful, intoxicated evening with six guests, many bottles of wine, laughter, twinkly lights, well-chosen music, and parlor games. I’ve put together a fall menu culled from our collection of recipes. It should be no surprise that each course is dead simple – [...]

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Patty Melt

by Malcolm Bedell October 2, 2012

The first time I remember consciously eating myself well past the point of simple satiation and into some kind of gluttonous, fattened stupor was with my sister, Samantha. I was 13 years old, and she was 22. On the weekends, she would often pick me up in her beat-up white Toyota Corolla with no side [...]

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Clams Casino

by Malcolm Bedell September 24, 2012

Growing up in Maine, I was used to pretty simple seafood preparations. In Maine (and particularly in the 1980s), most of the clams, mussels, and shrimp my family cooked at home was of the “steamed” or “fried” variety. I grew to think of most shellfish not as an ingredient to be combined with other things [...]

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Croque Madame

by Jillian Bedell September 19, 2012

There once was a bar on New York’s Lower East Side where we used to go when we were young. Let’s call that place, “Trombones.” It had an upstairs and a downstairs and a room in the way back where little indie bands would play. And boys wore their skinniest jeans, and girls turned in [...]

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Lobster Macaroni & Cheese

by Malcolm Bedell September 5, 2012

I’ve never really been one to fall all over myself at the mere mention of lobster mac and cheese. First, I’m not crazy about shellfish and cream sauce. Maine lobster doesn’t really need much to dress it up or improve on its flavor, and the combination of lobster, clams, or oysters with cheese isn’t automatically [...]

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Fettuccine with Sausage, Fresh Peas, and Garlic Scapes

by Jillian Bedell June 22, 2012

Violet and I have been out exploring the nooks and crannies of our new neighborhood, stopping in every shop. Today we visited “Fresh Off The Farm,” a lovely little natural foods market on Route 1 in Rockport. I was so happy to find favorite brands like Mrs. Meyers and California Baby, bulk bins of grains, [...]

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Pimento Cheese

by Malcolm Bedell June 19, 2012

Visit nearly any home in the Southern part of the United States on a weekday afternoon, and it won’t be long before your kindly host breaks out a bowl of pimento cheese. The Southern staple, a simple mix of cheese, mayonnaise, and sweet peppers, is a quick, inexpensive snack to serve to a group of [...]

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Today’s Sandwich: Poutine Grilled Cheese (Homemade)

by Malcolm Bedell April 24, 2012

Today’s sandwich is the “Poutine Grilled Cheese” It combines french fries and cheddar cheese curds on oatmeal bread, with a side of pork gravy. Notes: As you start to peel off the layers of clothing you’ve been wearing all Winter, exposing pale, pasty flesh to the sun for the first time in months, you may [...]

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Tomato Pie

by Jillian Bedell April 16, 2012

When does a vintage recipe require revision, or reimagination, and when is it perfect as is? This is the question I asked myself as I unpacked the pie my mother-in-law made on Sunday. We had spent a gorgeous afternoon up the coast in Rockland, strolling down Main Street, popping into shops and galleries, and having [...]

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