Iced tea or lemonade, lemonade or iced tea? Lemonade can be too sweet, but iced tea that’s gone off? There is no word for the disappointment one’s palate feels to be imbibing a stale, sour, musty beverage. And combining the two into an Arnold Palmer? No thank you! Since that first June heatwave, Family Recipe […]
Advice
Ask the Psychic: Welcome the angels
Dear Bonnie: I had a really hard day yesterday and last night when I awoke in a dream-style sleep I saw all these brilliant flashes of light. There seemed to be so many of them and they lit up my vision. Do you have any idea of what these balls or flashes of white light […]
Family Recipe Box: Strawberry fields forever in Fitchburg
You may think you know what a strawberry tastes like, but until you’ve picked your own, you have no idea how crisp, sweet, fragrant and filling a farm-grown strawberry can be. So mark your calendar and visit Hollis Hills Farm this weekend, where tens of thousands of strawberries are growing right now. Just five minutes […]
Family Recipe Box: Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Four years ago, my family began a tradition to honor our grandparents and family who has gone before us: raising the Armenian Flag at Fitchburg City Hall in honor of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (April 24). I did not anticipate how much this would mean to me emotionally, but I definitely felt emotion the first […]
Family Recipe Box: Try Dr. Walker’s Juice Pulp Muffalumps
We all have contradictions. I was a child who hated dusting on Saturday. However, I lived in a house with many shelves. Each shelf held many tiny ornaments. Dusting? Bleaagh.Yet household hints and tips? I couldn’t read enough of them. At Star Cleaners, in north central Mass., our family business, heaps of magazines were left […]
Family Recipe Box: Custom-baked pies for Pi Day
Who needs a plate if you have a pie? This versatile pastry has accommodated fruit, meat and fish throughout the centuries and there is no sign of pie ever losing its popularity. And with March 14, known as “Pi Day” (as it is 3.14.15 etc.) approaching, we thought our readers might be thinking about pie. […]
