Somerville Parenting Resources
This is a list of resources that I’ve found to be useful as the mother of a young child. It is in no way comprehensive, and links to more comprehensive lists are below. Enjoy! Support and Play Groups New Mothers’…
Fantastic, Quick No-Knead Bread
Made a new bread recipe that Hitesh cut out for me from November’s NYT. The bread rises for a long long time, uses almost no yeast, has no oil, and is cooked in a covered cast iron pot. It was…
The Somerville Public Library
In the early nineties, fresh back from Zimbabwe and living on my own in the North End, I spend a lot of time in the Boston Public Library researching jobs and keeping warm in the winter. Until sometime last year,…
Verrill Farm
Verrill Farm: Though not strictly organic (this farm practices IPM, or integrated pest management), this farm in Concord, MA, at the corner of route 116 (Great Road) and Sudbury Rd. has a small market with delicious fresh produce (home-grown and…
The Complete Tightwad Gazette, by Amy Dacyczyn
Amy Dacyczyn is a New England mother, graphic artist, and military wife who published a popular newsletter in the ’90s called The Tightwad Gazette. She’s creative, smart, and calls herself “the frugal zealot.” Rather than “doing without” for its own sake,…
Green Soup
I make a lot of this green soup in the late summer, when greens are plentiful. It freezes extremely well, is nutritious and delicious (even for those who don’t claim to be lovers of dark green veggies) and can be…