Island Cooking

Island Cooking

Best Island

by Chef Jenn Farmer This morning I took a ferry ride to Hyannis, and it reminded me how much I love Nantucket. Don’t get me wrong, Hyannis has its positive qualities, but in the summer, I can think of few places I like better than here. It was fun seeing […]

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Tasty Experiments

by Chef Jenn Farmer Much like life, cooking is full of experimentation. Also much like life it can be with great outcome. And other times, well…not so much. Our very existence here is very short in my opinion. Why not try everything we can at least once, or even twice. […]

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Blues and Bleus

by Chef Jenn Farmer Memorial Day always reminds me of the Blues.  Where I grew up there was a little bar, made from quarried stone, which sat on a bluff.  The bluff overlooked a flat grassy area that sat upon a river.  The grassy area was surrounded by lovely trees.  […]

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Brunch and Rhubarb

by Chef Jenn Farmer With Mother’s Day and the Wine Festival coming up, I have been thinking about one of my favorite meals: brunch (or, more accurately, champagne or bloody Mary brunch).  Although being a single parent and an early morning person limits the chances of me getting to eat […]

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Ravenous Spring

by Chef Jenn Farmer Plump little green shoots burst from the dark soil and the ocean’s salty breath seems milder as the warm sun starts stealing the sting from her. It is a time of new and fresh beginnings. Soon round pink radishes, lanky asparagus, and tender greens will grace […]