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Yesterday my family drove out to Worcester MA to visit my nephew, who is a student at the College of the Holy Cross. We took him to lunch at Volturno, a wood-fired pizza place in downtown Worcester. Bread plate with ricotta and olive oil Charcuterie board Pizza with wild mushrooms and arugula polpette pizza bacon, egg, and cheese pizza pizza with squash and ricotta salata Capri pizza

Yes, it was delicious! My husband brought it home from the farmer's market. We are lucky to have access to really good local fish. This particular company sells their fish with a QR code on the package that gives you information about the fish you are buying. You can get the fisherman's name, the name of the boat, the catch method, where it is caught etc. They sell at farmer's markets around the city as well as the Boston Public Market. It's good stuff. https://www.redsbest.com/redsbest/

Panzanella with seared tuna

chicken parmesan and rigatoni

Sunday family dinner Fried chicken Mac and cheese from Cook's Country magazine--very creamy Cornbread made with masa marina and maple syrup Garden tomatoes

Wednesday we had chicken-tomatillo tacos. I was mad when the tortillas defrosted and they turned out to be flour instead of the corn ones I was expecting. Annoying! Last night we had penne with roasted cherry tomato-arugula sauce. I think my tomato plants are almost done for the year.

Here's my shrimp creole. I thought it was a touch too salty. The sauce was fine, but I think once I combined it with the shrimp that had been tossed in additional creole seasoning before sautéing the salt level got a bit too high. It might have been the creole seasoning I used (Zatarain's). Here's the recipe I believe both @Norm Matthews and I used https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/shrimp-creole I really, really hate green bell peppers, so I used a red bell pepper in mine, but otherwise followed the recipe with an added scallion garnish.

Did you like it? I am having it for dinner tonight! We must both subscribe to Food and Wine 🙂 I hope it was good--I made the sauce last night so there's no going back now.

Assorted sandwiches. Prosciutto, gruyere and fig jam Crab burger with lemon-dill aioli Mushroom, bacon, gruyere and arugula Steak, arugula, parmesan and truffle butter

Wednesday night, stir fried cod with mushrooms and peas over rice Last night, bucatini with eggplant and tomatoes

final installment for this visit. Dealing with the hotspot got tedious and we ended up just not going online for most of the week. It was nice. One day we went to Provincetown for a whale watch. We saw 19 different humpbacks and one fin whale. It's usually the other way around. Here are a couple of pictures Afterwards we went to Mac's Fish House. Sashimi: striped bass, toro, and yellowtail toro scallop crudo seveche jalepeno yellowtail with ponzu sushi smorgasbord and for the two non-sushi eaters, bouillabaise and striped bass malva pudding for dessert for my niece Another day we went to the Pearl. Steamers Banging shrimp The "mighty codwich". Half of this went home for another meal Shrimp caesar salad Warm lobster roll Shrimp tacos The rest of the time we cooked at the house, but I guess those photos are not appropriate here. This was our view/beach. The house was two miles into National Park land on a one-lane dirt road. Our car is badly scratched, but it was worth it. Until next time...

Still here, still eating oysters... lots more photos to share later Here’s a crazy sunset from the other night. I thought it looked like a jellybean

More foods. My husband and I had my niece for the evening and she chose Mac's Shack. Hamachi Aguachile Big mac (repeat) Lazy lobster Seared cod with strawberry basil nuoc cham and sweet potato puree And that was a lot of lobster, and since he could not eat it all, it came home and came a lobster BLT later We went to Provincetown yesterday to buy some board games, and my niece asked for Macs again so we proceeded to Mac's Fish House for sushi. Salmon sake crunch Cape Cod sushi (made with lobster) the other sushi Tonight we dined at Blackfish in Truro Oysters Scallops Striped bass Squid with squid ink pasta tuna bolognese short ribs panna cotta sunset

Yesterday was my nephew's last day with us before returning to college. He wanted to go to Winslow's Tavern again, so of course we agreed. We started with oysters and some tuna crudo with tobiko roe Pear apple salad lobster and prosciutto panino burger crab cake summer pasta with burrata key lime pie triple chocolate mousse sunset and a late night dinner of scallop rolls made with scallops I picked up at the local fish market, so sweet and fresh

Hello from Wellfleet. The house does not have wifi but I do have a cell signal on my network so can use my phone as a hotspot. I have not been taking photos everywhere we have eaten so far because we have been doing a lot of repeats, but here are a few breakfasts. My nephew is heading back to college today and so I have been letting him choose where to eat, and he loves breakfast. We were in Eastham for a few days before moving to the house last night. Fairway cheddar-scallion waffle with over easy eggs cranberry pancakes The other day we tried a new place, Brine. Brine benedict Huevos rancheros Belgian waffle with fruit and a sunset

couple of sandwiches to clean out the fridge pre-vacation. BLTs (again) with tomatoes from my garden a banh mi using two recipes from Andrea Nguyen's Banh Mi Handbook, the Thai omelet and the portobello mushroom recipes, cooked together. Interior

I'll do my best to share, but I'm not sure that there is wifi at the house we are renting. It's in a holding within the National Park and most of the Park has no coverage. I'll post some stuff from my phone when we are in town. If I am wrong about the connectivity, I'll post daily. I actually hope I am wrong because my niece and nephew will be mad if they are cut off from the "real world" for a week :-)

I have one and really like it. It gets very hot. Makes good stir fries, and cleaning it is easy too. Last night, bucatini with clam sauce

Is that a tomato tart satin? Whatever it is, I'd eat it! 🙂 Sometimes I just want a BLT for dinner. Tomato from my garden. I'm losing the lower tomatoes to chipmunks that tunnel underground and come up inside the fencing, but luckily my vines grew nice and tall so there's still some for me.

Giant picture alert! I spent last weekend in Wellfleet. I was too busy to post while there but wanted to add our latest dining exploits to this thread. Friday we ended up at the Bookstore as they had the shortest wait at 30 minutes (most Wellfleet places don't take reservations) Littlenecks Oysters Cheese plate clam roll (disappointing) fish sandwich (VERY disappointing) lobster roll salmon salad steak tips Saturday morning a few of us had breakfast at the Lighthouse Omelet Egg sandwich Blueberry pancakes Friday night we went to an early dinner at Winslows Tavern. Oysters Scallop seveche (yes it is in a clam shell not sure why!) tomato salad fig salad yellowfin tuna tuna confit pasta Mussel pasta Halibut Corn ravioli Triple chocolate mousse Salted caramel tart Key lime tart Saturday we went to Mac's Shack Tuna poke Spicy tuna mango martini various sushi sashimi Big Mac We will be back for 12 days starting next weekend, but are staying in a beachfront house so might be doing more home cooking than dining out.

tonkatsu style chicken, rice, and a new smashed cucumber salad recipe that came in a newsletter from my local paper. Pretty good but I like the recipe I usually use from the New York Times better

Safe travels home. I always enjoy reading your annual Mantoulin blog and hope that you get to return next year, somehow.

Penzeys is offering another deal: 1/4 cup jars of aleppo pepper and Mitchell Street seasoning for $2 each, plus free 1/2 cup jars of their cinnamon sugar and granulated air-dried shallots, and a "kind heart" pin if you spend $5. While adding items to my cart I got a pop up saying that since I spent $50 they were adding in a free 1/4 cup jar of the aleppo pepper and Mitchel Street seasoning. Shipping is free if you spend $30.

farfalle with tomato sauce made from tomatoes from my garden, basil, and burrata

Monday, tomato salad made with tomatoes from my garden (which consists only of tomato plants) and corn and bacon pasta from the current issue of Cook's Country Last night, "clean out the crisper drawer" veggie cakes made with summer squash, mushrooms, garlic, onion, herbs and goat cheese topped with marinated tomato salad