December 11, 2010
by JJ Gonson
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I’m super late getting this post up, and it’s the holler daze and everyone is probably all crabby anyway, so I thought I would babble a bit, just to make everyone go, “COME ON ALREADY, JJ, get the darn post … Continue reading
October 23, 2010
by JJ Gonson
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The amount of work that goes into constructing a ONCE is ginormous. Each dinner is one elaborately orchestrated performance. One carefully calculated, strategically over-thought motion. One absolutely, utterly unstructured mess. And most of the time they are only dinner. Or … Continue reading
August 16, 2010
by JJ Gonson
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I have never felt so branded in my life. And I’ve lived through some seriously branded moments, you know. I’ve navigated some absolutely, positively named periods in rock and roll; punk, grunge. I’ve dodged ‘hipster’ for years, and steadfastly refused … Continue reading
This, from Casey at Old Friend’s Farm, brought tears to my eyes. I hope they don’t mind my sharing. I hope they understand that I do so with the deepest respect. (I also hope they get in touch with me … Continue reading
April 5, 2010
by JJ Gonson
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The post below was written by one of my myrmidons, Jennifer Ede, who took a lot of information that has been flying about recently and helped me to organize it. Shortly after she started working on this assignment it came … Continue reading
Happy March y’all, I got stuff on my mind You may know, and care, that the whole motivation behind Cuisine en Locale started with my fears for my own children, based around the food they would be offered and what … Continue reading
I recently wrote a guest piece for a blog I like, very much, called Happy Chickens Lay Healthy Eggs. Here’s the beginning of my story, and please check out Orren’s blog for the rest of my thoughts, and other stuff, … Continue reading
I wrote this a while ago, maybe before I had somewhere to put it… A tribute to one of the most influential chefs I worked for as a little cooker: All this I learned from Joel One of the best … Continue reading
Hellooo from the snow-swept wilds of Central Sq! I haven’t been emailing much so far this year, and I was flattered when I was asked why. Well hey, thanks for noticing! It’s nothing really. I’ve still got things buzzing in … Continue reading