“Bet you can’t eat just one!”
Jules has a thing about potato chips "That old girl is a girl after our own heart" was the word from Jules Catering, after we screened this one-minute vintage television commercial for Scudder's Potato Chips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYzbv8fDaAo "We have a lot...
read moreThe turkey, “though a little vain and silly…
"...is a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards...with a red Coat on." So wrote Benjamin Franklin, tongue at least partly in cheek, in a 1784 letter to his daughter, noting that "this respectable Bird" and "true original...
read more‘Particular party planner’ Mimi Deignan
"Where's Mimi?" This was more or less our mantra when we popped in to observe all that's involved in setting up a Country Wedding for 200 guests on a balmy autumn afternoon. We found ourselves repeatedly asking this question, not because Mimi wasn't where she was...
read more“Oh, somewhere in this favoured land…”
"...the sun is shining bright. The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light; And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout, But there is no joy in..." Beantown, Boston Red Sox have STRUCK OUT! Apologies to fellow Bay Stater Ernest...
read morePortrait of Jenny
If you've read the book, seen the film, or heard the song (which didn't actually appear in the film, but which has become a jazz standard), you'll know that Portrait of Jennie is a fantasy about a mysterious and charming girl/woman who--because she pays absolutely no...
read more‘Rock’ Revival–Jules is really cookin’ at Harvard Divinity School café
What better way to start the new school year than by breakfasting on steel-cut oatmeal, Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts--or by nibbling on a fresh-baked muffin, a French-toast croissant, or a hot frittata? All this while enjoying a cup of Red Barn Coffee, a fruit...
read moreAnita dreams of sushi…
...O-Bento Sushi, that is, from John Kim's shop in Waltham, MA. "Jules' food is all about taste, color, texture, balance, and freshness," explained Jules Catering's Owner-Chef Anita Baglaneas, when we explored the topic of sushi after seeing the 2011 documentary Jiro...
read moreShe’s got party DNA
"Absolutely I love a party! I was raised in a family that loved to entertain. My mother would say, 'Oh, let's have a hat party'--and all of a sudden there would be 100 people at the house, eating and drinking and having fun in their hats." "Or my father, the president...
read moreWe treasure our heirlooms…
…and the people who grow them. Now that Massachusetts' farmers' markets are once again in full swing we welcome the return of award-winning heirloom tomatoes grown by Carl and Marie Hills of Kimball Fruit Farm, in Pepperell, MA. A third-generation family farm,...
read moreFor our favorite ‘food writer’ on the occasion of his 141st birthday
Because we are huge fans of the formidable French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922), and because today marks his 141st birthday, we honor this writer with a post of his own because he was a master at exploring human sensation and is renowned for his ability to write...
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