The Hungry Mouse

What's it like to live in Salem, Massachusetts during Halloween season? Pull up a chair and I'll tell you all about it.

This pumpkin hummus is hot and spicy--and makes a great app for the Fall season. Serve it in a hollowed out sugar pumpkin.

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Corn dogs are one of those great polarizing foods: Peeps either love 'em or hate 'em. Me? Call me a savage, but I need once like once or twice a year, usually in the thick of summer, right around Labor Day. They remind me of steamy August afternoons spent at town carnivals. Corn dogs. Cotton candy. Ferris wheels. The whole shebang. It's...

Whenever The Little Black Cat and I go adventuring in Newburyport, we almost always stop at Tendercrop Farm on the way home. They're open every day year-round. The produce is great, a lot of it locally grown depending on the season. They also do pick-your-own in season–and offer field tours for groups of 20+. (Now THIS makes me want to eat...

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  Calling kids of all ages (and all you H.P. Lovecraft fans) out there! OK, so these are really silly. And I should note that I didn't invent these little suckers. There's a whole sub-culture dedicated to making cute food to put into Japanese-style bento box lunches, including hot dogs. (Check out the fabulous bento site Lunch in a Box for more info.) Basically,...

Ahoy! Quick note today with super awesome news! We're so honored to announce that The Hungry Mouse won Best Blog, editor's choice, in the 2013 Best of the Northshore (BONS) awards, presented by Northshore Magazine. Thanks, guys! We're so proud. Can you see us beaming from here? :) Home is where the heart is While our readership spans the globe at this point, our...

OK, I've had a zillion requests for this, mainly from my Homemade Deli-Style Roast Beef recipe. That's this thing here (if you like roast beef, I highly recommend it, both for flavor AND cost cutting measures): Sorry it took me so long to noodle out a version for a turkey breast! This turkey breast is so good—and super easy. You can bust it...

Well, sorta. A while ago, Emily, a super nice PR peep, contacted me to find out if I'd like to review Chef Alex Guarnaschelli's new online app, provided through a service called Upfront. She offered me an all access pass to the app, as well as a little cake for posting my thoughts on the experience in this review. (Thanks so...