Cape Ann Olive Company yummy recipe

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Chipotle Carrot Soup with Red Apple Balsamic

Sweet Apple Balsamic, Spicy Chipotle Olive Oil and crisp bacon make this soup a real treat!

Serves: 4

Ingredients:

  • 6 slices bacon
  • 1/4 cup Red Apple Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1/4 medium onion chopped
  • 1 1/2 lbs carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4 in rounds
  • 1 Tbsp Chipotle Olive Oil
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • 2 3/4 cup water, vegetable stock or chicken stock
  • Sea salt
  • Fresh, thinly sliced scallions
  • 2 Tbsp créme fraîche
  • A few thin slices of red chili
  • 1 small red apple, julienned
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400° F. Lay bacon on a sheet tray and baking rack. Using a pastry brush, brush Red Apple Balsamic Vinegar on both sides. Bake for 20 minutes, basting with more balsamic every 5 minutes. Remove from oven.
  2. Heat Chipotle Olive Oil in a medium sauce pan. Add onion and a pinch of salt. Sweat at a medium-low heat for 8-10 minutes.
  3. Add carrots with a pinch of salt and saute for 10 minutes. Add in honey and lemon juice.
  4. Cover the carrots with water or stock and simmer for 20 minutes until carrots are tender. Purée in a food processor or blender, adding more liquid if necessary to reach desired consistency. Add seasoning if desire.
  5. Ladle into warmed bowls. Garnish with a dollop of créme fraîche, red apple, bacon, fresh scallions and chilis; drizzle with Chipotle Olive Oil.
  6. Vegetarian option: Toss apple slices with Red Apple Balsamic Vinegar, scallions, chilis and garnish over créme fraîche.

Cape Ann Olive Oil Co. will ship any balsamic and olive oil. Go to the link below to connect to our website to place your order. We hope you enjoy this recipe! We appreciate your business.
Rick & Patty Gates

57 Main Street

Gloucester, MA  01930-5751

Sushi Sang Lee Is Doing His Thing Thursday 3/18/21 to Sunday 3/21/21 Out Of Savour Wine and Cheese

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*Menu will be updated on Wednesdays

**Limited availability: 24 Omakase orders per night

Savour Wine & Cheese

76 Prospect Street Gloucester, MA 01930

Business schedule : Thursday ~ Sunday

Business hours : 5pm ~ 8pm

Payment : Cash or Venmo (sushisanglee)

Weekly Menu

Thursday 3/18/21 to Sunday 3/21/21

Omakase (Chef’s choice) $65

10pc of top grade local and Japanese fish prepared Edomae style Nigiri sushi with Oyster shooter and Ankimo with Narazuke (Monkfish liver with Japanese pickled cucumber)

  • SASHIMI Omakase available with the same price. Comes with sushi rice
  • Substitute Beltfish to Uni for an extra $5
  • Fresh Wasabi from Shizuoka, Japan(12g) $10 * Fresh wasabi will apply in your sushi and the rest will serve in the container.

Maki (Roll)

Futo maki$10

Tamago, cucumber, avocado, kanpyo (gourd), oshinko (pickled daikon), ocean trout, watercress, oboro (dried fish flakes), shiso (Japanese mint), scallion, sesame

Negi Maguro maki$12

Bluefin Tuna, scallion, oshinko

Negi Toro maki$25

Bluefin Tuna belly, scallion, oshinko

Ocean Trout maki$10

Ocean Trout, shiso, avocado, watercress, oshinko, sesame

Shime Saba Isobe Maki $15

(6 orders/night)

Cured local mackerel, pickled ginger, scallion, shiso, sesame, wasabi

Vegetable maki$7

Same ingredients as Futo maki w/o tamago and Ocean Trout

Bluefin Tuna Nigiri Tasting. $35

Akami Zuke(marinated lean Tuna), Chu-Toro(medium fatty tuna), O-Toro(Fatty tuna belly), Aburi Kama Toro(seared tuna collar)

A la carte (Price per piece)

Oyster shooter$4

Duxbury Oyster, ponzu, radish, pickled jicama, shiso

Uni(Maine) $8

Chu-Toro $8

Medium fatty Bluefin Tuna

O-toro $10

Extra fatty Bluefin tuna belly

TachiSumi $10

Tachiuo(Belt fish) with Karasumi(cured Japanese mullet roe) and chives

Aburi Kama-Toro $12

Seared Bluefin tuna collar

*If you have any dietary restrictions, please note on order form

Payment via cash or Venmo

Venmo ID : sushisanglee

Contact Information

Phone : (978)381-3818

Instagram : @sushisanglee

Facebook : Sushi Sang Lee

Email : sushisanglee@gmail.com

If you enjoy chef Lee’s sushi please check out Best of Northshore.

GloucesterCast 482 with Erika Brown, Susan Quateman, Lisa Smith, Pat and Jim Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 3/18/21

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GloucesterCast 482 with Erika Brown, Lisa Smith, Susan Quateman, Pat and Jim Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 3/18/21

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Backyard Growers’ Spring Gardening Workshops & Events Schedule

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Spring is here! Backyard Growers is thrilled to welcome the community to a series of Spring Gardening Workshops and Events with the mission of helping more people successfully grow their own fresh, healthy produce this year.

Click here to explore our upcoming events.

Plus, support Backyard Growers’ programs that increase fresh food access among low- to moderate-income families, seniors, and kids through vegetable gardens in backyards, public parks, housing developments, schools, and more. Join us for our virtual fundraiser, a Cook-along with Ken Duckworth on March. 25.

Click here to learn more and purchase tickets.

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Sawyer Free Library presents screening of “Left on Pearl”documentary in celebration of Women’s History Month on Saturday, 3/20

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Celebrate Women’s History Month with activists marching through Cambridge for women’s rights in the award-winning documentary LEFT ON PEARL! Join the Sawyer Free Library for a virtual documentary screening followed by a filmmakers’ panel on Saturday, March 20 from 2-4pm.

Register here for the link to the film and presentation. The film will be made available to registrants a few days before the presentation if you’d like to watch it in advance.

Also be sure to check out the What She’s Reading at SawyerFreeLibrary.org this month. The Library asked several of Gloucester’s cultural, civic, and community women leaders to share books that they love or have inspired them, written by fellow women. The results are a mix of close to 100 titles, including classics, new discoveries, and more. The complete list is on the website, with recommended books available at Sawyer Free Library or easily ordered from libraries in…

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The GMG Tipsy Seagull Ice Cream From Holy Cow Is Being Crafted As We Speak Pre-Ordering Starts Thursday At 8:05PM Here: https://www.holycowicecreamcafe.com/

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The GMG Tipsy Seagull Ice Cream From Holy Cow Is Being Crafted As We Speak

Pre-Ordering Starts Thursday At 8:05PM Here: https://www.holycowicecreamcafe.com/

Chris and I offered to donate $100 each to Warren Waugh’s Alzheimer’s Association and a Suicide Awareness program if we sell 100 pints within a week’s time. Not five minutes after our friend Carlton Campbell from @waterscapesofnewengland chimed in with a $250 donation followed by Mike Codair’s $100 donation and then Big Daddy Warren Waugh dropped this bombshell-

Warren and Lyon Waugh Auto Group coming through with $1000 each for both organizations!

Nichole Schrafft is donating $100 and Rachael Refalo chimed in that she will be donating $100 as well!

Late Winter at Halibut Point — pat morss

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Last weekend we had a beautiful and uncrowded visit to Halibut Point.

Quarry and Ipswich Bay
State Park Visitor Center at quarry
Clear day – Mt Agamenticus, ME (81 miles) and Isles of Shoals
Rocks to themselves
Resident Harlequin Ducks
View from on top of the quarry tailings; note the “maze” at center
Taking a breather at the maze
The Inuit People build “Inukshuks” like this as navigational markers
Guess who’s coming to dinner

March 17 Legislative & COVID-19 Update

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March 17 Legislative & COVID-19 UpdateNews from the office of Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante
Today, the Commonwealth announced the timeline for all remaining residents to be eligible for a vaccine and provided an update on doses that are being received and distributed.

Vaccine Eligibility Timeline

Today, the Commonwealth announced the dates that all remaining residents and certain worker groups will be eligible for a vaccine. The detailed timeline adheres to the original timeline for the three phases announced in December.

All residents can preregister to book an appointment at a mass vaccination site at mass.gov/COVIDVaccine. Appointments will be offered based on eligibility and available appointments nearby. It is expected that more sites will come online as part of the preregistration process in April.

Timeline for remaining groupsMarch 22nd: Residents 60+ and certain workersApril 5th: Residents 55+ and residents with one certain medical conditionApril 19th: General public ages 16 years of age and olderThe full timeline is available at mass.gov/COVIDVaccinePhases.

The Commonwealth has received assurances from the federal government that an increased vaccine supply will be available to states soon. Depending on supply, it could take weeks for people to be notified that an appointment is available at a mass vaccination site.Dose Update

This week, the state is receiving a modest increase in supply of first doses, approximately 170,000. This includes an unexpected 8,000 doses of J&J vaccine.

In total, the Commonwealth will receive 316,000 first and second doses as part of the state allocation. These figures do not include doses provided through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program or to Federally Qualified Health Centers.

This week, first doses and second dose state allocations (total doses), were distributed among providers as follows:Mass vaccination locations: 101,890Health systems and health care providers (excluding CHCs): 99,230Community Health Centers: 27,450Regional Collaboratives and Local Boards of Health: 59,580Regional Collaboratives: 40,370Local Boards of Health: 19,210Retail pharmacies (non-CVS)State allocation: 8,490Mobile Clinics supporting long-term care facilities, congregate care, affordable/low-income senior housing and homebound individuals: 19,180Weekly allocations are subject to change based on federal availability, demand from providers, and obligations to meet second doses. Providers have 10 days to use their doses and must meet specific performance thresholds.

Federal Doses

In addition to the state allocation, the federal government distributes vaccines to CVS Health sites as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Partnership as well as to certain Massachusetts federally qualified community health centers. These quantities fluctuate on a weekly basis and are not counted as part of the state’s weekly allocation.

This week, 106,440 first and second doses have been allocated to the retail pharmacy program and 9,500 doses have been allocated to the federally qualified health centers.

Individuals looking to book appointments across any of these providers should visit mass.gov/COVIDvaccine to learn more.

Please read on below for new, updated, and important legislative updates and information surrounding the COVID-19 crisis and see our past newsletters if you haven’t had a chance to read them already for more relevant guidance and directives following Governor Baker’s declaration of a state of emergency on March 10th. Visit Mass.gov for complete information, check the municipal websites for Gloucester, Rockport, and Essex for local guidance, and text “COVIDMA” to 888-777 to receive COVID-19 text message alerts straight to your phone.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day 2021 ☘️

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Since the parade in Boston is cancelled this year, here are a few Boston Globe St. Patrick’s Day stories from the past that mention Gloucester.

1957 Crowd 450,000 strong line South Boston

St. Patrick’s Day Parade: “Roars of 450,000 Rock Old Southie – Throngs in Deafening Tribute“

Among the marching groups, a message from Gloucester:

“…Typical of the pure fun of this Irish carnival was the green-clad junkie’s horse and wagon, topped with a dozen members of the Hibernian Student Assn. There was also the usual assorted nags, jockeyed by small boys in green derbies, and a number of other informal entries, like the man with the green-lettered sign, “Eat Gloucester Fish.”

Forman, Ian. “Roars of 450,000 Rock Old Southie,” Boston Globe. 1957 March 19. Front page, continued p.22

1968 Rainy day

South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 1968 featured Gloucester youth, St. Peter’s Bagpipe Band, as the bring it home musical act, – were you watching or marching?

“The last musical unit to bring up the parade was St. Peter’s Bagpipe Band of Gloucester. As the boy and girl pipers marched through the rain past the final reviewing stand, they lifted their water-soaked bagpipes to their lips and proudly skirled out “The Wearing of the Green.”

Davis, William. “‘Twas a ‘Soft Day’ for Boston’s Irish.” Boston Globe, 1968 March 8, p.19.

1961 Senator Ben Smith is Irish

Local politics

“the political longshot from Gloucester…He credited Al Smith for his courage in the face of bigotry, starting a job that Jack finished last November.”

“About Time We Knew: Ben Smith is Irish,” Boston Globe. 1961 March 20

Nurses from counties Cork, Limerick and Donegal, invited guests, were “beautiful, young and single.” Because 1961.

1892 How Ireland was Observed in Gloucester

A children’s medley performance at St. Ann’s made the St. Patrick’s Day roundup news. Do you recognize family surnames? (The Church is spelled St. Anne’s in this Boston Globe article.)

“The day of Ireland’s patron saint was fittingly observed here today, the Sunday school teachers of St. Anne’s Church giving an excellent entertainment, consisting of the operetta, “A Trip to Europe,” and readings, tableaux. The entertainment was under the management of Rev. C. W. Regan, assistant at St. Anne’s. The hall was packed with enthusiastic friends of the performers, who generously applauded the finished manner in which the various parts were rendered. The tambourine drill in the second part was a picturesque and pleasant feature…The readings by Miss Maggie Keefe and the tableaux also won high favor from the audience…”

Boston Globe 1892

Names mentioned: Jeannie Dooling, Eddie Fanning, Maggie Fanning, Michael Fanning, Etta Gibbs, Maggie Gibbs, Miss Etta Greenleaf, Hannah Harris, Lizzie Healey, Charles Hennessey, Maggie Keefe, Master George Kelley, Denis Moore, Miss Mary Murphy, Miss Sadie McAuley, Hugh McDonald, John O’Brien, Willie O’Brien, Nellie Nugent, Katie A. Roach, Miss M.E.J. Roche, Clara Smith, Katie Smith, Master Walter Smith, Miss Maggie Wells, Dora West, Clara White. Minstrelsy costumes were part of the program, boys were assigned roles dressed up as “four little curly headed (slur). ” 1892

St. Ann’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day revue was held at City Hall in 1924

“The annual St. Patrick’s Day entertainment of St. Ann’s Catholic parish was held last evening in City Hall auditorium. The hall was filled. overture was by Ralph Handran, pianist Helen Handran, violinist, and Helen Mitchell, drummer. Vocal solos by Mrs. George Adams, Mrs. James Cunningham and Joseph Buckley; violin solo Miss Lucille Rowe; reading, with music, Miss Irene H. Veno; address, “Christian, Citizenship,” Charles S. O’Connor of Boston; selection by the orchestra. There was community singing.”

My friend dropped off her scrumptious Irish soda bread so it feels like a pot of gold already.

What’s your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow this year?