edible Southeastern Massachusetts

We have quite a few restaurant Buzz news notes this issue, though we have other Buzz-worthy items as well. So put the snow shovel down, light a fire, get your favorite libati...

local PROVISIONS

PJ’s Fine Foods

It all started with a family joke that turned into something deliciously real. Jared Friedman recalls that his mom, Pat Kellogg, had been whipping up her legendary party dip for years, and friends and family just couldn’t get enough of it. Jared caught the bug early, too, crafting his own Cra...

local PROVISIONS

Hearth is all about taking fermentation to the heart of what makes great bread truly great. Founded in 2010, this cozy spot (right next door to IndieFerm)...

Fermenting and spring have one word in common—SCIENCE.

The spring season is a little like fermenting foods. You patiently wait for it. It’s underneath the snow, which acts as insulation for the live microorganisms below, all the while replenishing and resetting itself, getting ready to bubble up and bloom. We may become impatient, b...

Beer flights are common. A flight of fermented foods? That’s a different story.

I had the chance to chat with Rose Forbes, the co-owner and fermentation wizard behind Independent Fermentations Brewing—or IndieFerm, as everyone calls it—in Plymouth. Rose and her partner, Paul Nixon, have been running the show for about 12 years now, turning...