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Red, White and....A Fresh Pickle Plate for the Fourth

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Fresh vegetables, flavored with spices and herbs from the garden and
pickled overnight in the refrigerator, add fireworks to a Fourth of July
celebration.


The pepper-crusted pork shoulder, smoked over hickory since early morning, is roasting slowly in the oven. The pickles are on the plate and the prosecco is chilling…here’s how we’ll be celebrating in just a few hours: Happy Independence Day!


Fourth of July Menu

Kevin’s Slow Roasted Pork Shoulder with Spicy Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Fresh Pickle Plate: Baby Beets with Mint and Orange Zest, Pearl Onions with Thyme, Hot Dilled Beans with Garlic and Jalapeno, Lemon Cucumbers with Citrus Herbs

Grilled Potato Salad with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette

Grilled Japanese Eggplant with Miso

Heirloom Tomatoes with Avocado

Katherine Hepburn’s Brownies with Whipped Cream

Pink Prosecco with Peaches

Fireworks and the Boston Pops


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