Sweet and Savory Sue

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Butcher Boy’s guest blog series is an opportunity for us to feature some of our customers, and to share their recipes, inspiration, and enjoyment of great food. Follow #RealPeopleRealFood on Instagram to see new posts in this series.

February’s guest blogger is Sue Cobb, an attorney by day and a food enthusiast at home. See her story below:

Hi! I’m Sue and I started Sweet and Savory Sue because, during this unprecedented time, I decided to ride out the pandemic focused on joy and gratitude. What better way to celebrate the joy of staying home with loved ones but to come together over great food! I do have a day job practicing law in downtown Boston, but teleworking has allowed even more time (no more long commutes) for creating and preparing wonderful meals that I love to share on sweetandsavorysue.com and on Instagram and Facebook.  Sweet and Savory Sue has become a family affair as well with regular posts that include my husband, Grill Master Steve, and our two wonderful adult children, Guest Chef Harrison and the Lovely Lydia!  The whole family loves to call and text about getting together for a great meal, and meal planning has included many masked-up shopping trips to Butcher Boy.

As I share on my website, I grew up in Andover, went to college in Maine and law school in Boston, and spend a lot of time in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.  My family and I love all things New England including its natural beauty and rich history.  I try and include interesting pieces in my postings about the many wonderful things in New England, and have in the past posted about the tradition of the local farmer’s market, the Ammonoosuc River that runs off of Mt Washington, and visits to Whitefield, Littleton, Bethlehem, and Sugar Hill, New Hampshire.  My hope is to include more posts about interesting places to visit throughout New England when travel is safer.

We all know the month of February includes Valentine’s Day which for Sweet and Savory Sue means another opportunity to prepare a wonderful meal.  This year I’m thinking of making filet mignon with herbs de Provence and a red wine bearnaise sauce, which will of course include another trip to Butcher Boy. I haven’t prepared this in a while, but if I recall correctly – it was so good! So good!  I usually serve this with some simple sides like roasted new potatoes and asparagus with mustard bread crumbs. Please check out sweetansavorysue.com for these and other recipes.

The goal of my food blogging journey has been to share some of my family’s favorite dishes in the hope that my recipes and postings might inspire others to try them at home with their loved ones, or, at the very least, make people smile.  There has been a lot of stress and dark news during these past months, but Sweet and Savory Sue has provided me, and I hope others as well with some much-needed respite and the opportunity to connect and collaborate about food.

Please connect with me at sweetandsavorysue.com or on Instagram.  I look forward to collaborating with you!