October 2007 - Posts

Feeding Frenzy: La Spinetta Winery, Redang/Asian Market, KingstonStation, and the Wine Cellar

Feeding Frenzy: La Spinetta Winery, Redang/Asian Market, KingstonStation, and the Wine Cellar

by Louisa Kasdon, 10-17-2007

SPEAKING OF Rialto's Sunday-night suppers, this month they've got a special event featuring the cuisine of Piedmont. Expect truffles and exquisite wines from La Spinetta Winery , all for $125. >> Watch for New York import Haru to open soon...
Sunday School: Watch out, Saturday — there’s a new restaurant night in town

Sunday School: Watch out, Saturday — there’s a new restaurant night in town

by Louisa Kasdon, 10-17-2007

A CONFESSION: Saturday is my least favorite night to eat out. I realize that may be a wrong note for a restaurant columnist to hit, but it's true. I hate begging for a Saturday-night reservation, worrying that the chef will be slammed, putting up...
In Memoriam: Remembering Jack Sidell

In Memoriam: Remembering Jack Sidell

by Heather Bouzan, 10-17-2007

TRY TO imagine it: life without Davio's. The Summer Shack. Olives. Hamersley's Bistro. It makes us shudder, too. But without banker James V. "Jack" Sidell, who quietly helped finance these and many other local favorites, they may have...
Going Green: Step by step, local restaurants get on the path to saving the environment

Going Green: Step by step, local restaurants get on the path to saving the environment

by Louisa Kasdon, 10-03-2007

SUNDAY NIGHT in the North End. There's a queue in front of almost every restaurant, the cars are honking to get the valet's attention, and Jose Duarte, the redwood-sized chef and owner of the immensely successful Peruvian-Italian restaurant, Taranta...
Feeding Frenzy: Bambara, Great Bay, Rustic Kitchen, and Tasca

Feeding Frenzy: Bambara, Great Bay, Rustic Kitchen, and Tasca

by Louisa Kasdon, 10-01-2007

GET READY to say goodbye to - or at least pay more for - your San Pellegrino, Fiji, and Evian. Last year, Americans consumed billions of bottles of water; the global water craze adds up to millions of tons of plastic each year. (Next time you're at...
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