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What's cooking?

What's cooking?

by Heather Bouzan, 06-13-2008

What happens when you put eight local chefs together at a table and ask them to dish on their industry? We decided to find out. Our recent roundtable discussion with a group of local DJs sparked so much conversation that we decided to try the format again...
Get out of town

Get out of town

by Ruth Tobias, 06-13-2008

Why are so many urban restaurateurs flocking to the ’burbs? We asked; they answered. I may be a legend in my own mind, but I didn’t really imagine, when I left Boston last fall after years of churning out, in my sleep, the kind of shockingly original...
Mommy dearest: Local chefs dish on their mother's epicurean influences

Mommy dearest: Local chefs dish on their mother's epicurean influences

by Heather Bouzan, 02-25-2008

EVERY TIME we sit down to a divine home-cooked meal at our mother’s house, we get to thinking: what influences have mothers had on their professional-chef offspring? So we got personal with eight of Boston’s finest cooks, who shared memories of family...
More than just a pretty space: A restaurant's design can affect your whole meal

More than just a pretty space: A restaurant's design can affect your whole meal

by Sara Faith Alterman, 02-25-2008

WHAT MAKES a picnic a picnic? It seems like a silly question, but consider this: a picnic is defined not so much by the food you’re consuming, but the environment in which you consume it. You’re outside, sitting on the grass or in the sand. It’s warm...
A wink and a smile

A wink and a smile

by Heather Bouzan, 02-11-2008

Whether we’re single or attached, no matter: we love a good flirt. The best are full of lash-fluttering and witty banter and devoid of any particular intentions (though we have been known to use our skills to mess with someone we know is a sleaze, just...
In Recovery: The holidays are finally over. Here’s how to unwind and chill out, stat.

In Recovery: The holidays are finally over. Here’s how to unwind and chill out, stat.

by Heather Bouzan, 12-17-2007

ALL THE THINGS we love about the holidays - the expensive bottles of wine, the multi-course meals, the fancy soirées that end with breakfast - are also the things that leave us bleary-eyed, pudgy, and hating ourselves come the season's proverbial...
Nouvelle New England: These are not your great-great-grandfather’s hoecakes

Nouvelle New England: These are not your great-great-grandfather’s hoecakes

by MC Slim JB, 11-16-2007

NEW ENGLAND’S culinary tradition may be America’s oldest, but it’s not often considered its most delicious. After all, our local cuisine originally sprang from the British Isles, land of the boiled potato and overdone roast, and the Pilgrims, whose religious...
Shop talk: Ever wonder where your favorite chefs find all those great ingredients?

Shop talk: Ever wonder where your favorite chefs find all those great ingredients?

by Heather Bouzan, 11-16-2007

ASK US WHERE we shop and it’s a simple answer: Newbury Street, Copley Place, and, when time allows, the Natick Collection. But when we pose the same question to 10 local chefs, most wax enthusiastic on the merits of various meat distributors, organic...
Now and then: Hot trends from the last decade — and their contemporary counterparts

Now and then: Hot trends from the last decade — and their contemporary counterparts

by Heather Bouzan, 11-02-2007

WE’RE GLAD that one of the inherent qualities of a trend is its brevity, because if we’d had to endure a lifetime’s worth of leggings, scrunchies, and New Kids on the Block, we’re not sure we’d still be around to talk about it. In the last 10 years, what...
Flashbacks: What we were talking about...

Flashbacks: What we were talking about...

by Michael Diskin, 11-02-2007

… in 1997 “Remember when Princess Diana sparked the rage for colonic irrigation? (It makes me feel so energized.’) That development sent bicoastal trendsetters bot-toms up. Now it’s time for deep breathing. An oxygen hit is the pick-me-up of the moment...
Lounge lizards: 15 of our favorite spots for chilling out and getting down

Lounge lizards: 15 of our favorite spots for chilling out and getting down

by Heather Bouzan, 10-19-2007

THERE’S NOTHING like a big nightclub: getting lost in the middle of a crowd, clearing a spot, and just dancing. But being the variety-craving socialites we are, we’ve embraced another nightlife trend that’s been gathering momentum for the past few years...
All grown up: Sophisticated takes on some college-food favorites

All grown up: Sophisticated takes on some college-food favorites

by Heather Bouzan, 09-07-2007

THERE ARE surely some things about college you miss: the random hook-ups, the endless parties, the complete lack of responsibility, and, of course, the excess drinking. But that dining hall serving half-congealed mystery meats and triple-fried everything...

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