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

by Heather Bouzan | February 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

by Sara Faith Alterman | February 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...

Mondo meatball: Not always on top of spaghetti, rarely covered with cheese

by MC Slim JB | February 25, 2008
HOW MANY foods are simpler or more ubiquitous than the meatball? Grind some meat, season it, roll it into a ball, then bake, steam, grill, broil, boil, or fry it up. That basic recipe holds a place in an astonishing number of cuisines from around the...

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

by Heather Bouzan | December 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

by MC Slim JB | November 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...

Worth their salt: Local veteran chefs choose their favorite young guns

by Heather Bouzan | November 16, 2007
YOU ENTRUST your dinner to them, so doesn’t it make sense to ask your favorite local chefs which up-and-coming cooks they think are talented? We checked in with restaurant vets Jody Adams, Robert Fathman, Marc Orfaly, Bill Poirier, and Jeremy Sewall about...

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

by Heather Bouzan | November 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

by Heather Bouzan | November 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...

Perfect 10: Get in touch with your inner pre-teen

by Melissa Cronin | November 02, 2007
ANOTHER YEAR older, another year wiser, another birthday pub crawl? Nah — we’re so tired of the usual bar-hopping birthday fêtes. In brainstorming ideas for Stuff@night ’s 10th-birthday celebration, we found ourselves yearning for the days of cupcakes...

Flashbacks: What we were talking about...

by Michael Diskin | November 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

by Heather Bouzan | October 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...

Stuffed: The third-annual Stuff@night dining awards

by RUTH TOBIAS AND MC SLIM JB | September 24, 2007
MC Slim JB: “Best-of lists are the McDonald’s cheeseburger of food/drinks articles: everyone occasionally wolfs one down, and no one brags about it afterward. But why do they always include some howler that makes you wonder if the judges are daffy or...

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

by Heather Bouzan | September 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...