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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...

A wink and a smile

by Heather Bouzan | February 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...

Personality plus: Meet my multiple drinking personalities

by Sara Faith Alterman | January 28, 2008
I HAVE multiple personalities. No, not like Sally Field in Sybil . Rather, these unique identities are multiple drinking personalities that emerge late at night, after I’ve been throwing ’em back for a few hours. Depending on what I’m imbibing, I adopt...

Strike up the brand: A look at our favorite liquor labels

by Heather Bouzan | January 28, 2008
A bottle of Old Codger Fine Old Tawny Port ($22.50), at BLM Wine + Spiri ts (1354 Comm Ave, Allston, 617.734.7700), might be the perfect gift for your crotchety grandpa — or your grumpy boyfriend. We think Double Bastard Ale ($6.95), available at the...

Judgement day: Local bartenders share what they're really thinking about when you order that drink

by Heather Bouzan | January 25, 2008
Call us “mean girls,” call us Simon Cowell, call us US Weekly — we can’t help it; we love to judge. Whether it’s the size of a trust fund, the desirability of a street address, or the thickness of a midsection, we find ourselves constantly (and a smidge...

Testing My Resolve: One man’s (embarrassingly public) quest to choose a New Year’s resolution

by Michael Diskin | December 17, 2007
I'VE NEVER been a big New Year's resolution kind of guy. I can't remember the last time I resolved to stop doing anything on the first day of the year. (Except in 2002 when, face down in a hotel toilet, I declared I would never, ever drink...

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...

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...

Rise and shine: Meet the new faces of Boston nightlife

by Heather Bouzan | October 19, 2007
THINK YOU know everyone there is to know in Boston nightlife? Think again. These days there’s a new crop of people moving upwards through the nightlife ranks, sending the invites, perfecting the playlists, creating the cocktails, and holding court at...

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...

Change up

by Heather Bouzan | September 06, 2007
THE NIGHTLIFE rut: it’s a common affliction. Your summer spent traipsing all over Nantucket, Kennebunkport, and the Cape — plus Tuscany, if you’re one of the lucky ones — makes your usual haunts in Boston pale in comparison. Instead of giving in and heading...