A favorite but episodic weekend ritual for me is to wake up early and buy bagels and challah for the family. So, breakfast is ready to go by the time everyone wakes up. I don’t know when I started to get into bagels, but I went through a phase in middle school during which I
Category: Food
[Foodie Post]: Dinner at Stir Boston
One chef. 11 diners. 8 courses. Hard work. Grace under pressure. I went out last night for a special treat, a dinner at Stir Boston. A few friends strongly recommended it, and I’m glad I went. It truly was an amazing feast (see photo at the left), but it really brought home to me how
[Food Friday]: Boutique Coffee Shops
I think we are in a “golden age” for coffee in Boston, with the ascendancy of small, quirky and craft-minded coffee shops. When I first moved to town in the late 1980s, there wasn’t much on the scene. It was mostly a sea of over-roasted coffee and meh corporate chains. Now, there’s much choice. Very
Our Sunday Dinners
If you read my blog, you know I’m “into” food. Street food, fancy restaurants, and everything in-between really appeal to me. A well-made bánh mì, a high-end meal at Menton, or a really good mac and cheese, I’m for it all. It’s all good. And, on Sundays, it’s a special time during which the pace
[Food Friday]: Jake’s Falafel Corner
I have a soft spot for entrepreneurs. I have a soft spot for immigrants. And, I have a very soft spot for falafel. So, imagine my joy when I discovered yesterday Jake’s Falafel Corner and heard an amazing story about survival. I was filling up on gas, saw the shop’s sign down the block, and
Live Blues, Raw Oysters and Young Love
900 oysters. Two bars. A toe-tappin’ and beer-swillin’ rhythm & blues band. Rosé champagne. Shots of electric blue Curaçao. Young love. That was my night last evening, and it was a long chain of gift-giving and opportunism that led to it. Let me explain. I love to cook and a friend sent me a gift,