There is something about going down stairs into a joint, off the street level, that makes you feel like you are walking into a private event. Beat Hotel in historic Harvard Square is just that, an event. One would have …
Chef Will Gilson is a child of New England. He is also the child of the farm. These two facts are abundantly clear from the moment you walk into the beautifully appointed Puritan & Company. The space, at first airy …
It’s autumn, and not only the leaves are turning yellow. Fall means one thing in Soupland: squash soup of one kind or another, anything from butternut to pumpkin, as dependably comforting as the sweater you’re finally admitting you have to …
The highballs are served in highball glasses and the (quite potent) gin-based cocktails are served in coupes. The soapstone bar is broad and invites touching. The music enhances, rather than overpowers, the boisterous conversational hum. And the folks running the …
Talking to Steve Johnson, the gentle and clever chef at stylish-but-casual Rendezvous in Central Square, Cambridge, I’m impressed by his devotion to community, to local sourcing, and to good old-fashioned home economics. He lets me in on one of his …
Lucky for all of us, chefs are busy turning the Cambridge neighborhood designated as “Area 4” into a Mecca of good eating. Area Four audaciously takes the neighborhood’s name as its identity, and does the moniker proud. They say that …
India Pavilion, one of the mainstays of the Central Square Indian restaurant scene in Cambridge, has recently undergone a renovation and expansion. They’ve also expanded their menu, adding a few dishes I hadn’t seen before, like Jerk Chicken Curry, Lobster …
As the climate continues to go wacky, it’s hard to know what November will bring. Even so, it’s likely too late to have a meal on the terrace at Upstairs on the Square. Luckily, the rooms inside provide plenty of …
Chef Peter Davis has a motto: “fresh from the farm and honest-to-goodness New England cooking.” That’s the basis for his restaurant, Henrietta’s Table, a down home New England style restaurant where the last meal of the day is referred to …
Something I didn’t know… tomatoes are used often in Indian cuisine. Haveli in Inman Square in Cambridge has a fabulous Tomato Corn Soup on its summer menu, the recipe of which they were kind enough to share for our …