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April 2009 - Posts

5 Courses with Mary Dumont

by Louisa Kasdon | April 20, 2009

Mary Dumont has quite a resume. She’s a Food & Wine top chef, a 2006 Iron Chef finalist (she clearly loved the pressure and the stress!), and an AAU women’s basketball star — which takes some doing when you stand 5’3” in your chef’s clogs. As someone... Read More »

Ciderglazed Duck for Two at Salts

by MC Slim JB | April 20, 2009

Salts (798 Main Street, Cambridge, 617.876.8444) has been winning awards and charming patrons with its innovative blend of French and New American cuisine for a decade. Chef Gabriel Bremer produces refined, detailed dishes with subtly intense flavors... Read More »

Todd English means business

by Louisa Kasdon | April 20, 2009

An action hero in a black chef’s coat, Todd English roars up to Olive’s front door on a shiny black Vespa. With the film crew from his PBS series trailing him, he’s picking up in Charlestown where he left off in Tuscany, where he roared out of the frame... Read More »

Altar offerings at Church

by Leslie Kilgore | April 20, 2009

After what seemed like the longest winter ever, a drowning Dow Jones, and marauding monkeys in the news, we all could indulge in a few deadly sins these days. So rejoice! Church restaurant and bar in the Fenway area has just the thing for a night of reckoning... Read More »

Filed under: Stuff It, venue:Church

A marriage of equals

by Louisa Kasdon | April 04, 2009

I was curious when I learned that Jeremy Sewall, chef-owner of Lineage in Brookline, was going to be running the kitchen at Eastern Standard . Was there a message here? Another bistro casualty? Trouble in the kitchen at Eastern Standard? Thankfully, the... Read More »

Filed under: Consumed, venue:Eastern Standard, venue:Great Bay, venue:Lineage

Small bites at Vox Populi

by Leslie Kilgore | April 04, 2009

In a city with so many options, it’s hard to commit to anything these days: a car, a designer bag, a significant other, even a spring fling. Who doesn’t need a little nibble first — a small taste of what’s to come, before you really commit? Vox Populi... Read More »

Filed under: Stuff It, venue:Vox Populi

Café chicken at the Franklin Café South Boston

by MC Slim JB | April 04, 2009

If you want to find a good bookstore, talk to a writer. If you want exceptional late-night dining and drinks, follow the industry crowd. Any place you find servers, line cooks, and bartenders chilling after a long shift is bound to be tasty and value... Read More »

Filed under: Food Coma, venue:Franklin Café South Boston

5 Courses with Jim Walsh

by Louisa Kasdon | April 04, 2009

Jim Walsh is pretty fast with an oyster. Maybe not as fast as Wellfleet’s William “Chopper” Young, reputedly the world’s fastest oyster shucker and the 2009 winner of the International Oyster Opening Championship held in Galway, Ireland. But Walsh is... Read More »

Filed under: 5 Courses, venue:East Coast Grill