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Feeding Frenzy, October 7, 2008

by Louisa Kasdon | October 03, 2008

Good news for public market fans. The Massachusetts Legislature has approved $10 million for a Boston Public Market that will be a hub for locally produced foods from across the region. Governor Deval Patrick, a major foodie himself, signed the bill, which allocates money to plan and build the market. In a simultaneous and supporting development, the Boston Redevelopment Authority funded a companion initiative to locate the market in Boston. My personal thanks to all those private citizens, members of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau, and legislators who worked long and hard so Boston will have a year-round indoor farmers’ market.

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Feeding Frenzy: Beehive, West Side Lounge, Café Z, Lumière, and Craigie Street Bistrot

by Louisa Kasdon | April 23, 2008
ANOTHER SIGN of spring are softshell crabs, in season for about a month each year. As part of his "30 Days, 30 Ways" promotion, 51 Lincoln chef/owner Jeff Fournier will be preparing them a different way each night in May. >> Over at the...

Feeding Frenzy: Central 27, MKT, and Aura

by Louisa Kasdon | April 07, 2008
AFTER SIX years of toiling in basement kitchens at Saint and Domani, chef Rene Michelena is on top of the world - quite literally. He's moved up to a fourth-floor kitchen as executive chef at two new dining spots in the Financial District: Central...

Feeding Frenzy: Highland Kitchen, Neighborhood Nights at Nebo, The Butcher Shop, and the Beehive

by Louisa Kasdon | March 10, 2008
SPEAKING OF new neighborhood gastropubs, a near-perfect example is Highland Kitchen in Somerville. Chef Mark Romano was ready to be his own boss after five years at the Green Street Grill, so a year ago he set out to find a perfect roost. Romano took...

The Pioneer: Michael Leviton was a groundbreaker in Newton. Now he hopes to do it all over again in the Fort Point Channel.

by Louisa Kasdon | March 10, 2008
IT'S A week before Persephone is scheduled to open, and chef Michael Leviton is limping through the construction rubble of his edgy gastropub in Fort Point Channel. He's charged up, moving briskly around the space, and it takes a moment to notice...

Early Birds: Being among the first to eat at a new restaurant has plenty of drawbacks. So what attracts people as soon as the doors have opened?

by Louisa Kasdon | February 25, 2008
WHEN THE doors opened recently at Café Z and the Oceanaire Seafood Room, I was one of the first customers inside. Nearly alone in each dining room, I joyfully mused over the menus and watched the dishes come out of the kitchens, not minding at all that...

Feeding Frenzy: St. Alphonzo’s Kitchen, Legal Sea Foods, B&G Oysters, and Eastern Standard

by Louisa Kasdon | January 28, 2008
NEWS FROM the South (Boston, that is): Peter Irving and Natasha Kanieff have reinvented their comfort-food hideaway, Potbellies Kitchen. It's now called St. Alphonzo's Kitchen ; the new name comes from a Frank Zappa tune, "St. Alphonzo's...

Feeding Frenzy: Spinazzola Gala, Boston Wine Expo, 51 Lincoln, Vintage, and more

by Louisa Kasdon | January 08, 2008
JUST IN from Ann M. Mack, the director of trendspotting for the advertising behemoth J. Walter Thompson: food trends for 2008. Her first hunch is that kitchen power tools will be strong: high-end espresso makers, vacuum sealers, and power blenders are...

Feeding Frenzy: BRIX, Rialto, Clink, Bin 26, and more

by Louisa Kasdon | December 12, 2007
FOODIES ARE the easiest people on your gift list. You can go from low end to high, buying anything from the perfect Wüsthof paring knife at Kitchen Arts to a selection of chilies or salts from Christina's Spice & Specialty Foods to a private wine...

Feeding Frenzy: Radius, No. 9 Park, UpStairs on the Square, Jake's Dixie Roadhouse

by Tamara Wieder | November 30, 2007
AHH, THE holidays: that time of good cheer, good gifts, and . . . overeating. Well, let the belt out a notch and deal with it, because there are too many indulgences too tasty to pass up. For starters, head over to Radius on December 8 for a class on...

Feeding Frenzy: Harvest, Community Servings, and Eastern Standard

by Louisa Kasdon | November 05, 2007
ROLLING INTO her first season at Harvest, Mary Dumont , named Best New Chef of 2006 by Food & Wine magazine (for her work at Dunaway Restaurant at Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire), is starting to feel her oats. Well, maybe not her oats...

Feeding Frenzy: La Spinetta Winery, Redang/Asian Market, KingstonStation, and the Wine Cellar

by Louisa Kasdon | October 17, 2007
SPEAKING OF Rialto's Sunday-night suppers, this month they've got a special event featuring the cuisine of Piedmont. Expect truffles and exquisite wines from La Spinetta Winery , all for $125. >> Watch for New York import Haru to open soon...

Feeding Frenzy: Bambara, Great Bay, Rustic Kitchen, and Tasca

by Louisa Kasdon | October 01, 2007
GET READY to say goodbye to - or at least pay more for - your San Pellegrino, Fiji, and Evian. Last year, Americans consumed billions of bottles of water; the global water craze adds up to millions of tons of plastic each year. (Next time you're at...

Feeding Frenzy: Domani, Eclano, Ristorante Villa Francesca, and more

by Louisa Kasdon | September 19, 2007
DOMANI IS now offering the deal of all deals: a nightly three-course prix fixe of chef Rene Michelena's best for $35. This is no super-cheap-y menu; it's everything you like to eat -- organic green salad, grilled tuna loin, steak, barbecued salmon...

Feeding Frenzy: Stir, Gaslight Brasserie du Coin, Harvest, BU Wine Tasting Class

by Louisa Kasdon | August 27, 2007
BARBARA LYNCH's newest venue, Stir , is one of the best ideas to come to the South End. Tucked on Waltham Street in the South End (across from Lynch's B&G Oysters and next to Plum, her produce shop), Stir is a teensy gem of a space with a...