Reflections, recipes and tiny pearls of wisdom from a former chef and restaurant owner
A few weeks ago while walking through Chinatown I realized that the Year of the Rooster was over and that we are now in the Year of the Dog. What can I say of the old Rooster year (not to mention the tail end of the damn Monkey year)? Not much ...
As I previously mentioned, I am kicking off P&O’s summer break with another terrific omakase meal at Cafe Sushi in Cambridge, Massachusetts which took place this past Saturday. In May, I shared my love for all things Cafe Sushi and its amazing chef in this post which gives you a little information about how this unassuming spot in…
After experiencing several wonderful omakase meals at Cafe Sushi and many terrific (self-selected but basically omakase) dinners at O Ya we felt it was time to see what Oishii was doing in the world of “I leave it up to you” cooking. Previously, we had only ordered a la carte at Oishii. The restaurant has some fun dishes – salmon on fire…
It seems like just yesterday that I was bidding au revoir to my beloved bluefin tuna who was heading south (I had dreams of him or her enjoying the beautiful waters of St. Barts but my finned friend apparently does not get all the way to Paradise Found :-)) to avoid the Boston winter. But winter…
“You will develop a palate.” So begins the excellent debut novel from Stephanie Danler released on May 24, 2016. Set in a thinly-veiled version of Union Square Cafe in New York City, this coming-of-age story has been described as “Girls meets Kitchen Confidential” but I think the comparisons to Portrait of a Lady and Bright Lights, Big City are much…
How totally cool is it that they discovered the largest (and only the second) shipwreck on land in Boston a little over a week ago?? It was at a construction site in the Seaport area and we walked over the other day to take in this historic sight. The wooden boat they unearthed was about…
Life just called out for a return visit to Select Oyster Bar (an earlier write up of this marvelous place can be found here). Take one cracked iPhone screen, the need to kill a little over an hour to get it fixed (the Boylston Street Apple store is just one block away from Select) and…
