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New spot from award winners

Even a mediocre french fry can hit the spot, but a real one — made from raw potatoes and deep-fried perfectly — is one of life’s simple pleasures. The new JW’s Burger Bar has some. Cut from russets daily, they’re thinish, crispy on the outside and meaty on the inside. But they’re not the only[…..]

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Waterside dining in urban spot

To spear a full sliver of garlic from the broth of some good mussels, you have to trust the chef: Undercooked and it’ll ruin your night; cooked well, it’ll half make it. When faced with the choice at 88 Wharf last month, I took the plunge knowing that Josh Ziskin had recently come on board[…..]

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Coffee art with water views

Say it’s a clear, sunny day.   Or, a cold one with light snow falling.   Hey, it could be raining or blowing a gale, it doesn’t matter: The water views from Hingham’s new Redeye Roasters Café & Espresso Lounge are beautiful.   And so is the interior of the cozy new café. The space,[…..]

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For Jacques Pepin cooking is about creating pleasure

As Jacques Pépin made the rounds of the 120 guests attending the celebrity chef dinner at Hingham’s Summer Shack last Monday, guest after guest embraced the legendary chef – metaphorically or literally. “We just love you!’’ said a woman as she held Pépin’s hand in both her own. An exceedingly social creature, Pépin matched this[…..]

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Aunt Chris and Uncle Luigi’s pretty table

  My mother’s brother, Louie, or Luigi, Rotello, like almost all his five siblings, married non-Italians. In my mother’s case, it was a Jew she wed, and in Uncle Luigi’s, it was a longtime Yankee whose ancestry goes back to the Mayflower. And Chris and Louie made a beautiful home together, what with his handy[…..]

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Wahlberg brothers open Wahlburgers

News of the recent opening of Hingham’s new burger joint exploded this summer in a Hollywood-powered media blitz that was hard to miss. Even before the TV segments, newspaper, US and People magazine blurbs, there was lots of local talk: a deal for a reality show on the place had been signed; a green initiative,[…..]

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Making hot sauce like they have for decades

Once a year, in September, Maria Rodrigues makes enough fantastically delicious hot sauce to last her family a year. It takes a lot of peppers. “I get four bushels – the long red ones,” said Rodrigues, who’s been making the sauce since she was girl in the Azores. Having heard big raves about this hot[…..]

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Revisiting Festa della Madonna della Luce

Today  a small pine grove in Hingham erupted in picnic tables covered with food and hundreds of people. The little-known annual celebration was the 51stlocal Festa della Madonna della Luce – the Feast of the Mother of Light. It takes place every year on the late August Sunday after a weeklong festival of the same[…..]

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Originally posted for last year's festival.

Free food

I bumped into Paul Trojano today. He lives in Norwell, has a place in Vermont, owns Caffe Graffiti in Boston’s North End, and loves to forage for food. Look what he gave me. They’re called Chicken of the Woods mushrooms.  He picked them on Prospect Street in Hingham this morning. He also got oyster mushrooms[…..]

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Holly Hill Farm brings heritage pork to South Shore

The road that leads to the truck that sells Vermont-raised heritage pork winds along a stretch of Cohasset’s North Atlantic that shames Beverly Hills with its mansions. One after another, stone castles, Tuscan-inspired villas, ultramodern constructions, and old, wooden, 20-room houses lie like jewels set on a watery edge of sea grass and rock ledge.[…..]

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