For the last week, since attending the East Bridgewater Library Foodies group, I’ve been microplaning garlic like crazy and loving how the little, razor sharp grater nearly purees the garlic, allowing me to add a subtle yet raw garlic flavor to (truth be told) almost every savory … [Read more...]
One fabulous food truck
Before biting into an amazing egg and eggplant sandwich from Clover Food Labs in Boston’s Dewey Square a few days ago, I hadn’t truly understood the growing phenomenon of food trucks. But this was the most wonderfully flavor-packed, unusual, and satisfying sandwich I’ve had in … [Read more...]
Calling all Food Lovers: new chef on the block
We've got a new chef on the South Shore. A great chef, actually: one who trained at the Culinary Institute of America, cooked at Boston’s L’Espalier, and comes to us directly from 12 years as executive chef of the enormous, celebrity restaurant empire of Todd English. And … [Read more...]
Sophisticated, yet casual spot: Oro
A small restaurant, a small menu: seven starters, eight mains, four sides, six desserts, and a few daily specials. This is a smart strategy for a business that can plow under newcomers mercilessly, and the one that husband-and-wife partners Robin and Jill King have chosen for … [Read more...]
South Shore restaurant news and notes
Restaurants everywhere come and go, and some just have facelifts. Cooks, too, do a lot of moving around as a way to move up the ladder and learn from other chefs in a business that sees more action than most. But even by industry standards, the South Shore restaurant scene is … [Read more...]
A third French restaurant from Seth Woods
If you were to be served the same exact dish at an unknown dive and an upscale restaurant, you’d likely rave about the food from the dive and be less impressed at the fancier place. Expectation, scale, and price heavily influence perception. Critiquing restaurants is difficult … [Read more...]
Arthur & Pat’s summer shack
It’s the first sunny day since Arthur & Pat’s opened for the season, and we’re finally here for breakfast after a long winter’s wait. If you’ve never been to this Marshfield institution, go before the Food Channel discovers it and you can’t get in the door. It’s the … [Read more...]
Big flavors, small bites
Little plates of different and delicious dishes – that’s for me. It’s been a few years now since the word tapas began filtering out from the cities into the minds of diners everywhere. A style of eating imported from Spain, tapas are small dishes designed to be eaten while … [Read more...]
From South Shore chefs with love
The Lombardo's table at A Taste of the South Shore. (Photo by Richard W. Green) Think of the work it takes to make a good, simple dinner. Then imagine doing that times 100 from morning to late at night, sometimes seven days a week, holidays absolutely included, often working in … [Read more...]
One fine find: Solstice
What do you call a chef who makes his own pancetta, bacon, pasta, salami, sausage, breads, cheeses, and ice cream? I don't know, but I know one when I taste his food and I tasted it on two visits earlier this month at Chef John Cataldi's Solstice in Kingston. Our first visit … [Read more...]
