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November 4, 2014 Gilt City: Chef’s Tasting Menu at Ribelle

You may have heard of Ribelle (pronounced rih-BELL-ay), a small restaurant in Washington Square that has been heating up Brookline’s dining scene. You may have even seen that Globe columnist Devra First gave Tim Maslow a rare 4 stars last year. Maslow started his career by working his way up the ranks at the Momofuku […]

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October 15, 2014 The New England Kitchen Cookbook Launch at Island Creek Oyster Bar

Last week I attended a cookbook launch party at Island Creek Oyster Bar. Jeremy Sewall  has an impressive resume. He was nominated as a rising star chef by the James Beard Foundation, he opened Great Bay in 2003, opened his own restaurant, Lineage in Brookline, in 2006, collaborated on Eastern Standard in 2009, opened Island […]

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October 13, 2014 Norwell Farms

On October 3rd, guests came out in festive attire to attend Norwell Farm’s first farm to table benefit dinner. The main tent held the chefs and the band and the secondary tent had long tables for guests to take a load off and relax, while enjoying delicious food that came straight from the farm. The […]

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October 9, 2014 Sportello

I met a colleague for a business meeting at Sportello – he had never been and I was raving about Sportello, saying that he had to try the place that has my favorite bolognese. He might be a hard sell as his mom makes the best bolognese he’s ever had. Sportello is run by Executive […]

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October 8, 2014 Trade

I met my two old friends over at Trade for dinner. We grabbed a great seat by the window and gabbed the night away. Trade is owned by Eric Papachristos, Sean Griffing and chef Jody Adams. You may know Jody as a James Beard winning chef and the co-owner of Rialto in Cambridge. Griffing is […]

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September 9, 2014 Summer Encore to Remember with Tiffani Faison at Sweet Cheeks Q

Thursday night, September 4th, Buick hosted an evening at Sweet Cheeks Q. To follow the conversations check out the hashtag #summerencore and #bosdistrict along with the twitter handle @districtdrive. It was the perfect summer evening, we had the whole patio to ourselves and they pulled up the canopy so that we could eat under the […]

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September 7, 2014 Party of Two Pop Up at State Park

By now you may have heard that Stephanie Cmar (Stacked Donuts) and Justin Burke Samson (Trademark Tarts) have officially partnered up and re-branded to Party of Two LLC. What have they been up to this summer? They have been on a whirlwind tour – taking their sweets on the road to LA, Las Vegas, Chicago, […]

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August 22, 2014 Taste of WGBH

I am excited to attend this year’s Taste of WGBH Food and Wine Festival! This year over 25 of the top chefs in the city will come together for this great event. I will be attending the Chef’s Gala on Thursday, September 11th.  Readers of A Little Bit About a Lot of Things can get […]

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August 7, 2014 Earth at Hidden Pond

We headed up to Maine for a quick weekend away in Kennebunkport. We were staying at Hidden Pond, and while it was hard to pick the thing I was MOST excited about, eating at Earth was at the top of my list. We picked the same weekend to go up to Kennebunkport as M and […]

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July 8, 2014 Trade

I was asked by Tastetrekkers to do a guest blog post about my top 5 _______. With summer just around the corner, and Battle of the Burger in August, the likely choice for me was top 5 burgers. There is a certain familiarity with a burger – no matter where you travel, you feel like […]

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