Shrink in the Kitchen

Mid-week, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it’s time once again to see what’s what in the world of food.
The biggest news, of course, was that last week in Virginia, the General Assembly approved a bill that allows people to carry concealed weapons in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol.  Surprisingly, the food sections did not comment on [...]

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I don’t know why I am preoccupied with Lent and Carnival this year.  Maybe it’s reading John Lanchester’s brilliant book about the banking crisis, “I.O.U.,” or today’s news that 702 banks run the risk of collapse.  Thinking about Carnival and Lent provides a pleasant distraction from the true forces that shape our lives.  Banks, not [...]

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A wonderful and interesting piece by Devra First on the front page of The Boston Globe today highlights the danger of overfishing blue fin tuna. www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/articles/2010/02/22/with_
bluefin_endangered_sushi_chefs_look_to_other_fish_in_the_sea/
Quoted in the third paragraph of the piece is Tim Cushman, chef and co-owner of o ya, Boston’s most upscale Japanese-style restaurant and said, by Frank Bruni of The New York [...]

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Last night several of us enjoyed a first-rate dinner at Bistro du Midi, which is in downtown Boston, facing the Public Garden, in the space that first housed the estimable Biba and then Excelsior.
The new decor is very French, meaning subdued in lighting and subtle in colors and soothing, very soothing, very chill.
The food, start [...]

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