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November 2009

Cover Story
Preview - Living History: Ted Kennedy in the Words of the People who Knew Him Best
A sneak peek at our special report on Ted Kennedy in the November issue. Available on newsstands now.
Francis Storrs
 
 

Dining Features

First Bite: Abby Park

With an expansive menu and comfy feel, Milton's newest eatery hits the spot.
Amy Traverso
 

Tastemaking: Haute Chocolate

Will a swank British import shake up the local bonbon scene?
J. L. Johnson
 
 

The Ultimate: Pecan Pie

Conventional wisdom has it that the only pecan pies worth tasting are baked down south. But Blue Ribbon Bar-B-Q has...
Brittany Jasnoff
 

We'll Drink to That: Nanobrews

With "craft" beers exploding like double bock in a paint shaker, savvy bars are tempting beer snobs with smaller-than-small-production suds....
Donna Garlough
 
 

What To Eat Now: Quince

After suffering through a soggy summer, we finally reap our reward: a bumper crop of fall fruit. A choice beneficiary...
Donna Garlough
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Rowes Wharf Sea Grille

The Boston Harbor Hotel's new restaurant has all the makings of a classic tourist trap—but chef Daniel Bruce ensures it...
Corby Kummer
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: The New Sides

For restaurants and patrons alike, add-ons are really adding up.
Donna Garlough
 

Mmmmmm...: Global Barbecue

Southern-style ribs and brisket aren't the only things getting barbecue fans in a sweat these days. Since February, they've been...
Elizabeth Bomze
 
 

The Ultimate: Huevos Rancheros

All too often, huevos rancheros can feel like a brunch-menu afterthought, something spicy that's been thrown together to break the...
Joseph Daly
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Il Casale

Raised on Italian home cooking, chef Dante de Magistris brings irresistible family flavor to his new restaurant in the...
Corby Kummer
 
 

Dining, Food & Wine

We'll Drink to That: Godello

Move over, grüner veltliner: Another up-and-coming grape is vying for the affections of Boston's wine lovers. Godello, a medium-bodied white...
Donna Garlough
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: Cordial Cocktails

How Hub bartenders are concocting heady solutions for limited liquor licenses.
Donna Garlough
 

Mmmmmm...Canned Veggies

The art of canning and pickling may have a whiff of frugality about it, but rest assured its reappearance doesn't...
Donna Garlough
 
 

The Ultimate: Chocolate Chip Cookie

We used to say there was no such thing as a bad chocolate chip cookie—until we forced ourselves to eat...
H.M Sheldon-Dean
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Tupelo

Flavored by chef Rembs Layman's Louisiana roots, this Inman Square spot serves up unfussy, high-spirited, and—by gumbo!—soulful southern cooking.
Corby Kummer
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: Revise and Conquer

How the pros keep a signature dish from going stale.
Amy Traverso
 

Mmmm...Cure-Your-Own Olives

Want to jump on the kitchen-crafts bandwagon, but feel that hand-pulling your own mozzarella is too much of a stretch?...
Amy Traverso
 
 

The Ultimate: BLT

We admit it's tough to make a bad BLT (there is bacon in there, after all). But it's a genuine...
H. M. Sheldon-Dean
 

We'll Drink to That: The New Fruit Cocktails

Call them the flavored vodkas of the aughts: brandy, tequila, and other stiff spirits steeped for several weeks amid seasonal...
 
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Ten Tables Cambridge

When Jamaica Plain's Ten Tables debuted a second outpost in Harvard Square, some may have feared a sophomore slump. Instead,...
Corby Kummer
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: Tiny Bites, With A Sprinkle Of Synonym

The Hub's Italian chefs have been hitting the thesaurus extra hard.
Amy Traverso
 

Mmmmmm…New(er) Potatoes

The first new potatoes are being harvested up in Maine this month. And by "new," we don't mean those waxy...
Amy Traverso
 
 

The Ultimate: Blueberry Pancakes

We stacked 'em high and poured on the syrup in a quest for pillowy perfection.
Jamie Coelho
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Sensing

Star chef Guy Martin has kept himself scarce since the glitzy opening of his Battery Wharf restaurant. Meanwhile, his deputy...
Corby Kummer
 
 

Dining, Food & Wine

On Location: Tavern On The Water

Geoffrey Gagnon casts off for summer at Charlestown's favorite harborside haunt.
Geoffrey Gagnon
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: Top-Secret Tuna (and Other Furtive Fare)

A curated roundup of the city's best off-menu faves.
Elizabeth Bomze
 

Mmmmmm...Gourmet Street Grub

If the recent spate of fancy food trucks is any indication, the hub may soon boast a street-eats scene to...
Amy Traverso
 
 

The Haunt: A Fine Place to Make Camp

Jolyon Helterman embarks on a swishing trip to the Back Bay's Laurel.
Jolyon Helterman
 

The Ultimate: Strawberry Ice Cream

Nothing beats shivery, slow-churned custard for showcasing the first fruits of summer.
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 

We'll Drink To That

Summer Cider
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Sportello

Barbara Lynch brings her brand of Italian to a stylish lunch counter in Fort Point Channel. (Butter-phobes, beware.)
Corby Kummer
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: Come for the Salmon, Stay for the Samlar

A globetrotting chef tries to square Eastern flourishes with MetroWest palates.
Amy Traverso
 

The Haunt: Green Means Go

Paul Flannery hails the sham-free shamrock vibe of Cambridge's Plough & Stars.
Paul Flannery
 
 

The Ultimate: Guacamole

We got into the thick of it to find the creamiest, chunkiest (not to mention tastiest) avocado dip out there.
Donna Garlough
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Bina Osteria

Pristine ingredients and solid technique keep this dazzling new Italian eatery anchored, even when showy flourishes miss the mark. (And...
Corby Kummer
 

Mmmm...Tangy Fro-yo

Four years after Pinkberry began blanketing the West Coast in 100-calorie desserts, frozen-yogurt options are multiplying around Boston like lactobacilli...
Amy Traverso
 
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Burying the Hatchet Job

English hugs it out with his fiercest critic.
 

Menuology: Location, Location, Location

Dining between the lines with the masters of menu-writing wizardry.


Elizabeth Bomze
 
 

Mmmmm...Ramps

Close on the heels of the spring thaw, wild leeks, or ramps, are popping up in woodlands around the region,...
Naomi Kooker
 

Reconsidering Todd English

Twenty years after Olives exploded onto the scene in a hail of garnishes and shaved truffle, its celebrity-chef founder has...
Amy Traverso, Photos by Ben...
 
 

The Haunt: Transcendental Medication

Gretchen Voss takes in some Colonial theater at Concord's Village Forge Tavern.
Gretchen Voss
 

The Ultimate: Macaroon

We sank our teeth into the city's most sumptuous sandwich cookies.
Donna Garlough
 
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Craigie on Main

There's a reason foodies are flocking to Tony Maws's sprawling new digs in Central Square: The exquisite locavore grub is...
Corby Kummer
 
 

Dining, Food & Wine

We'll Drink to That

House-made Cointreau
 
 

Features

The Consumer Index: April

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.**Trust us....
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: Thank You For Smoking

Tea leaves, rice, hay...chefs will set almost anything on fire in the name of flavor.
Amy Traverso
 

Mmmmmm...

Beak-to-Tail Dining
J. Kenji Alt
 
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: Erbaluce

Long-lost culinary vet Charles Draghi returns to the scene with a poetic homage to high-art northern Italian. But it's not...
Corby Kummer
 
 

Dining, Food & Wine

The Haunt: Nothing Faux About It

Wyndham Lewis spends a night of (chow) fun and debauchery at Pho Republique.
Wyndham Lewis
 

The Stovetop Traveler

Whether your particular home-cooking rut is rewarmed beef stew or roasted Vermont quail with favas, boning up on world cuisines...
 
 

The Ultimate: Caesar Salad

We munched leaf upon leaf of anchovy-spiked Romaine to uncover the tastiest interpretation of this classic.
Donna Garlough
 

We'll Drink to That

Winter Al Fresco

Linda Laban
 
 
 

Features

The Consumer Index: March

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.* *...
 
 
 
 

Dining Features

Menuology: Feeding Ferran

As a menu update at Clio makes clear, even celebrity chefs get starstruck.
Erin Byers Murray
 

Mmmmmm...

Fresh Tofu
J. Kenji Alt
 
 

The Haunt: Blurring Eras, One Carafe at a Time

Jolyon Helterman takes in a time warp at the Fairmont Copley.
Jolyon Helterman
 

The Ultimate: French Onion Soup

Neither snow nor sleet nor burns of mouth could thwart our quest for the most crock-solid soupe in town.
Donna Garlough
 
 

We'll Drink to That

Artisanal Spirits
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: L'Espalier

In its flashy new digs, Frank McClelland's gastro-luxe flagship has lots of room for improvement; cheese cart still matchless.
Corby Kummer
 
 

Fashion

The Consumer Index: February

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.*
 
 
 

Forecast: January

The month in preview.
 
 

The Consumer Index: January

What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.*
 
 

Shopping & Style

Fashion: Masochist: The Faux-Allergy Diet

Taking a cue from newly gluten-"intolerant" weight watchers, Rachel Baker goes against the grain.
Rachel Baker
 
 

Dining Out

Dining Out: The Marliave

A Boston classic gets a new lease on life with a dramatic overhaul that might be a bit too ambitious...
Corby Kummer
 
 

Dining, Food & Wine

Menuology: A Real Basket Case

Why bread service is the last perk to go in a cash-strapped dining economy.
Elizabeth Bomze
 

Mmmmmm...

Local Winter Veggies
Donna Garlough
 
 

The Haunt: Where Everybody Knows Your Byline

Joe Keohane raises a glass to the South End's J.J. Foley's.
Joe Keohane
 

The Ultimate: Hot Chocolate

We sipped our way through the city's top sweet shops to ensure you'll be hopped up on quality cocoa all...
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 
 

Features

Maven: Esther Nelson, Medieval Maestro

The Boston Lyric Opera's new chief knows from Mozart and Puccini. She's also a part-time expert on Teutonic culture. (Having...
Brittany Jasnoff
 
 
 
 
 
November 2009
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October 2009
Cover: New England Travel: New England's Best Small...
September 2009
Cover: Best High Schools 2009: The Best...
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