As the old adage goes, you eat with your eyes first. Chowder believes this doesn’t just apply to the dish before you, but also the […]

I’m usually wary of combo restaurants: Joe’s house of Pizza and Tacos, pizza/gyro joints, those Taco Bell/KFC franchises, Marche Movenpick. They tend to fall prey […]

Chowder may be talking turkey a lot these days, but one meat is our always-and-forever, and that’s pork. And while we’re all about the booming […]

Your Chowder hounds have sniffed down the best culinary events in town. Check back every Friday for your weekly prix-fixe of foodie festivals, cooking classes, […]

From the number of miles Chowder has put on the old Chowdermobile as of late, you’d think gasoline grew on New England trees. But neither […]

Everyone’s talking about how the economic catastrophe correction is going to affect the restaurant world. I’m worried myself. Restaurants are important to Boston—culturally, economically—and they’re […]

Unlike many summer-weary Bostonians, I hate fall. Not because I dislike crisp days or the crunch of leaves underfoot, but I hate what fall signifies. […]

All right. Fine. The Sox have turned in for the season, my backyard patch of basil is dead, and the wool coats have come out […]

Your Chowder hounds have sniffed down the best culinary events in town. Check back every Friday for your weekly prix-fixe of foodie festivals, cooking classes, […]

Over the last several weeks, Chowder traversed New England to unearth the most appetizing reasons to take a destination-restaurant road trip—and came up with the […]

Keeping track of Boston’s dining scene can feel almost as daunting as finding a use for all those apples you picked this weekend. Chowder scours […]

As everyone around me knows, I’ll soon be leaving my current digs in JP and moving across the city. And it’s starting to stress me […]

Your Chowder hounds have sniffed down the best culinary events in town. Check back every Friday for your weekly prix-fixe of foodie festivals, cooking classes, […]

Simon Pearce isn’t the only grub worth driving multiple hours for, people! In Chowder’s continuing binge to uncover the most interesting foodie road trip destinations, […]

I’m ready to move to Hardwick, VT, after reading today’s story in the Times about how its savvy community of farmers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs are […]