The Scientist … and the Monster

As dusk fell on June 23, 1972, Bob Rines was a former war hero, a noted MIT scientist, a celebrated attorney, and an accomplished inventor […]

A Crash Course in Crisis Economics*

*Starring (to the extent, for good or for ill, that any of this can come down to one person, which as we’ll see is only so much) Barney Frank.

Style

Bostonista Stowes Away

It’s not quite fall, not quite winter (and, unbelievably, almost 2009). Foliage is over, skiing has yet to begin. So, faithful readers, I’m sure you’re […]

Let Them Eat Chicken

When Chris Kimball founded Cook’s Illustrated, he broke all the industry rules. Now he’s beating the glossies at their own game. Has his scrappy, undeniably geeky enterprise in Brookline Village come up with a new recipe for successful magazines?

Restaurants

Mixologist Dale DeGroff’s Holiday Drink Suggestion

Last night, bartenders and imbibers from around Boston gathered at Drink to celebrate renowned cocktail maker Dale DeGroff’s latest book, The Essential Cocktail. Small samples […]

One Last Shot: Trunk Show

Guests at this wedding saw a little more than just a ceremony.

A Better Burn

Endless hours on the treadmill don’t always equal a wedding-ready physique—it’s time to reinvent your tired cardio routine.

Raman Handa and the Bling Job

Alpha Omega founder Raman Handa shocked a lot of people when he mysteriously vanished last December, leaving his associates bewildered and his reputation tarnished. One year later, though, it looks as if the real mystery is how he could have kept the seamier side of his glitzy watch business hidden for so long.

Turkish Delight

Ana Sortun’s new Middle Eastern bakery and café Sofra specializes in morsels of a certain variety. (The kind that’s impossible to stop shoveling into your mouth.)

Invasion of the Policy Snatchers

It may be a long time before Massachusetts matters again to presidential candidates, but the blitz of out-of-town cash that hit our state this election season showed there’s another way for us to be relevant: as guinea pigs for crackpot causes.