April 2007 Issue

Feature

Last season’s humiliating debacle was the capper to two years of disharmony and disarray in the Red Sox front office. But with fans worrying that the team was sliding back into its dark days, a curious thing happened. The real story behind the off-season that has us dreaming of another World Series.

How the Red Sox Got Their Groove Back

Restaurants

Courtesy of Chef Michael N. Oliver / Boston‘s Linwood Grill

FOR MARINADE:1 sprig rosemary, chopped1 sprig thyme, chopped3 cloves garlic, chopped1 T. Cajun seasoning½ cup olive or vegetable oil FOR SHRIMP:½ lb. jumbo shrimp, peeled […]

Creative local bakers are giving plain old white bread a brand-new rep.

Bread Winners

Restaurants around town are watching your every move—and you should thank them.

Secret Service

New bistro Pops makes a winning play in the South End.

Small Bite: Reversing the Curse

A Bark that’s worth every bite.

The Dish: Dandy Bar

Restaurants

Newbury Street’s newest brasserie could be on the Left Bank—save the generous portions, fair prices, and amicable staff. We can live with that.

We’ll Always Have Bouchée

Wellesley is abuzz about Alta Strada. But does it live up to the hype?

Talk of the Town

THE BRITISH ARE COMING!

THE BRITISH ARE COMING!

Julia Child became an icon by teaching housewives across the nation that there was more to cooking than gloppy casseroles. But as a new biography reveals, for many years she believed only men—masculine, heterosexual men—could earn the American

Just a Pinch of Prejudice

An ethnic market guide charts a path through Union Square.

World of Possibilities

City Style

Protective and sophisticated, the latest hard-sided luggage is designed to perform.

From Top: X'Lite 22-inch hard-sided upright, $550, Samsonite Black Label Copley Place, Boston, 617-236-0429 samsoniteblacklabel.com International Traveler 21-inch hard-shell suitcase, $100 Brookstone, Copley Place, Boston, […]

Stitched? Or fused? The two types of men’s suits look alike. But one tends to get a bit rough around the edges. Which is worth the investment—and how to tell them apart.

The Breakdown: How to Buy a Suit

In the race for spring’s most-wanted footwear, the winner is clear.

Get This: Lucite Heels

A Lincoln family forgoes the traditional in favor of the retro-hip FlatPak, prefab’s most promising comeback.

Absolutely Prefabulous

City Style: Smooth Operator

Smooth Operator

The days of one-size-fits-all summer camps are long gone. So are the days of shipping off Junior with minimal research. Send your kid to an overnight camp that fits his or her niche—whether it’s sports, soliloquies, or anything in between.

Pick Your Poison Ivy

Think love potions are hocus-pocus? Rachel Baker dares to douse herself in a new breed of fragrance.

Fashion Masochist: Pheromones

Other

The Independent Film Festival returns with high hopes and a distinctly New England feel.

Boston Goes Indie

IFF Schedule

Wednesday SOMERVILLE 7 p.m. “Fay Grim” The sequel “Henry Fool” (1997) stars Parker Posey as Fay Grim, a woman coerced by the CIA into following […]

He usually lets his bat do most of the talking. Now, at the start of a new season, there are a few things Big Papi himself wants you to know. Like the real reason he points to the sky after those heroic home runs. What he really thinks about the Yankees.

The Papi Monologues

A Memorandum on the Protocols of Power Breakfasting in the Power Breakfast Capital of the World

Pancakes, Bacon, and a Side of Influence

South Boston’s Elisa Santry went on her Outward Bound trip, as the company’s own ads say, to test her limits. She wound up lying face down and bloody on a rocky canyon floor. A year later, her family is still struggling to make sense of what

Dangers That Can Cause or Lead To…

It took moving to an unabashedly modern wonderland halfway around the world to make me realize how much I love Boston. An even deeper love has me saying goodbye yet again.

Greetings from Paradise! Can I Come Home Now?

What does a blue-collar North End kid turned hedge fund legend do with his prodigious fortune? If you’re Jim Pallotta, you build a 27,000-square-foot mansion to top them all, a Shangri-la capable of turning heads even in the state’s richest to

The House That Ate Weston

One chef. Five cuisines. One funky fruit is the common denominator.

In the Limelight

Our food editor solves another culinary quandary.

Ask Jane: For Starters

What’s Cooking

April’s Culinary Calendar

ROAD TRIP!

ROAD TRIP!

Another day, another report of botched DNA evidence. Of faulty witness testimony and official misconduct. Of yet another innocent man released from jail. There seems to be no end in sight, as the issue of unjust imprisonment has forced its way back into t

The Price of Innocence

Deals don’t get done over a cruller and cup of joe at Dunkin’ Donuts. Nine haunts favored by VIPs looking to network while they nosh.

Power: Places

City Journal

Therapist-priest Jim Flavin is a different kind of clergyman—with a different kind of mission to get his brethren back on track.

Help Me, Father

City Journal: Body Surfing

Body Surfing

Buoyed by a win in court, the botany prof gives John Gonzalez the straight dope on his plans to grow marijuana in a UMass lab.

The Gonz Show: Dr. Lyle Craker

Does a high school need its own full-service restaurant? It does if it’s the new Newton North. We take an early look at what’s so special about Massachusetts’ most expensive school.

Too Cool for School?

City Journal: A Kinder, Gentler Sox Beat?

A Kinder, Gentler Sox Beat?

When local med students need a guinea pig, they get Dan Bolton, a stage actor who can fake broken bones, wrenched backs, and indigestion like you wouldn’t believe.

Feigning Illness