Chefs
Chef Karen Akunowicz Is Opening a Poke Shop Inside a Boston Whole Foods
Though she’s busy rolling pastas and and serving up apertivo hour at her hot new Italian restaurant, Fox & the Knife, Myers + Chang alum […]
Beloved Pop-Up Kaki Lima Is Leaving Boston for New York
UPDATE, May 9, 2:30 p.m.: The dates are on the books for the final Kaki Lima pop-ups around Boston: Mamaleh’s Delicatessen is hosting on Friday […]
Get Your First Taste of Michael Scelfo’s Misión Burrito In Harvard Square
With three restaurants in Harvard Square (and even more culinary ideas bouncing around in his head), chef Michael Scelfo knows as well as anyone just how hard […]
Moody’s Waltham Has Temporarily Closed to Plot “Exciting” Changes
After getting really big, really fast, the Moody’s Delicatessen-born restaurant group in Waltham is taking some time out. Chef Joshua Smith is no longer involved […]
Chef David Yusefzadeh Is Reinventing Fine Dining with Cannabis-Infused Eats
A small group of strangers are assembled at a table in a 10th-floor condo overlooking Boston Harbor. Among them: a twentysomething hipster couple from Southie, […]
Chef Rachel Miller’s Nightshade Pop-Up Lands a Home in Downtown Lynn
With her Nightshade pop-up, chef Rachel Miller is going on two years of setting up shop inside somebody else’s kitchen to cook up her creative, […]
An Early Look at the Café Beatrice Menu by Will Gilson
The newest casual, family-friendly café heading for the Boston area is—not at all surprisingly—the latest business venture for a brand-new parent in the neighborhood. Chef Will […]
New Restaurant Owner Jen Royle Shares Her Favorite Things
Just in time for opening day—and fresh off launching her North End Italian restaurant, Table by Jen Royle—this sassy sports reporter turned chef shares her […]
These New England Chefs Are 2019 James Beard Award Finalists
The Tiger Mama herself, the creator of Allagash White, and Boston’s best-known, bow-tied cooking show host are all among this year’s most high-profile culinary award […]
Here’s Why Karen Akunowicz Is Hosting the Women of Food
When the phone rang asking Karen Akunowicz to host the Boston stop on a cross-country tour of female-led restaurants, the chef said yes—even though Fox […]
Taranta Chef Jose Duarte Is Planning a Peruvian Restaurant for Chelsea
UPDATE, Monday, March 2, 2020: Tambo 22 opens on Tuesday, March 3, in Chelsea. It serves dinner nightly, from 4-11 p.m., and reservations are strongly […]
Matthew Kenney’s Vegan Empire Expands to Boston This Spring
When Matthew Kenney first planted the seeds for a vegan-dining empire many years ago, skeptics called the chef crazy. After all, who would pay for […]
Mario Batali Will Finally Stop Profiting From Eataly Boston
It’s been more than a year since a red-faced Mario Batali stepped away from the day-to-day operations of his restaurants, but it’s only now that […]
Boston Barbecue Chefs Star in New Food Network Canada Show
The Boston barbecue scene will get a spotlight shone on it this spring—in Canada. Chefs Tiffani Faison (of the beloved Fenway smokehouse Sweet Cheeks Q) […]
Obsessions: Jason Santos of Buttermilk & Bourbon
First, fuel your Fat Tuesday with recipes from star chef Jason Santos’s new cookbook, Buttermilk & Bourbon, named for his New Orleans–inspired Back Bay restaurant. […]