Archive for January, 2006

The Publick House

Sunday, January 15th, 2006

What a weekend of eating. What do you expect when both friends and family come into town and need to be entertained.
I like to think of myself as a nightowl but I’m really not anymore. I’ve just found too many advantages to going to bed at eleven and getting up at six or […]

East Ocean City

Friday, January 13th, 2006

I had lunch today at East Ocean City, 25-29 Beach St., Chinatown, which offers one of the best Chinese combo plates in the city. For $5.25 you have a choice of entrees (Szechuan shrimp, General Gau’s chicken, etc.), which all come with either peking ravoli, chicken wings, egg roll, or scallion pancakes, and hot-and-sour […]

The First of Many Quests: The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

A very recent episode of home baking has just inspired me.
The chocolate chip cookie has always been my favorite food, consistently winning all varieties of the “if you were on a desert island…” hypotheticals. The brown sugary cookie with golden-rim edges is the perfect showcase for the ectasty-inducing morsel, the chocolate chip. […]

Get the Special, Silly

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Critics claim Michael’s Deli in Brookline has one of the best corned beef sandwiches in Boston, so why did I get the tuna fish?
Eh, probably because I haven’t loved the corned beef sandwiches I’ve tried thus far. And, like most people, I have loyalties to particular lunch dishes. Don’t get me wrong: Michael’s tuna […]

ReadySetGo

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

You’ll want fries with this.
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Monday, January 9th, 2006

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