Dining Out Boston

My elaborate plans to buy a boatload of Chinese buns after work were thwarted by these ensuing showers. Instead, I contented myself with picking up a few items from Trader Joe’s, including a package of chocolate chip cookies ($3).

After my homemade dinner of sweet and sour chicken had settled sufficiently, I unfolded the seal […]

In the summer I could survive on caesar salad, lobster, and ice cream.
Ice cream and salad are easy enough for me to purchase or make at home but lobster presents a bit more of an ethical challenge. Make no mistake, I am a carnivore in every sense of the word and make no […]

Eating Indian food, like sushi, was once considered an inevitably expensive venture. Even cheapie, hole-in-the-wall joints charge between nine and eleven dollars for palak paneer or chicken tikka masala, and even more for thali plates and complex tandoori dishes.
When I was young and restless I spent two summers in India being chased by rabid […]

Some days you just feel like foie gras.
Such was Sunday, so a few friends and I finally took up our pal David’s offer to treat us to his 50% employee discount at Eastern Standard, a French-American bistro in Kenmore Square.

I can’t properly comment on the service, as all of David’s colleagues understandably gave us excessive […]