This week marks another one of our (what seems to be monthly now) ethnic dinner parties. So far we've tackled everything from German, to...

Last night at 6:30pm, I decided to try out Julia Child's French bread. Ignoring the fact that it would take me at least 8 hours from sta...

The House of Mondavi, written by Julia Flynn Siler, is an excellent book that retells the rise and fall of Napa Valley's most famous win...

This past weekend, P and I went to New York City for a wedding. It'd been a while since we were in the City, and we had an excellent tim...

I just finished reading Benjamin Wallace's in-depth look into the "Jefferson wine bottle scandal" back in the 1980's. His...

A month or so ago I was reading 'Stuff' magazine and came across an article about 'Teranga', Boston's new and only Seneg...

I must admit, I hardly ever go to Beacon Hill in the summer....the amount of tourists on Charles Street usually is enough to deter me and dr...

Over the past year or so I've noticed a number of new frozen yogurt places opening up, reflecting the new trend of "tart", hea...

So after tasting the almond biscotti from Mike's Pastry, I decided to alter the recipe I used before. This biscotti tastes sort of like ...

If you haven't already heard, Dunkin' Donuts has released a new website and iPhone app , allowing someone going on a coffee-run to ...

About a month ago, before moving back to Brookline, I noticed a cute-looking café that struck me as a new fixture to the hustle and bustle o...

We were greeted warmly by our gracious hostess for the evening. She quickly sat us at a table for four and brought us menus. She was very e...

This weekend, Marco wanted to go strawberry picking for his birthday so we made out way to Natick, MA and stopped off at Lookout Farm owne...

I just came across a (new?) restaurant as I was taking a walk in a part of the South End I rarely go to--until now. I was headed to Zapato...

Jeffrey recently shared his family's summertime cheese bread recipe with us and it's as delicious as it is easy to make! This bread ...

We've been so busy we almost forgot! This past Monday marked the one year anniversary of Les Gourmands du South End. It's been a b...

For the past two summers, my favorite ice cream has been the cinnamon ice cream from Picco's in  the South End.  This year however, we h...

It seems that I'm in a southern kind of mood.  After a successful attempt at baking a red velvet cake (I used the recipe from the cookb...

On my quest to find the perfect biscotti recipe, I came across the following one from our North End Italian Cookbook. I tried it out (my fir...