My skin almost sizzled under the summer sun. But no matter, I was at a Red Sox game, with my aunt and uncle. They made sure to spend time with me whenever they were in Boston after my parents passed away. It was great to be with family. And it was great to be at… Read More Boston Ranked No. 1 City for Sports in America
Pickering Wharf in Salem, Massachusetts, is a 1970s-built waterfront district with a 19th-century feel. It boasts a marina, boutique shops selling everything from the obligatory witch kitsch to bags made from recycled sails, and lots of restaurants featuring an array of fabulous fresh seafood. Here are my favorites: Sea Level Oyster Bar offers so much… Read More Where to Eat on Pickering Wharf in Salem, Massachusetts
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, is the oldest continually operating and collecting museum in the United States. Its complicated history reaches back to the cusp of the 19th century, when our newborn nation was between wars with Britain and 170-year-old Salem was one of her largest cities and a world-class seaport. Salem ships… Read More Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts
Crêpes are one of those wonderful foods, like pie, that can be made sweet or savory, and served for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. French-Canadian crêpes are in a way the quintessence of French-Canadian cuisine, rooted in French cooking, but heartier, better to sustain the people for tapping maple trees than for dancing at the… Read More French-Canadian Crêpes
Corton is a simple pâté made of ground pork, onion, and seasonings. It originated in French-speaking Canada and remains popular in French-Canadian parts of New England. In Québec, it is usually called cretons and served as a side item with breakfast. I’ve read that some New Englanders call it gorton, though I don’t know any… Read More Corton, French-Canadian Pork Pâté
It was a train ride not just back home to New England, but really back to a simpler, more civilized time. I was aboard the Vermonter, Amtrak’s daily passenger train from Union Station in Washington, D.C., to St. Albans, Vermont, just shy of the Quebec border. This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here.… Read More Train Trip: Washington, D.C., to New England
The lobster bisque was as delicious as I remembered. Hemenway’s has been one of my favorite seafood restaurants since I first visited during a fabulous trip to Providence, one of the best mid-size food cities in America, a few years ago. Seated at its raised rectangular bar, my companion and I savored every chunk of… Read More Road Trip: Southern New England
A waiter placed a flute of Pol Roger in my hand before I even stepped onto the elevator. It was a promising sign for the coming evening at the Taj hotel in Boston. When I reached The Roof, it was already teeming with foodies savoring hors d’oeuvres before the James Beard Foundation’s Taste America dinner.… Read More A Taste of Boston, with a Side of Chicago
