Besha Rodell

Allumette, the new Echo Park restaurant from chef Miles Thompson and owners Bill DiDonna and Charles Kelly, will open its doors this Thursday, January 31. The restaurant is the more permanent version of the Vagrancy Project pop-up, which also took place in the Allston Yacht Club space that Allumette is......

Doritos Tacos Locos weren't just a good idea for Taco Bell, they basically saved the company. OK, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but it made Taco Bell kick ass last year when sales had been declining in previous years......

The Massachusetts Republican had a report yesterday about the Northeast-based restaurant chain Friendly's revamping its image after coming out of bankruptcy. If you've ever eaten at Friendly's, you'll be damn surprised they're still around at all, so bad will your memories of hanging out there in high school be. But......

Today in 1759, Robert Burns was born in Ayrshire, Scotland. He became the country's most famous poet and lyricist, was known as Bard of Ayrshire, and in Scotland simply as The Bard. He wrote the song "Auld Lang Syne," is considered a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and was influential......

It just so happens that my 9-year old son decided to be a vegetarian for the month of January, and it just so happens that the first restaurant we attempted to eat at after the no-meat rule took effect was Le Ka, the subject of this week's restaurant review......

This week's restaurant review is about Le Ka, the new spot downtown from chef Remi Lauvand. There are some things you can only find out by reading the whole review, but for a taste, see below......

Bloomberg news is reporting that C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., the company that also owns Pabst Blue Ribbon, is actively engaged in trying to buy the cakes business of bankrupt Hostess. Which means, if you look at it another way, that PBR will own Twinkies. From the Bloomberg story: "We......

Where the Chefs Eat is an ongoing series in which we ask a local chef to give us his or her favorite dining options. This week, we check in with Tar & Roses chef Andrew Kirschner. Like many of the chefs we talk to for Where The Chefs Eat, Andrew......

A new study published in the journal Economics and Human Biology finds that more time spent at the dinner table leads to less childhood obesity. Researchers studied 200 families and found that children who regularly sat down for meals and spent at least 20 minutes at the table at least......