‘North End’ Archives
Adventures in Raw Food – Boston’s Grezzo, part 2 of 2
If you didn't know any better, the pamphlet on the tables at Grezzo in the North End might scare you off. It lists 40 reasons to eat raw, ranging from something like "It makes your skin GLOW!" to somewhat dubious ones like, "Cooking kills off 50% of essential enzymes in food." Nothing is heated above 112 degrees, so if you order tea, the water is warmed, not boiled. Health claims aside, the [...]
Food porn: sfogliatelle and a cappucinno from Modern Pastry
Whenever I think of Italian, I actually think of Giada. I remember the first time I saw her - it was in paper version of the New York Times. I mean, who even reads the paper version of the Times anymore? Nobody. They're bleeding cash. Anyway, it was the cover of her book. She was wearing a blue shirt that matched her eyes, and it was the kind of photo that takes your intestines and whips them [...]
Getting fat again
So I use "fat" in a tongue-in-cheek way. But I definitely spent the last few weeks watching what I ate, which meant no crazy banquet dinners, dinners of scrambled egg whites and vegetables, and the occasional helping of cheese dip, heaped high with guilt. As a result, my stomach became a cast iron tank. My collarbone and ribcage took greater prominence. When I lay down, I marveled at how my [...]
North End Scallops, Porter Sushi, Audio Slideshows: A busy weekend
FRIDAY 12:15pm: decide to drop Macroeconomics. Now I'm only taking four classes! 1:15pm: Run off with Crimson photographer to Second Time Around, Oona's, and Great Eastern Trading Company to get audio and video for a slideshow. Photographer is unexpectedly hiliarious; storeowners are sometimes crazy/unstable. 4:30pm: Makeovers at the YWCA. Turns out the women are more impressed by my [...]
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