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Photos of the Day: Dinner at Mistral

Photos of the Day: Dinner at Mistral

I have these old photos banging around in my Picasa (a photo manager) and I can no longer even write a coherent review of the experience, but just to brighten your Monday afternoon, indulge in this high-end food porn from Mistral. I apologize for not waxing poetic about texture of the escargots or precisely what kind of tomatoes they used, but I'm sure you'll forgive me. Most of what I [...]

Craigie on Main – Blood Sausage, Cock’s Comb, Stuffed Pig’s Foot

Craigie on Main – Blood Sausage, Cock’s Comb, Stuffed Pig’s Foot

Chef Tony Maws made an appearance at my gluttonous, over-the-top meal at Craigie on Main. He arrived, without any fanfare, at the presentation of the 6th course of a 6 course meal (a 3 part dessert was still to come, but I didn't know it at that point). He seemed a little tired - he worked as a line cook most of the week, after all - having just exited the carefully curated chaos of an open [...]

$40.09 Dinner deal at L’Espalier

So word from McClelland at Boston's swanky L'Espalier (where I recently did a lovely lunch) is that they have had a change of heart and are now participating in Restaurant Week... sort of. A distinct possibility is that they realized with all the business heading towards other high end restaurants doing Restaurant Week, they faced the possibility of rotting truffles and surplus humanely farmed [...]

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