April 1, 2012 Food Issue: Rise and Dine

Dim sum’s delights

For variety of flavor and texture, and a lively scene--not to mention bang for the buck--it’s hard to beat China’s small plates breakfast tradition. By Devra First

Recipes for the perfect eggs

A breakfast-basics cheat sheet, with hints, tips, and tricks for how to boil an egg — or scramble, poach, and more. By Adam Ried

Are fat baseball players a problem?

It’s the question on everyone’s mind after the turbulent, truncated end of the 2011 Red Sox season. By Leigh Montville

Perspective


I’ve met the enemy--and he is using my name

In a bout of “egosurfing,” you’ve probably Googled your own name--57% of us admit to doing it. Here’s what happens when you track down your other yous. By Peter Mandel

Soundtrack

Carroll Center for the Blind clients learn to navigate Newton streets

Using their red-and-white canes as guides, they practice crossing busy roads and sharing crowded sidewalks. By Scott Helman

Dinner With Cupid


Blind date that’s good enough to eat

Will these two intellectual foodies find a way to heat things up?

Cooking


Recipes for cherry tomatoes

Sweet and flavorful year-round, cherry and grape varieties fool your palate into thinking it’s summer. By Adam Ried

A Restaurant’s Take


Venezuelan skirt steak with cherry tomatoes

Venezuelan skirt steak with cherry tomatoes, chilies, and onions at La Casa de Pedro in Watertown and Pedro’s Fine Latin Cuisine in Billerica.

Connections

You and me and the afterlife

A husband and wife discuss burial options, with a healthy dose of dark humor. By Gary A. Kaplan

Style Watch


A 1920s home with French flea market flair

In this Wellesley Colonial, antiques and modern pieces blend for a collected, not fussy, feel. By Jaci Conry

Out and About

Orlando and Vanessa Emiliano of Jamaica Plain at a dinner benefiting JP’s Nativity Preparatory School. The week around town

Writers, a mayor, and pillars of the Y.

On the Block


Homes for sale with man caves

Space for a pool table, wine fridge, or dart board? These properties have you covered.

Your Week Ahead


Street sweeping’s here, Sox season starts

Highlights of happenings in the next seven days.

One-Liners

Jeff Kinney’s writing trick

The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series author on his creative process.

Tales from the City

A Seder search

An interdenominational hunt for the Passover afikomen.

Letters to the editor

Globe Magazine readers respond to Neil Swidey’s story on Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist.