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GETTING SALTY

Her bubble won’t burst: Worcester’s Hannah Vuong on opening Gong Cha bubble tea shop during the pandemic

She and her husband, Jason, will expand to Newbury Street this spring.

Ordering takeout is helping restaurants survive. Where’s your favorite local spot to order from?
As restaurants are struggling to make it through a difficult winter, ordering takeout is paramount to their survival. In an effort to compile a database of local businesses to support, we are asking you to fill out the form below with your favorite restaurant.

Omicron lowers sales and threatens bankruptcy for US restaurants
US restaurants stayed afloat during the pandemic thanks to outdoor heaters, elaborate patio spaces, and to-go drinks. But the creative workarounds weren't enough to stem the losses from the recent Omicron-fueled surge of COVID cases.

RESTAURANT CLOSURES
50Kitchen in Fields Corner joins the list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19
The sign for Matt Murphy’s on Harvard Street in Brookline Village has been taken down, according to a photo of the restaurant circulating on Twitter. A spokesperson for the town hall confirmed the restaurant did not renew its license.

featured lists, roundups & recommendations

Here are the best ice cream shops in Massachusetts, according to Globe readers

Last month, Food & Wine crowned two local ice cream shops the best in the state. Some Globe readers agreed. But many others definitely did not.

13 top places to eat on Cape Cod

Discover these tasty places on your next trip over the bridge.

These lobster rolls top all the ‘best’ lists. But how are they, really? We tried them all

We ate our way through the best lobster rolls in New England.

Restaurant Reviews

Highland Kitchen is the ideal neighborhood restaurant

At Bakey, babka reigns supreme

Never mind Michelin stars. How are the wings?

To review or not to review? Take our survey and read our thoughts

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Devra First’s 14-day end-times cooking newsletter is part deliciousness, part existential dread.

The exquisite normalcy of chopping an onion

Soooo. I hear you bought some beans.

Herbs might save us

Let a nation of bread bakers arise

The freezer is a time capsule

Cabbage, a love story

The Ghosts of Quarantine Future

Coping food

Granola is a scam

What’s your secret sauce?

We are all our own bartenders now

Project Takeout: That's a wrap!

A list of readers’ favorite takeout spots

We asked reader what their favorite restaurants are, plus added a few of our own. Explore the map below to get inspiration on where to get takeout tonight.

About Project Takeout

Independent restaurants are on the ropes. The owners, chefs, servers, line cooks, bartenders, and dishwashers who animate them are fighting hard to survive. The pandemic may have slashed seating capacity for customers willing to eat indoors. Winter may have howled down outdoor dining. But these businesses just need to make it a little longer — to the warmer weather, to the vaccine’s full rollout. They just need to make it to the other side.

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The family behind Pan's Pizza in South Hero Vermont: Sani Pasagic, Justine Zolotas, Anne Zolotas, and Alexander Zolotas

In South Hero, Vt., a pizza place goes pay-what-you-can. Customers’ good will followed.

The family-owned Pan’s Pizza came up with an easy way for customers to pay what they could afford during the pandemic.

FOOD
Sunday, Jan. 16, is National Quinoa Day.

In honor of National Quinoa Day, we’re demystifying whole grains

There are about 20 varieties of whole grains, but we’re focusing on the ones you’re most likely to cook and eat.

FOOD
Check out this leak-proof silicone baking liner that lays flat on a baking sheet and keeps it clean when baking cookies.

These silicone liners have a cool new feature: They won’t leak

The California company Grand Fusion Housewares offers a BPA-free silicone mat with a twist — the corners snap together to form a rimmed tray.

FOOD
Vodka from GlenPharmer Distillery in Franklin.

Local distillery spices up its vodka line with cranberries and ghost peppers

GlenPharmer Distillery in Franklin produces a line of artisan spirits using local ingredients and traditional grains and barley.

FOOD
Oryx Desert Salt from the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa.

A new salt arrives from a South African desert

If you are interested in artisan finishing salts, there’s no shortage of choices.

BY THE GLASS
For when you're craving something sweet.

Thanks to Pedro Ximénez, you can drink your dessert

Spanish grape Pedro Ximénez is essential to lusciously sweet sherry.

FOOD
Slow cooked farro with mushrooms and spinach.

Get to know these 8 great grains

Look for whole grains in natural foods stores and supermarkets.

FOOD
The Goblet Washing Brush from Brushtech.

Give your goblets a good and gentle scrub

The Goblet Washing Brush from Brushtech is designed to easily clean delicate glassware.

Myrth ceramics created by potters Eric and Abby Smallwood. A display of their porcelain dinnerware and other artisan tabletop items for sale at the new retail shop attached to their Somerville studio.

Myrth ceramics store opens next to studio in Somerville

Potters Eric and Abby Smallwood are recognized for their sturdy porcelain dinnerware, tumblers, and vases in muted earthy colors.

FOOD
In an undated image provided by the MoMA Design Store, Sowaca Cooking Pan.

A rainbow of cooking dishes

The MoMA Design Store is selling a useful and versatile ceramic baking dish that can be used on the top of the stove, on a grill, in the oven or microwave.

BOTTLES
We're looking back on the year in beer.

The year in beer

Here are a few takeaways on how we, the beer consumer, experienced 2021.

GETTING SALTY
Baker-entrepreneur Vicki Lee Boyajian

In a bittersweet move, Belmont bakery owner Vicki Lee Boyajian prepares for a new chapter

Next year, she’ll turn over her longtime business to chef-partner Jason Reed and write a cookbook.

FOOD
Finished croissants at Le Petit Four.

What it takes to master the croissant

For Valerie Coullet, owner of Le Petit Four in Needham, getting those perfect flakes and layers is a labor of love — one that means getting up at 3 a.m. daily to get it right.