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Lord Hobo’s Seaport brewery patio opens this weekend
Brewery founder Daniel Lanigan says, “This is the safest place to have fun, have drinks, sit outside.”

Chapter 1: The exquisite normalcy of chopping an onion

Welcome to the apocalypse. It’s going to be delicious.

Chapter 2: Soooo. I hear you bought some beans.

Beans have always been a punch line, an insult, unfairly maligned. The musical fruit. Something you’re full of. A whole hill of them? Not worth much.

Chapter 3: Herbs might save us

Don’t forget to celebrate spring.

Chapter 4: Let a nation of bread bakers arise

Often seen as the final, intimidating frontier of baking, bread is now becoming our national project.

Chapter 5: The freezer is a time capsule

Today I took out a tub of soup from the freezer. Turkey barley. My mother brought it the last time she visited. Once it’s gone, I don’t know when I’ll taste my mother’s cooking again.

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DEVRA FIRST

What does it take to get meat on the grill for Labor Day? A whole lot of labor

Enjoy your annual cookout, and honor the hard work behind it.

Get those teens to start making dinner

Frayed nerves, short tempers, and hunger are never a good formula.

GETTING SALTY

Vinny Vassallo from Lovin’ Spoonfuls is a delivery driver on a mission

He rescues food about to be thrown out and redistributes it throughout Chelsea, Everett, and Lynn, while listening to podcasts and Devo.

ALES FOR ALS

Old Planters teamed up with Kevin Youkilis on a Pete Frates-inspired beer

One dollar from the sale of each 4-pack goes to Ales for ALS. One dollar goes to the Frates Family Foundation.

Local companies lauded for outstanding specialty foods

Sofi judges chose 157 winners across 49 categories, and 17 New England companies earned awards.

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Lord Hobo’s Seaport brewery patio opens this weekend

Somerville favorite Highland Kitchen temporarily turns into Highland Chicken

Scampo reopens, Thistle & Leek gastropub debuts in Newton Centre, and Nightshade Noodle Bar in Lynn plans a superette

BOTTLES

Sam Calagione looks back on 25 years of Dogfish Head

Now he helps run the second-largest craft brewery in the country, since the 2019 merger with Boston Beer Co.

These peanut butters from New Zealand have a fan following. And now they’re made in Houston, too

Fix & Fogg spreads are a popular craft brand that’s gained fans in the US through Amazon.

At a Cambodian restaurant in Lowell, perseverance is the main ingredient

Simply Khmer and its owners are adapting and surviving with support and determination, as they always have.

TABLES

Sweet Basil opens in Waltham, tacos come to Westwood, and Gracie’s Ice Cream launches a cafe

Restaurant news you can use.

James Beard awards were canceled due to worries about lack of Black winners and chefs’ behavior

As Black Lives Matters protests bloomed across the country, patience was growing thin over how few opportunities are given to Black chefs, including the opportunity to win James Beard awards.

DEVRA FIRST

The best beach snacks are in Revere

At La Metapaneca Grill, ceviche, pupusas, and frozen fruit drinks add up to peak late-summer perfection.

Siblings launch Kibbeh Kitchen to benefit Lebanese Red Cross

Meals come portioned for individuals or families, and all proceeds are donated.

BY THE GLASS

Delicious and playful, these canned reds redefine local

California winemaker James Davids and Massachusetts native Marissa Stashenko are the couple behind Anchor & Hope, a Rhode Island-based négociant.