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The 2022 Boston-area restaurant awards
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FOOD
Fall in love with this Bundt pan
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Nordic Ware designed the Floral Heart Bundt, an elaborate heart-shaped pan patterned with intricate flowers.
FOOD
Good Vodka actually does some good, too
While most vodka is distilled from grains, or corn, potatoes, even apples, New York-based Liquorworks upcylces the byproduct of Colombian coffee fruit to create the new spirit.
FOOD
At home with hard cider
Artifact Cider Project launched a spin-off brand based on one of the company’s products, Feels Like Home Classic — a fruity, unfiltered hard cider aged on rum-soaked oak.
BOTTLES
Brothers are brewing a lighter, better Indian beer
Rupee Beer is now distributed in 10 states, geared toward a growing Indian population in the United States.
FOOD
Ronzoni is discontinuing Pastina No. 155 — a.k.a. ‘Italian Penicillin’ — and its demise is hitting hard
"It’s like an erasure of my childhood!" was one person's reaction on Twitter. Others have run out to scoop up mini pasta shapes wherever they could find them.
DEVRA FIRST
Ashmont Grill in Dorchester is closing
Opened in 2005, the restaurant has been a gathering spot for the whole community.
DEVRA FIRST
Times change, and restaurants should, too. So what does that mean for fine dining?
People keep asking if high-end restaurants are dead, but it’s the wrong question. Here’s a better one for these times: What's our definition of “fine dining”?
FOOD
Say bonjour to local French pastries
Cremeux French Patisserie, of Merrimack, N.H., opened a Coolidge Corner shop in late November.
FOOD
The Chocolate Expo comes to Wilmington
Chocolate lovers will want to be at Shriners Auditorium on Jan. 29 for fountains of deliciousness.
FOOD
A friendly dumpling duel to celebrate Lunar New Year
On Saturday, Jan. 28, starting at noon, The Foundry, a community space in Kendall Square, will host a Chinese New Year celebration with the Cambridge Chinese American Association.
BY THE GLASS
Dry January? Think Denmark
Crafted in Copenhagen, this delightful beverage makes an alcohol-free month a pleasure.
GETTING SALTY
At Johnny Pomodoro, chef Johnny Burke offers up slices of thick-crust pizza and nostalgia
He got his start as a teenager working at Liberty Pizza in Wayland and later at his cousins’ bar, Doyle’s in Jamaica Plain, before going on to fine dining at T.W. Food and The Butcher Shop. (And he's made some expensive mistakes in the kitchen!)
TONY'S TIPS
How to pick — and eat — citrus fruits for the new year
Dragon fruit, pomelos, kumquats, and others are in season now. Here’s where to find and how to enjoy them.