Posts in Chefs
The Crispiest Fried Green Tomato

I basically swoon over any menu that has fried green tomatoes on it. But I never quite have the courage to make them at home. It always seems like the kind of thing I would mess up and never quite understand what the heck was going wrong. But then I met Anne Thornton of 33 Greenwich. And she swore up and down that they were the easiest things to make. So I decided to give it a whirl. 

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The Blooming Mushroom

Growing up it was almost impossible to miss the ads for the Bloomin' Onion. It's one of the few dishes outside of fast food and pizza that somehow made it into the American consciousness. How did a deep-fried onion become a concept that everyone new about? No matter its status, it's time to shake things up. So we went to Bowery Road to get their fun take on the classic with a Bloomin' Mushroom.

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Barbara Lynch's Strozzapretti

If you haven't heard of Barbara Lynch, you are really missing out on one of the coolest chefs in the business. But if you're from Boston, then she's probably already a legend to you, seeing as she completely changed the face of the dining scene there. But now we all get to see her in a new light, thanks to her incredibly personal new memoir, Out of Line.

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