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Boston: Jasper's Pan-Roasted Lobster with Chervil and Chives

Boston: Jasper's Pan-Roasted Lobster with Chervil and Chives

Jasper's, the eponymous North End venue on the water owned by chef Jasper White, became a family favorite growing up, and for one dish in particular: the pan-roasted lobster with chervil and chives. When we'd been storing up our annual excitement for a typical Yankee platter—boiled with drawn butter, baked potato, coleslaw, plastic bib, wet naps—this interpretation was shellfish nirvana. But in the mid-1990s, disaster struck. Jasper closed his restaurant, and with it, I figured, went the greatest lobster dish there ever was. Until 2000. More

Where are the Three Best Baby Back Rib Joints in the U.S.?

On the way back from Greenwood, Mississippi, we stayed in Memphis. We arrived in downtown Memphis at 10 p.m. to find ourselves in a sea of Elvis impersonators. They were having a huge Elvis impersonator concert and contest. I'm not kidding. There were two Elvis impersonators checking in ahead of us at the Peabody Hotel. We were not there to see faux kings, we were there to eat barbecue. In the name of research, because Bon Appétit had named Charlie Vergos' Rendezvous one of its three finalists in its search for the best baby back ribs in the country, and also because it was a two-minute walk from our hotel and it was too late to eat at someplace like... More