You can now head down to Uni's sashimi bar any Thursday, Friday, or Saturday night after 11pm to slurp $10 bowls of ramen or chow down on a couple of duck buns, along with fine cocktails, of course. Take a look at everything on the menu. My recommendation: the Umami Ramen. It's everything right about fusion and utterly delicious. More
I often get asked where ideas for the recipes I write come from, and it's an interesting question to me. For the most part, I think that the world of chefs and recipe developers can be divided into two major camps based on the way they operate. I'll call them the Improvisers and the Tinkerers, the Mozarts and the Beethovens, the Intelligent Designers and the Evolutionists, if you will. More
La Verdad, the Fenway Park taqueria, wouldn't be the first place to come to mind if someone asked me to name the best Ken Oringer restaurant, what with Clio, Uni, Toro, Coppa, and now Earth in Maine to contend with. But ask me for a favorite Ken Oringer dish, and top seed would probably go to La Verdad's Chile Relleno Torta ($9.95). It's crazy good. So good that every time I eat it, I mentally slap myself on the back of the head for having waited so long since the last time. More
