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Boston Gem: Chocolate-Caramel Sea Salt tart at Canto 6

Posted by astrid, January 26, 2008 at 3:14 PM

Having left New York's endless supply of culinary wonders for Boston's predictable generic parade of pubs, coffee shops and "fusion" restaurants, I often forget that there are gems to be found in Beantwon. Canto 6 bakery on Washington Street in Jamaica Plain has given me real hope. They have fabulous baguettes, sinfully sugary scones with creative combinations, and great fresh sandwiches. I bought a chocolate pecan pie here for Thanksgiving that was a huge hit. And so I'm a big booster of this place.

And then I tried their new chocolate caramel sea-salt tart. Run... don't walk to try it... this thing is amazing. A rich layer dense dark chocolate covers an unbelievably unctuous cavity-inducing caramel filling. The whole thing is topped with just a sprinkle of sea salt, which does able battle with the sweetness of the caramel. The crust is appropriately flaky and understated.

Canto 6 is on the corner of Washington and Green Street (a few blocks from the Green Street stop on the Orange Line).

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Can you freeze macaroni and cheese? What result?

Posted by astrid, February 16, 2007 at 10:45 AM

I made a trough of mac and cheese from the Michael Jordan's Steakhouse Macaroni and Cheese recipe. It's amazing... but not enough for two people to finish. Can I freeze it? If I do, will it be gross and disgusting when thawed?

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From Required Eating

Valentine's Day Chocolate Giveaway

dark.

astrid at 11:29PM on 02/10/08

From Eating Out

Serious Sandwiches: Churrasco Completo

The Chacarero stand in Boston's Downtown Crossing is closed because of the construction, but they opened a large storefront on Province Street, about one block away. Also serves breakfast. Chacarero available in beef, chicken or veggie.

astrid at 7:23PM on 01/12/08

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Seriously Delicious Giveaway: Zingerman's Gift Certificate

manchego!

astrid at 10:18PM on 12/24/07

From Talk

Best Food to cure a cold??

Pho, with lots of cilantro and hot sauce.

astrid at 11:54PM on 11/24/07

From Required Eating

Meet Our New Recruit

Congratulations to Robyn! She is one my absolute favorite blogs to read.

astrid at 10:55PM on 06/10/07

From Required Eating

Mid-Range Burgers

there used to be a Red Robin in King's Plaza shopping mall in Brooklyn. I'm sure I got dragged there once as a kid.

Adam, sorry i haven't done the Madison, WI burger writeup yet. I still have lots of photos on my laptop.

astrid at 1:42PM on 12/11/06

Responses to Comments by astrid

From Required Eating

Mid-Range Burgers

Fuddruckers is really the best, but they closed in our area (Bucks County,PA) Second best is Outback and Cheesburger in Paradise (which are owned by the same company). Still looking for another Fuddruckers.

lemontree613 at 9:45AM on 07/09/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

Dude, forget those above, they suck. Seriously though Ruby Tuesday's is the only chain burger that I have eaten that will not only serve it rare, the way meat was intended to be eaten. but it is also Prime. They also have one of the best salad bars I have seen.
If you ever make it out to western Montana try a place in Hamilton called Naps, they will also serve your burger rare. One of the best I have had.

Polsongrizz at 9:11PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

@casmil226 - I agree, Logan's makes a great burger. I think it's the best thing on the menu.
Houston's and J. Alexander's also make delicious burger.

lattelatte at 7:55PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

When you survey the remaining restaurants be sure to include Chili's! Chili's has excellent burgers! I can honestly say I've never had a bad burger at Chili's. Unfortunately Ruby Tuesday's depends on the location.........not very consistent between restaurants. I loved the food in Bessemer AL at Ruby Tuesday's but it was HORRIBLE at the one near Loudon TN.........
For fast food, Wendy's seems to be the best. For sit-down dining Chili's is my top pick........

chrw1980 at 6:29PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

I would try Max & Erma's. I know there are locations in PA but they are worth it. I am picky and while I like Red Robin you can't compare to Max & Erma's. The only other comparison was the Ground Round back in the day when they had like a WinSchulers soft cheese topping. They stopped doing it back in the late 70's and after trying them twice after the change I never would go back.

http://www.maxandermas.com/menu/default.aspx?category=Burgers

purrballs at 6:28PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

I don't know if there is one nearby, but oddly enough I think Logan's Roadhouse (it's a steakhouse) has excellent burgers. Ofcourse I don't think they would cook it MR, but I think they still kick toosh.

casmil226 at 5:12PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

Please take time to review Fuddruckers. I am very picky about my burgers, and they have the best of all the national chains I've tried. You gotta love a place that actually offers a full one pound burger patty!

josborndas at 4:45PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

I too recommend Fuddruckers. I am not sure if this franchise is back east but Hamburger Hamlet is also a Red Robin level burger place.

I think its also important to add that at Red Robin you can order your burger Protein Style. They serve this as a low carb option (no bun wrapped in lettuce) and with a salad instead of fries.

dngnb8 at 4:39PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

I'm not entirely sure if there are other locations outside of california, but there are at least a couple lin the bay area It's called Kirk's Steakburgers. They have the most tender hamburgers i've ever eaten, and you only recieve the patty and the bun from the cook. You get to choose from a variety of sauces and condiments to put on your burger yourself.

mmoffat1 at 4:25PM on 07/08/08

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Mid-Range Burgers

I've been in Texas for 2 years and apparently a great Texas burger is a very thin, wide, well-done cooked piece of meat, and sometimes topped with tostadas or beans, etc (man, that's funny!)...definitely not my "thing". However, even though MOST of the folks in Texas don't seem to know much about great burgers (for god's sake Whataburger is the most popular burger chain here and they are awful). There is a really good local place that just opened up calleD BIGZ Burger Joint. Although most locals will slam the place because it's owned by a popular local gourmet chef and it caters to the local Hummer yuppie crowd, the burgers here are thick (each patty is 8 oz), cooked perfectly as a burger should be just as the menu says "with a little pink inside unless requested otherwise" , juicy and very, very tasty. It actually gives Fuddruckers, which is by far and away one of the best burgers you can get ANYWHERE, a run for its money.

sajerseyguy at 8:50PM on 03/02/08