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The Daily Free Press

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‘Spinning Plates’ serves up complex portrait of American restaurants

By Joe Incollingo November 13, 2013

Trying to see the big picture is a terrible task to take up on an empty stomach. This is the paradox of Spinning Plates, a documentary whose heart risks coming second to its audience’s appetite. It’s...

Somerville welcomes The Kirkland Tap & Trotter

By Daily Free Press Admin September 18, 2013

Somewhere in Somerville on a street lined with dusky houses and neon-lit convenience stores stands The Kirkland Tap & Trotter. Yellow-tinted light pours out of the restaurant’s floor-to-ceiling...

Mei Mei sets up ‘home base’ restaurant in South Campus

By Daily Free Press Admin September 15, 2013

Irene Li, co-owner of the popular Boston food truck Mei Mei Street Kitchen,  has big plans for the future: She wants to open the first brick-and-mortar Mei Mei restaurant together with her siblings...

From Asia, With Cookies

By Daily Free Press Admin May 1, 2013

Often referred to as “the Oscars of the food world,” the James Beard Awards celebrate professionals in the culinary arts. This year, three Boston-based chefs received nominations for the ‘Best...

Hardcore chef Jamie Bissonnette rocks his way to James Beard Award

By Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2013

Often referred to as “the Oscars of the food world,” the James Beard Awards celebrate professionals in the culinary arts. This year, three Boston-based chefs received nominations for the ‘Best...

Beating Biscuits: A Profile of Hungry Mother’s Barry Maiden

By Daily Free Press Admin April 17, 2013

Often referred to as “the Oscars of the food world,” the James Beard Awards celebrate professionals throughout the culinary arts. This year, three Boston-based chefs received nominations for the...

Boston-based chef Ming Tsai on latest project Blue Dragon

By Daily Free Press Admin April 7, 2013

Ming Tsai has a lot of friends, but he doesn’t know all of them. In the crowded dining room of his new “Asian-fusion gastropub,” Tsai leans back in his chair at the chef’s table, sifts through...

Boston’s Restaurant Week: The Top of the Hub

By Daily Free Press Admin March 24, 2013

If it’s your first time in Boston for Restaurant Week, it’s normal to be overwhelmed. With over 200 of Boston’s finest restaurants offering fixed-price meals that college students can afford, it’s...

Boston’s Restaurant Week: Abe and Louie’s

By Daily Free Press Admin March 24, 2013

The chance to eat a good piece of steak is a rare and coveted experience for a college student. But a magical biannual event known as Boston Restaurant Week, when restaurants across the greater Boston...

PREVIEW: Boston’s Restaurant Week

By Daily Free Press Admin March 17, 2013

One of the best things about living in a city is the easy access to good food. Yet students who move, excited to dive in and spoil their taste buds at any of Boston’s renowned restaurants, may be stopped...

$5 in Chinatown: Why we should all eat Chinese pastries

By Daily Free Press Admin February 14, 2013

MUSE sent staffer Noëmie Carrant, a self-professed foodie, to Chinatown to find the most compelling food that $5 can buy in the area: February means one thing for me: Chinese New Year. Being half-Taiwanese,...

Croissant for your thoughts? REVIEW: Thinking Cup

By Daily Free Press Admin February 3, 2013

Winter is upon us, Commonwealth Avenue has turned into a gigantic wind tunnel, and our lust for coffee and lattes has increased. If you need a quick shot of something warm in between classes, then Starbucks...

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