We’ve picked 28 dishes, recipes, and restaurants for kicking the culinary winter blues. What are your favorites? Continue reading The North Shore’s Top Comfort Food
High Street Grill in North Andover introduces the area’s only make-your-own Bloody Mary bar. Continue reading Make Your Own Bloody Mary
Picking the right bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine to share with your better half isn’t always as easy as it sounds. Here are six top picks. Continue reading Champagne and Sparkling Wines
As the year rolls to an end, we can’t help succumbing to the holiday spirit, and there is no better time to bring family and friends together. Continue reading Festive Feast
Evenfall is the Bradford restaurant that has earned fame for its food, for its cocktails, and for the fact that it is owned by a Pappadopoulos. Continue reading Evenfall
Charlene Peters went to San Miguel to find family. While there she fell in love with the food and viniculture. Returning home, she finds ways to repeat the pleasure. Continue reading Local Tastes of the Azores
Event planner Janie Haas makes a living designing elegant and complicated affairs. So imagine her surprise when her grill master husband declared their own party was to be a backyard burger cook-off. You can bet your buns it was a delicious success! Continue reading Boys and their Burgers
The New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook By Roger Berkowitz and Jane Doerfer Continue reading The New Legal Sea Foods Cookbook
Fine Food, Ambiance, and Music, Too! Continue reading The Powow River Grille
The name Sidney & Hampton may evoke shades of chi-chi Long Island, but one look at the sunshine-yellow post-and-beam barn that houses this restaurant will make clear that this place doesn’t take itself too seriously. It just serves seriously good food. Continue reading Sidney & Hampton
Salem, Massachusetts, has long been nicknamed the “Witch Capital of the World,” but locals know that Salem is fast on its way to a new moniker: the culinary center of the North Shore. This little city currently is home to close to 130 restaurants, many of which receive consistent high marks and attract patrons from the North Shore (and beyond) who seek a dining experience that rivals – and often surpasses – that of Boston. Salem’s newest addition to its growing list of fine dining establishments is Fresh Taste of Asia. Continue reading Fresh Taste of Asia
Perched on the beach in Swampscott, against a backdrop of a stunning view of Boston, is a modest-looking restaurant that was once an old clam shack. Continue reading Red Rock Bistro and Bar
Apparently restaurateur Michael Conneely knows how to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Continue reading Bistro 45
In France, le bistrot is a neighborhood eatery, usually family-run, where locals go for good food, generous portions, and affordable prices in a relaxed, casual atmosphere. Continue reading Duckworth’s Bistrot
If you’re a North Shore foodie, you’ve undoubtedly checked out at least one of Cala and Co.’s restaurants, each known for its creative décor and daring pairings: Alchemy in Gloucester, Cala’s in Manchester, Indigo (formerly Blue Smoke) in Hamilton, or Zoe’s Tapas and Bar in Beverly Farms. Continue reading Latitude 43
When Jeffrey Fournier was 15, he set up art shows to exhibit and sell his paintings. The North Shore native knew early on that he was going to study fine arts, but what he didn’t know was that one day he’d be a master of the culinary arts, too. Today, Chef Fournier is being hailed as the latest chef-celeb to set trends in creative cuisine. Continue reading Chef Jeffrey Fournier
Even though Ristorante Molise in Amesbury has received numerous food awards and citations, you won’t find them displayed on the door or walls. Continue reading Ristorante Molise
Hawthorne Hotel’s hearty autumn offerings. Continue reading Harvest Festival
On a warm Sunday at Alfalfa Farm Winery in Topsfield, owner Richard Adelman uncorks bottles for that afternoon’s tasting. The spring 2008 wine list, scrawled on a chalkboard that leans against the tasting room wall, features wines like cabernet sauvignon, pinot grigio, and seyval blanc. Continue reading Fruits of the Vine on the North Shore