East Cambridge's new Loyal Nine picked up reviews in both the Globe and The Improper Bostonian this week. For the Globe, Devra First grants it two-and-a-half stars out of a possible four, declaring it "one of the most interesting restaurants in town" — but "it will either thrill you or drive you crazy." On the "drive you crazy" side: "Some dishes are painfully weird. Some dishes are painfully small. The bill is not. It is easy to walk out feeling as though you may have just inadvertently appeared in a recombinant episode of 'Portlandia: East Cambridge Edition' and 'Punk’d: Colonial Times.'" But Continue reading >>>

May 28, 2015 A Bostonian Operamane in Italy by Ron Sampson A loftier Verdi BMInt is delighted to publish the ruminations of one of our “far-flung correspondents.” In his retirement Ron Sampson adds wordworker to the catalog of his skills. These are parlous days for opera companies, and not just in the United States where there is generally no subvention of them by government. A few years ago Opera Boston—a dynamic and enterprising outfit which gave worthy performances of operas often not frequently performed—declared bankruptcy, thereby adding another Continue reading >>>

For May, National Salad Month, we pay tribute to my maternal grandfather, who so hated single-note salads, he’d make a public scene. This forced my proper Bostonian grandmother to discreetly slip a tomato in her purse when they dined out.Is your homemade salad ho-hum? Don’t make the spirit of my grandfather come after you. Lose the supermarket bag o’ greens. Sparkling salads start with fresh farmers market greens and never end. Add:Seasonal everything: mango, corn, avocado, showstopping watermelon radishes, a rainbow of heirloom tomatoes.Texture: with meltingly tender roasted mushrooms or Continue reading >>>

Food No comments posted. |E-mail|Print | Search Archives Wednesday, May 27, 2015 1:05 AM EDT Salads deserve better Get past bagged greens, bottled dressings BY ELLEN KANNER | MIAMI HERALD Harmonious: Not a one-note salad. (Ellen Kanner/Miami Herald/TNS) For May, National Salad Month, we pay tribute to my maternal grandfather, who so hated single-note salads, he'd make a public scene. This forced my proper Bostonian grandmother to discreetly slip a tomato in her purse when they dined out.She wouldn't have to carry contraband with the new, whimsical rake-and-hoe Continue reading >>>

For May, National Salad Month, we pay tribute to my maternal grandfather, who so hated single-note salads, he’d make a public scene. This forced my proper Bostonian grandmother to discreetly slip a tomato in her purse when they dined out. Is your homemade salad ho-hum? Don’t make the spirit of my grandfather come after you. Lose the supermarket bag o’ greens. Sparkling salads start with fresh farmers market greens and never end. Add: Seasonal everything: mango, corn, avocado, showstopping watermelon radishes, a rainbow of heirloom Continue reading >>>

Pictured are the Evolution youngsters. Nesta Baxter has claimed a top kickboxing scalp - after defeating a World and European champion. The Bostonian defeated Karyna Nikitina in her -62kg continuous category at the Top Ten British Open 2015. Nesta claimed gold in the category, one of four tournament victories at Birmingham’s NEC. She also won three other categories - the -55kg womens’ continuous, -57kg girls’ Continue reading >>>

Sharon Horgan co-stars with the American comedianAmazon will premiere the first season of Rob Delaney’s unexpected pregnancy comedy, “Catastrophe,” on June 19, the streaming service announced on Tuesday.The series, consisting of six half-hour episodes, was written by Delaney, who plays an American man struggling to start a relationship with an Irish woman after their clumsy lust leads to pregnancy. Sharon Horgan (“Pulling”) plays Delaney’s love interest, while Ashley Jensen (“Ugly Betty”) co-stars as an unpleasant friend, and Carrie Fisher (“Star Wars”) plays Delaney’s eccentric Continue reading >>>

O’Learys TIME Hotels will launch its first non-hotel product, a Bostonian sports-themed restaurant called O’Learys, to be located in Fujairah Mall. It is slated to open in the fourth quarter of 2015. O’Learys was founded by Jonas Reinholdsson, a Swedish restaurateur, inspired by the Bostonian restaurants where people came to watch games and to share the passion of sports.  TIME Hotels Management CEO Mohammad Awadalla said: “The Middle East is a prime target market for O’Learys, and Continue reading >>>

O'Learys ...now open in Fujairah Mall Time Hotels brings the taste of Boston to Fujairah FUJAIRAH, 1 days ago UAE-based Time Hotels Management plans to launch its first non-hotel product, O’Learys, a sports-themed restaurant located in Fujairah Mall in the UAE emirate. O’Learys was founded by Jonas Reinholdsson, a Swedish restaurateur who worked on the island of Nantucket south of Boston, Massachusetts (US) in the mid 1980’s. He was inspired by the Bostonian restaurants where people came to watch games and to share the passion of sports. Continue reading >>>

UAE-headquartered TIME Hotels Management has revealed a new addition to its rapidly-growing hospitality portfolio with the launch of its first non-hotel product, a sports-themed restaurant located in Fujairah Mall. O’Learys was founded by Jonas Reinholdsson, a Swedish restaurateur. Mr Jonas Reinholdsson worked in the island of Nantucket south of Boston, Massachusetts in the mid 1980’s. He was inspired by the Bostonian restaurants where people came to watch games and to share the passion of sports. The food, the service, the interior design and the sports-theme created an atmosphere Mr. Reinholdsson Continue reading >>>