Food Culture

WBUR stories focused on food and how it shapes our lives.

We asked top chefs where to eat in and around Boston

Five local chefs shared where they like to dine once they hang up their aprons for the day. We’re talking quick bites, date-night hotspots and dining in for special occasions.

To help fight invasive green crabs, restaurants are putting them on the menu

Hundreds of years ago, the invasive European green crab first arrived in the region. Today, they’re everywhere, and that is putting pressure on other seafood industries. One solution? Eat them....

Woof! New England's first dog bar opens for pet parents and their furry friends

Park-9 is New England's first full-service dog bar, a 10,000 square-foot space located in Everett's brewery-heavy “fermentation district.”

For Easter, a trip back to the jelly bean's history in Boston

Food historian Susan Benjamin traces the colorful candy's origin from the Turkish Delight to the hard-shelled confection we know today.

Celebrity chef Ming Tsai issues apology for controversial comments

In an interview with fellow chef Irene Li at WBUR's CitySpace in February, Ming joked about putting a date rape drug in Li's drink.

Two beloved Porter Square businesses are for sale

Christopher's Restaurant and Bar has not opened since the start of the pandemic and will not reopen, and adjoining music venue Toad is also for sale.

Take a peek inside James Beard award-winning chef Irene Li's new dumpling factory and cafe

When Li and her team started strategizing for the new 4,000-square-foot space, they ran with a novel question: "Wouldn't it be cool if people could see inside a dumpling factory?"

A carbon dioxide shortage is impacting Massachusetts craft beer production

Earlier this week, Night Shift Brewing in Everett announced it would be moving all its production to outside contracts. Breweries across the state have voiced concern about the shortage.

A Roslindale food stylist crafted every dish we see in HBO's new Julia Child series

“Julia” was filmed in Massachusetts, and a local food stylist orchestrated every one of the dishes we see on screen. For Christine Tobin the job was a lifelong dream come...

Boston's first sake bar has deeply personal roots

The Koji Club, named after one of four ingredients in sake, opened in Brighton's newly revamped Charles River Speedway in February.

For Valentine's Day: a taste of hot chocolate, sex and sin in colonial New England

Hot chocolate was an exotic and trendy import beginning in the 1600s, but what made this beverage an aphrodisiac wasn't the cacao.

Nonalcoholic beer's bad reputation shifts as craft brewers join a booming trend

Until recently it's been particularly challenging for avid beer geeks to find nonalcoholic alternatives that satisfy their quest for interesting flavors. But more craft brewers — many who've been skeptics...

Arts & Culture

04:11Jan 21, 2022

Collin Knight interviews White Lion Brewing co-owner Ray Berry. (Courtesy Massachusetts Brewers Guild)

'Black Brew Dialogues' confronts the lack of diversity in Massachusetts' craft beer industry

Collin Knights hosts a new travelogue series to spark conversations about why so many people don't feel welcome to either work or drink at local beer companies.

Arts & Culture

Oct 27, 2021

Comfort Kitchen managing partner Biplaw Rai outside Little Dipper in Jamaica Plain. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Restaurateur Biplaw Rai Creates Community Through Food

Managing partner of Comfort Kitchen, Rai is on a mission to uplift the voices of the community. “I create spaces," he says. “I bring people together, especially through food.”

Arts & Culture

04:12Sep 20, 2021