Food CultureWBUR stories focused on food and how it shapes our lives.We asked top chefs where to eat in and around BostonFive 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.Arts & CultureSep 7, 2023To help fight invasive green crabs, restaurants are putting them on the menuHundreds 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....ResumeArts & Culture05:01Sep 6, 2023Woof! New England's first dog bar opens for pet parents and their furry friendsPark-9 is New England's first full-service dog bar, a 10,000 square-foot space located in Everett's brewery-heavy “fermentation district.” Arts & CultureApr 14, 2023For Easter, a trip back to the jelly bean's history in BostonFood historian Susan Benjamin traces the colorful candy's origin from the Turkish Delight to the hard-shelled confection we know today.ResumeArts & Culture05:08Apr 7, 2023Celebrity chef Ming Tsai issues apology for controversial commentsIn 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.Arts & CultureMar 14, 2023AdvertisementTwo beloved Porter Square businesses are for saleChristopher'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.Arts & CultureFeb 3, 2023Take a peek inside James Beard award-winning chef Irene Li's new dumpling factory and cafeWhen 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?"ResumeArts & Culture05:48Jan 26, 2023A carbon dioxide shortage is impacting Massachusetts craft beer productionEarlier 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.Arts & CultureJul 29, 2022A 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...ResumeArts & Culture05:27Mar 31, 2022Boston's first sake bar has deeply personal rootsThe Koji Club, named after one of four ingredients in sake, opened in Brighton's newly revamped Charles River Speedway in February.Arts & CultureFeb 21, 2022For Valentine's Day: a taste of hot chocolate, sex and sin in colonial New EnglandHot chocolate was an exotic and trendy import beginning in the 1600s, but what made this beverage an aphrodisiac wasn't the cacao. ResumeArts & Culture05:35Feb 14, 2022Nonalcoholic beer's bad reputation shifts as craft brewers join a booming trendUntil 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...ResumeArts & Culture04:11Jan 21, 2022'Black Brew Dialogues' confronts the lack of diversity in Massachusetts' craft beer industryCollin 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 & CultureOct 27, 2021Restaurateur Biplaw Rai Creates Community Through FoodManaging 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.”ResumeArts & Culture04:12Sep 20, 2021
We asked top chefs where to eat in and around BostonFive 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.Arts & CultureSep 7, 2023
To help fight invasive green crabs, restaurants are putting them on the menuHundreds 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....ResumeArts & Culture05:01Sep 6, 2023
Woof! New England's first dog bar opens for pet parents and their furry friendsPark-9 is New England's first full-service dog bar, a 10,000 square-foot space located in Everett's brewery-heavy “fermentation district.” Arts & CultureApr 14, 2023
For Easter, a trip back to the jelly bean's history in BostonFood historian Susan Benjamin traces the colorful candy's origin from the Turkish Delight to the hard-shelled confection we know today.ResumeArts & Culture05:08Apr 7, 2023
Celebrity chef Ming Tsai issues apology for controversial commentsIn 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.Arts & CultureMar 14, 2023
Two beloved Porter Square businesses are for saleChristopher'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.Arts & CultureFeb 3, 2023
Take a peek inside James Beard award-winning chef Irene Li's new dumpling factory and cafeWhen 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?"ResumeArts & Culture05:48Jan 26, 2023
A carbon dioxide shortage is impacting Massachusetts craft beer productionEarlier 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.Arts & CultureJul 29, 2022
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...ResumeArts & Culture05:27Mar 31, 2022
Boston's first sake bar has deeply personal rootsThe Koji Club, named after one of four ingredients in sake, opened in Brighton's newly revamped Charles River Speedway in February.Arts & CultureFeb 21, 2022
For Valentine's Day: a taste of hot chocolate, sex and sin in colonial New EnglandHot chocolate was an exotic and trendy import beginning in the 1600s, but what made this beverage an aphrodisiac wasn't the cacao. ResumeArts & Culture05:35Feb 14, 2022
Nonalcoholic beer's bad reputation shifts as craft brewers join a booming trendUntil 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...ResumeArts & Culture04:11Jan 21, 2022
'Black Brew Dialogues' confronts the lack of diversity in Massachusetts' craft beer industryCollin 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 & CultureOct 27, 2021
Restaurateur Biplaw Rai Creates Community Through FoodManaging 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.”ResumeArts & Culture04:12Sep 20, 2021