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What’s in your pantry? Part 2: Garlic and onion, oil and vinegar, jams and jellies and more

by JJ Gonson June 24, 2026

The things I think are essential to cooking at home add spice, a squeeze of citrus, a bite of onion or garlic or a dash of oil and vinegar.

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Sipping cousins: Coffee as a common language

by Corky White June 24, 2026

George Bernard Shaw said that England and America are two countries divided by a common language. Coffee brings us together.

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Cheese boureka at Tatte

by Marc Levy June 24, 2026

$4.50 Until recently, I hadn’t spent much time at Assembly Row – it’s a little out of the way for me – but found myself camping out while awaiting the launch of a summer farmers market. That let me...

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Five foods to follow out of the Taste of Cambridge

by Marc Levy June 18, 2026

Leaving this sampling event full is easy. Returning to the tastes outside its borders isn't always possible: Not every item is at brick-and-mortar settings.

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What’s in your pantry? Part 1: Salts

by JJ Gonson June 17, 2026

Staples. Not talking about the big box store, but rather things that I reach for so often that I feel they are essential to my cooking life. I’m a spice hoarder. I have whole shelves of tiny jars and...

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Worn wood, comfort and ease: At home at the Circus Cooperative and Café Zing

by Corky White June 17, 2026

Coffee in a good setting keeps me there. The place, as you know if you read these columns, matters, almost as much as the coffee. I’m lucky that I can almost always find coffee that keeps me seated....

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Buffalo chicken pizza at Ernesto’s

by Marc Levy June 17, 2026

The location of this Boston mainstay at Assembly Row, opened in 2015, is careful to warn customers that they’re at risk of getting a great deal.

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Buddy’s Diner repair work is about to get started, owner says, for a reopening next year

by Marc Levy June 15, 2026

The classic train-car-style diner at 113 Washington St., East Somerville, shut three years ago because of a ruinous plumbing problem.

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Retail mecca Assembly Row adds the thing demanded in years of surveys: a weekly farmers market

by Marc Levy June 13, 2026

A weekly open-air farmers market launched Friday in Somerville’s Assembly Row with a ceremony, speeches and a benefits match to double buying power.

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Five foods to follow out of the Taste of Somerville

by Marc Levy June 11, 2026

When staggering happily away from the event, it turns out there were dishes that had me already plotting how soon I could get back to their sources for more.