At Yafa, the pistachio is a major food group that appears on or in many of the treats. With the cone-shaped, chocolatey Napoli, it’s both.
Napoli pastry at Yafa Bakery & Café
Spice, spice, baby: Racking up some jarring insights about what gives life flavor
For starters, how often do you throw out spices? If you are my mother, the answer is never.
Clover restaurant chain may shut down without a buyer
Less than two years after exiting bankruptcy protection, the Clover chain of restaurants is seeking a buyer and may lay off 182 workers.
Davis Square Neighborhood Plan could be done by fall, becoming a factor in tower decision
Work on a Davis Square Neighborhood Plan will ramp up in early May and finish within three to six months, extending into fall as needed.
Your next cookbook can be found April 11 at a Curio-hosted benefit for World Central Kitchen
The World Central Kitchen, which goes to the front lines of crises to provide fresh meals, gets a little boost April 11 from a sale of used cookbooks.
Get a $5 burger at Cambridge Common like it’s 1996 again
Also on the Menu this week: Somerville’s Mobile Farmers Market returns next week, Anna’s Taqueria has shrimp and Ten One Tea House has a big to-go box.
Tax tip of the week: Maybe this is the year you should itemize deductions
With the cap rising it $40,000, more taxpayers may now find that itemizing results in a larger deduction than taking the standard deduction.
Plan for affordable homes on Porter Street is a capstone as Johnston retires from CHA
Amid speeches, work got done, including moves toward developing land at 16-28 Porter St., Wellington-Harrington, near the Somerville city line.
Friendly Toast menu makes some moves under a CEO brought over from Tatte
The menu is getting a minor update at The Friendly Toast, an all-day brunch and bar spot in Cambridge’s Harvard Square.
Cheesecake as an act of meditation with Duly Lee of Korean Momma
To indulge in the custom Basque cheesecakes of Korean Momma, a customer can expect to wait. And maybe to engage in five minutes of “therapy.”