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Talking food: A conversation with Ana Sortun of Sofra, Sarma and Oleana

by Corky White September 9, 2026

At 14, Ana Sortun washed dishes at a Seattle restaurant. By 19 she was at La Varenne, the cooking school in Paris. Then she went to Turkey and found her culinary home.

FOOD

Curio in North Cambridge is the only place to get these four summertime (sp)ice creams

by Marc Levy September 3, 2026

Even though they’re made at Somerville’s Forge, there are four frozen treat flavors available only from a small freezer by the door of Cambridge’s Curio Spice shop.

BUSINESS

Simon’s Coffee Shop regulars show up to say what may be a very short goodbye

by Marc Levy August 31, 2026

Simon’s Coffee Shop served its final customers at at 1736 Massachusetts Ave. on Monday, but that doesn’t mean the business is gone while its building is rebuilt.

FOOD

Spindler Confections is building a Harvard Square shop within a shop at the 143-year-old Leavitt & Pierce

by Marc Levy August 26, 2026

What is already among the most fascinating shops to browse in Cambridge will get a whole other category of delights to discover: Spindler handmade candy.

LET’S GET COFFEE

Frozen: Do as the Parisians do, but in Somerville, at Wildgrain Bakehouse

by Corky White August 26, 2026

Wildgrain Bakehouse is close by but feels like another planet. And there are very good croissants – surprisingly, previously frozen and then baked.

ARTS

Sign of the Dove arts collective has a new home in Porter Square

by Marc Levy August 25, 2026

The art store Sign of the Dove reopens Sept. 1 at Lesley’s University Hall – next to Porter Square Books – in time for the Cambridge Arts Open Studios.

LIT

What Cambridge and Somerville readers are buying: Russo returns with ‘Under the Falls’

by Marc Levy August 25, 2026

Two novelists with extensive catalogs return to the lists: Pulitzer-winning Maine author Richard Russo for “Under the Falls” and Ann Patchett for “Whistler.”

NEWS

Somerville meetings, Aug. 24-31: Armory, museum and more have requests bigger than available funds

by Marc Levy August 23, 2026

Take part in meetings on Cobble Hill Apartments work and more homes at 84 Broadway; and six projects that are asking for preservation funding.

BICYCLING

This bike-friendly pop-up has a sweet deal for anyone who can make their way to Inman Square

by Eric Cao August 18, 2026

Before checking out changes to Somerville’s Mossland Street in May, the Boston Cafe Bikers rode to a backyard pop-up for Jimmy’s Cafe. There’s good cause to go back.

LIT

What Cambridge and Somerville readers are buying: A Howard Zinn bio and Homer’s ‘Odyssey’

by Marc Levy August 18, 2026

Every week, the Harvard Book Store shares its list of bestsellers with us and we compare it with what’s on the New York Times’ list. We go our own way.