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  From small plates to family-style dining, Boston chefs are all about sharing these days. Clink , which opened last month at the Liberty Hotel, has built a menu around New American small plates paired with wine flights. Meanwhile, the soon-to-open Persephone Read More... Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 6:07 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Trend Watch

• Risotto: Harbinger of Fall

  There are certain dishes – roasted beet salad, duck confit – that herald the coming of fall. Add to that list risotto and the season has arrived. Sweet corn is the mainstay in the risotto at Union Bar and Grill , which kicks in chiles, chorizo Read More... Posted Monday, October 08, 2007 12:06 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Trend Watch

• Trend Watch: Mac 'n' Cheese

  The mac 'n' cheese at Silvertone photo: Alvina Ling With summer gone, menus have gone wild for the mac 'n' cheese revival. South End hot spot Beehive dishes it out with lobster and asparagus. Dorchester's Ashmont Grill gussies up baked Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 02, 2007 10:11 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Trend Watch

• Boston Sees Stars

  Guy Martin Last year, celebrated chef Jacques Chibois came to Boston to sweeten the city with his country French cuisine at Miel , the elegant 24/7 eatery at the InterContinental Boston that serves Provençal cuisine. Now the forthcoming Regent Boston Read More... Posted Friday, September 21, 2007 11:48 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Trend Watch

• Menu Hangers-on

  It’s not enough that Boston’s plethora of steakhouses offers meaty choices. Now many of its “other” restaurants are resting on an old-fashioned favorite – hanger steak. Dante ’s grilled version goes garlic with lemon-thyme aïoli; in a nod to Italy’s coastal Read More... Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 10:29 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Trend Watch

• The Latest in Handhelds

  The Met's Tokyo Burger features avocado, pickled onion, soy glaze and wasabi mayo. First there was Chris Schlesinger’s All-Star Sandwich Bar , then Ken Oringer’s taqueria La Verdad . Now other high-end restaurateurs are jumping on the downscale, utensil-free Read More... Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 9:59 AM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Trend Watch

• Absinthe Wars

  Ted Breaux serving his Lucid absinthe at Tales of the Cocktail. photo: Carla Spartos Seemingly everywhere you turn here at Tales of the Cocktail , someone’s pushing absinthe, the bitter, anise-flavored spirit distilled from wormwood made famous by Belle Read More... Posted Saturday, July 21, 2007 7:54 PM by BuzzEditor | 0 Comments Filed under: Deals/News/Events, Trend Watch