Exploring the South Shore one bite at a time
April 2011
04/19/11Tempted to LunchWhen leftovers earmarked for supper left options slim for lunch last week, it was time to search out a sandwich. To that end, my rumbling belly led me to Circe’s Grotto in North Scituate. I’m always glad when it does. In theory, a grotto is damp and cold. Circe’s is anything but.Step into this pint-sized store front and you will invariably smell something baking— blueberry muffins, to-die-for cinnamon rolls, or at lunch time, chocolate chip cookies and blond brownies—all baked with such care they taste like they came out of grandmother’s oven. But I’m not sure even Grandma would have thought of this. Order coffee light and sweet and they shake the brew in a stainless container before pouring it into a cup, insuring optimum distribution of sugar... |
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04/11/11Sushi, Shabu, and Hibachi Restaurant Arrives in BraintreeTokoyo takes over former Rock Bottom site in Braintree Posted at 01:35 PM | Permalink |
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04/11/11A Tasty Read: Feeding a Yen by Calvin TrillinSometimes reading about food provides as much sustenance as the real thing—especially if you pick up a book like Feeding a Yen, by Calvin Trillin, a nationally acclaimed humorist and food writer, whose stories satisfy like a full belly on Thanksgiving. In this compilation of essays, Trillin conquers his “Register of Frustration and Deprivation,” which encompasses the dishes he is unable to obtain in his home city of New York.“I go over it,” he says, “like a miser who is both tantalizing and tormenting himself by poring over a list of people who owe him money.” The pages are filled with anecdotes recounting the lengths he goes to procure definitive native cuisines, ranging from a door knocking/telephone campaign to unearth an allusive... Posted at 12:30 PM | Permalink |
