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North End Restaurants in Boston’s Restaurant Week

Make your reservations!! Snow has been light (very light) this year. Spring will soon be on its way. In the meantime, Boston Restaurant Week is back for the winter season. From March 18 to 23 and March 25 to 30,2012. Boston’s best restaurants will be offering tasty prix fixe menus for lunch and/or dinner for an…

Enjoy Sicilian Wines, Cuisine and Culture

Enjoy Sicilian wines, cuisine and culture, with award-winning author Robert Camuto One Evening – Two Events DATE: Tuesday, March 15th First up… Robert Camuto will be joining us at The Wine Bottega for a book signing and wine tasting (Occhipinti, Gulfi & Cornelissen) from 5pm to 7pm. Free! Next up… Head down Hanover St. to…

Enjoy Sicilian Wines, Cuisine and Culture

Jose Duarte of Taranta

My first gourmet epiphany was with tiradito de lenguado at [renowned Chinese-Peruvian chef] Javier Wong’s home in Lima.

Taranta’s Chef Jose Duarte Experiments With Quick Response Codes

Taranta cooks up tasty ideas for scanning code. If you see a small black-and-white, maze-like square on a table runner at Taranta in Boston’s North End, don’t think a gourmet graffiti artist found a new place to leave his tag. Chef Jose Duarte is experimenting with “Quick Response” codes — the latest mobile-technology marketing tool…

Dining Out to Conquer Diabetes: Carla Gomes, Owner Terramia and Antico Forno

Carla Gomes, owner of Antico Forno and Terramia restaurants in the North End, is orchestrating a fundraiser for the Joslin Diabetes Center. Her son has had diabetes since his first birthday. Carla Gomes spends her life serving the public as owner of two restaurants in Boston’s North End – Antico Forno and Terramia. But every…

Six North End Restaurants Participate in “Dining Out to Conquer Diabetes”

Carla Gomes, owner of Antico Forno and Terramia is orchestrating the sixth annual CityFeast: Dining Out to Conquer Diabetes to raise money and awareness for the Joslin Diabetes Center’s High Hopes Fund. The Event is Sunday, Jan. 30, from 6 to 9 p.m. For $150 a person that evening, diners can enjoy a five-course meal…