http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine The Boston Globe's magazine, published each week inside the Sunday paper. en-us 2008-01-23T18:37:09Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/simple_to_spectacular?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine We're entering the season of culinary highs (the holidays and all those great parties and get-togethers) and lows (the intervening weeknights). Either swing can test the most experienced of cooks. Entertaining always induces stress, while finding the energy and inspiration to make dinner other nights can be even more challenging. Tony Rosenfeld (dinner recipes) and Denise Drower Swidey (dessert recipes) 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/from_bushel_to_barrel?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine In a former foundry in Dorchester's Port Norfolk section, a loud grinding noise pierces the steady humming of a grape de-stemming machine. "Shut it off!" someone yells, his arms full of deep-purple grapes. But Boston Winery owner Ralph Bruno calmly waves his hand forward. "It's fine. Keep going," he says, and the fruit makes its way to the crushing machine ... Jennifer Schwartz 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/great_timing?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Many hosts cook by the clock. That is, they think about who's coming to dinner, decide how much time they have to devote to the menu, then head to the store for groceries. Sheryl Julian 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/step_by_step_saute?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine From Albania to Zimbabwe, much of the world's cooking boils down to a few core techniques. Sauteing is an important one, and there are a few basic steps involved in getting it right. Adam Ried 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/the_talk_of_the_party?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Few things set the mood for a wonderful evening like a medley of jazzy hors d'oeuvres and the latest "in" cocktail or a glass of your favorite wine. For easy entertaining, swing the focus toward that most American of appetizers, the dip. The act of dipping itself pulls people together (you have to lean in toward the center of a ... Tony Rosenfeld 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/home_schooled?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine We eat out and take-out, sometimes we cook out, but cooking at home is often a problem - and classes can be the solution. When you take a cooking class, you get a combination of taste and experience, learn techniques, have fun, and eat and drink with like-minded people. There is no shortage of classes in the Boston area, so ... Rachel Travers 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/market_staples_to_the_rescue?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Though there is nothing like your own creation, in a pinch, the deli section of your supermarket can provide a base for several easy and impressive appetizers. Just add a couple of homemade touches to make them your own. Tony Rosenfeld 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/le_grand_pan?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine In 2004, I checked out of my life in Boston and decamped to Paris for a year of food shopping, cooking, eating, and traveling. A small, and I do mean small, apartment on the hairy northern edge of the 18th arrondissement served as base camp. Preflight website pictures showed a minuscule kitchen in which you could reach everything without moving ... Adam Ried 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/cooking_contest?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine You love to cook. But you have no time to cook. It’s feast or famine every night, from a heaping dish of chicken parm with ziti that gives you leftovers for a week to a bowl of cereal with a side of pretzels. 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/sleeping_single?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Since I moved a year ago, I've been tallying reactions to my new sleeping arrangements. Friends enter my minuscule condo, and within seconds, the single bed triggers a lively debate. The results are nearly unanimous. Single bed gets one vote (me). Double bed wins. Donna Milmore 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/working_it?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine With all the people who work at the 60 State Street skyscraper downtown, you'd think it would be hard to stand out. Not so for Evelyn Wheeler, dubbed the "best-dressed person in the building" by the security guards and "fashion plate" of the WilmerHale law firm, where she has worked for 31 years, most recently as a document processor. Wheeler ... Tina Sutton 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/look_out_tom_brady?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine What's your major? Initially, you were in the school of management. I actually graduated in May of last year with a degree in communications. I'm a fifth-year senior, working toward a second major in English. Mark Shanahan 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/managing_the_internets_mojo?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine I recently received a comment on my blog that squarely (and perhaps justifiably) lambasted me for pigheadedness, ignorance, and prejudice. Although the comment was anonymous, I know the identity of the critic and fear there may be some awkwardness about that the next time I see her. The comment did not generate any bitterness on my part, as I think ... 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/from_the_heart?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine I was getting tickets to a February show at the American Repertory Theatre. I had parked illegally, and the man in front of me in line was taking far too long. He appeared to be in his 70s and was having difficulty negotiating the purchase. Then I noticed his coat. It was aged and dirty. His pants were dragging the ... 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/squeeze_play?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine When Bua Semapakdi and Tim Chang graduated from Stanford University, they wanted to get into business. That said, the pair - now married - had had enough of formal education. "We wanted to start to get experience instead of going to business school," says Semapakdi. So they opened a store online. Based in Lexington, Satinbox sells gifts, gadgets, and housewares ... Anne V. Nelson 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/letters?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Spenser Admirer If there is only one feminist reader left in the world, I am that reader, and an enthusiastic reader of Robert B. Parker's novels ( "Man of Mystery," October 14). Parker's awareness of fairness in relationships is as acute as his social critiques are astute. That's why Susan Silverman is such an appealing character - sure, she has ... 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/in_the_splash_of_luxury?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine $1,450,000 500 ATLANTIC AVENUE, UNIT 17J, BOSTON SQUARE FOOTAGE 1,484 BEDROOMS 2 BATHS 2 full, 1 half CONDO FEE $1,640 per month 2007 TAXES $12,750 (estimated) LAST SOLD FOR First time on market Gail Ravgiala 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/study_here_but_eat_somewhere_else?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Two days before turning 21, I went out to dinner in Cambridge with a group of friends, all of whom were at least 22. At 8 p.m., after checking the menu outside the Cantab Lounge, we walked in. On my way to the hostess stand, a tall, frowning man blocked my path. "Can I see your ID?" Jennifer Schwartz 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/coming_up_short?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Dear Bjorn Wallace: Hold on a minute. You mean I haven't earned my reputation for economic idiocy through my own carefully nurtured ignorance - that your research proves it was in my genes all along? Hey, I worked very hard at this through the years, until I reached the lofty heights of fatheadedness that enable me to look down and ... Charles P. Pierce 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/11/04/showboaters?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine You spend your days with these teensy vessels. Do you own a full-size boat? Sarah: We have a Mako motorboat. We don't have time to sail. Joeann Hart 2007-11-04T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/rush_little_baby?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine The house, perched in a nice new development in an Interstate 495 belt town, looks like the home of any family of means with a little girl approaching age 3. The den is dominated by a giant, brightly colored sliding structure, the living room art consists of framed photographs of said little girl striking various poses, and the basement playroom ... Neil Swidey 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/gambling_with_their_future?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine On a rainy mid-July morning, 10 young Mashpee Wampanoag tribal members fished for lunch by shuffling through the water at low tide, digging at the silted bottom of Popponesset Bay with their toes in search of something hard and smooth. Boys and girls took turns stabbing the muck with a toilet plunger and pulling up mollusks. When the day turned ... Jennifer Schwartz 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/no_more_ugly_knickknacks?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine I have lovely friends with whom I exchange gifts at expected times. As I begin to reconstruct my world to contain only those items that I find useful or beautiful, the majority of gifts tend not to fall in either category, so I would prefer to be honored with a gift to charity. Is this appropriate to ask of my ... 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/turned_on?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine I'm thinking about skinny-dipping. It's on my mind because I'm newly single and trying to figure out what makes men tick. On Match.com you find the question, "What turns you on . . . and off?" It's followed by 16 choices: dancing, power, money, candlelight, long hair, thunderstorms, and so on. You're out of luck if you don't like the ... Marianne Jacobbi 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/dead_on_delicious?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine In Mexico, All Saints and All Souls days, November 1 and 2, are celebrated as Dia de los Muertos - day of the dead - an annual chance for the living to party with the spirits of their deceased loved ones who return to earth for a brief visit. No somber occasion, this - Dia de los Muertos is a ... Adam Ried 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/come_on_get_happy?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Hello. How are you? I'm just great. It's a beautiful day. Yea. Mark Shanahan 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/getting_wiggy?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Don't have a ghost of an idea of what to wear for Halloween? Stop the boohooing, and head over to Great Eastern Trading Company in Cambridge, a decades-old vintage store with a newly expanded costume inventory. Owner Marlene Clauss stocks items that are special rather than spooky, such as Venetian masks, '20s flapper dresses, and Johnny Depp-worthy pirate gear. Women ... Tina Sutton 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/letters?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Shocked! We were utterly shocked that readers had strong opinions on sports in this town. Who knew? OK, we knew. That's why we published a sports issue on October 7. It elicited opinions on everything from statistics to fencing. The only question now is whether the Big Three on our cover can bring back the Big Green of yesteryear. 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/new_converts?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine $1,100,000 475 EAST FOURTH STREET, SOUTH BOSTON SQUARE FOOTAGE 3,000 LOT SIZE 3,528 square feet BEDROOMS 3 BATHS 3 full, 1 half 2007 TAXES $9,671 (estimated) LAST SOLD FOR First time on market Gail Ravgiala 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/doctors_torture_and_the_war?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Various reports have alleged physicians' complicity in the mistreatment of prisoners being held by the United States at Abu Ghraib and at Guantanamo. Physicians are reported to have advised interrogators as to whether particular prisoners were fit enough to survive physical maltreatment, informed interrogators about prisoners' phobias and other psychological vulnerabilities that could be exploited during questioning, failed to report ... Dr. J. Wesley Boyd 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/not_fido_froney?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Dear Sylvan Lorenz: I learn from our newspaper that, somewhere beyond the shadowlands of Worcester, there is a place called Easthampton. And that in this mystic land, you, at the age of 10, recently won a great legal victory in front of the city's zoning board. You won the right to keep four chickens in your yard. I note that ... Charles P. Pierce 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/10/28/priceless?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine After an afternoon at the New England Aquarium, I stopped at a nearby cafe for a coffee and some snacks for the kids. Imagine my shock to find my wallet missing and consequently stolen. In mild hysterics and without money, I asked the barista to stop the froth. At that moment, a man in a Red Sox hat stepped up ... 2007-10-28T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/01/29/best_of_the_new?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine We welcomed new eateries serving the tastiest tuna sashimi and creamiest fudge, new stores offering the hottest reads and most-coveted handbags, and new places to live it up after dark or while away a lazy afternoon. New faces brought new energy, and fresh ideas emerged, with innovations ranging from cheap computing to curbing underage drinking. Herewith, in our second annual ... 2006-01-29T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/10/09/the_most_authentic_restaurants?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine With the city awash in ethnic eateries, we set out to discover who really cooks it up right - whose shepherd's pie tastes straight from an Irish farmhouse kitchen, whose shredded pork in garlic sauce captures the genuine flavors of Shanghai, whose salmon tagine mimics true Moroccan cooking, whose tomato sauce is spot-on Sardinian, whose brown bread and baked beans would make longtime New Englanders proud. Hit these 29 restaurants, and take a virtual trip around the world. Alison Arnett, Sheryl Julian, Joe Yonan, Lylah M. Alphonse, Ann Cortissoz, Devra First, James Reed, Betsy Block, Jennifer M. Ivers, Catherine MacPherson, and Lise Stern 2005-10-09T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/09/19/54_divine_dishes_in_no_particular_order?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine 1. KEBAB OVER SALAD Andros Diner ( Restaurant profile & review ) For 30 years, the Manetas family has run Andros Diner in Belmont, named for a Greek island. Son George is at the stove now, and his Greek-American cuisine includes spoon-tender lamb and succulent pork. But the dish going to half the tables in this little place is kebab ... Alison Arnett, Amy Graves, Sheryl Julian, Julie Riven, and Joe Yonan 2004-09-19T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/12/31/the_optimist?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine The buildings shone in the late-autumn sunlight, the way the high-tech buildings always seem to shine, like the first large encampments of a newer, better world. They shone that way when high tech was the explosive force behind a booming economy, and they shone no less brightly when they emptied out, when the boom went bust, and all that potential ... Charles P. Pierce 2006-12-31T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/03/19/buying_art_as_an_investment?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine As vice president and director of American and European painting and prints for Boston-based auction house Skinner Inc. and an appraiser on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, Colleene Fesko looks at 10,000 paintings a year. In her career, she has come across incredible deals, ridiculous overvaluations, and everything in between. Fesko has five recommendations for people who want to put their money ... Lisa Kocian 2006-03-19T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2005/09/25/fifty_two_weekends_outdoors?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Serious Sledding People of above-average girth can excel at sports besides sumo. Weight equals speed in tobogganing, as you'll quickly learn at the Camden Snow Bowl Toboggan Run in Camden, Maine, one of the greatest wood chutes in the United States. Screaming riders hurtle down a slope and spin out across a frozen lake. It's just $1 a sled using ... 2005-09-25T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/01/15/every_picture_tells_a_story?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Globe+Magazine Photographs edited by Paula Nelson Photographer interviews by Ann Silvio A house coated in ice. A gaggle of gorgeous promgoers. A fire-ravaged church. These are just a few of the memorable pictures captured in 2005 by Globe photographers. For this special issue, they take us behind the lens and share how they got their shots. 2006-01-15T05:00:00Z