Bargain Bites from BoMag Boston Magazine's annual Cheap Eats issue is out, and it's a service-packed doozy with information on everything from how to get the cheapest, most filling salad possible (pack your box with greens and boneless protein) from...

"Historic" Honor for Omni Parker House The Omni Parker House, home of Parker's Restaurant, has been singled out by AAA as one of the nation's top ten historic hotels. Remember, the Boston Cream Pie was invented here! [AAA Travel Blog]...

You Stay Classy, BoMag After laying off five key staffers (including excellent food editor Amy Traverso), Boston Magazine's president and publisher dined with parent company Metrocorp's chair and his son on a lavish meal at Grill 23. Though president Randy...

Andy Husbands to Compete on 'Hell's Kitchen'

Tremont 647's Andy Husbands will be among the sixteen contestants competing on the new season of Hell's Kitchen, reports the Herald. Here's why this is weird: Husbands is a great, well-respected, successful chef and Hell's Kitchen isn't exactly Top Chef....

Spoiler Alert If you want to know who wins Top Chef Masters, click over to MP Chicago. If you're too heartbroken that it's not Michael Schlow to care, carry on. [MP Chicago]...

Maddow Mixes It Up America's Crush and noted cocktail enthusiast Rachel Maddow will be guest-bartending on tomorrow's episode of Diggnation, "the wildly popular tech/web culture show." Sure. [Diggnation]...

Gaslight, Zaftig Take Honors from Gastro Speak Boston

Gaslight took Best French and Zaftigs Delicatessen Best Brunch in local blog Gastro Speak Boston's ambitious First Annual Gastro Awards. The anonymous bloggers offered readers several nominations in each of nineteen categories and allowed write-ins (Newton's BOKX 109, winner...

Michael Schlow is Not the Top Chef Master

It was a rough night for Boston's own Michael Schlow on last night's premiere of Top Chef Masters. The Radius co-owner came in dead last with 13.5 out of a possible 25 stars. Ouch. During the Quickfire, the cheftestants had...

Catch Michael Schlow on 'Top Chef Masters' Tonight

The debut of Top Chef Masters airs on Bravo at 10 p.m. tonight. Each episode features four chefs, only one of whom can move on to the season finale. Tonight's episode features Boston's own Michael Schlow (of Radius, 606 Congress,...

Chopper Throwdown: SlapChop v. Vidalia Chop Wizard

Bad news, guys! The SlapChop is not as awesome as it looks on TV, reports Slate. Its blades couldn't even make their way through an apple, which its rival infomercial product the Vidalia Chop Wizard cut easily. One bright...

Michael Schlow on Almond Joy and 'Top Chef Masters'

Bravo's Top Chef Masters premieres June 10 and, in preparation, the show has released video introductions to the 24 cheftestants, including Radius' Michael Schlow. Watch and learn as he elucidates his weakness for Almond Joy bars, dumplings and spicy...

Christina's Ice Cream, Galleria Umberto, and Santarpio's: The Best

Three Boston eateries are featured in June 2009 magazine "Best Of" lists. Christina's Homemade Ice Cream was named by Bon Appetit as one of the nation's top ten ice cream shops with burnt sugar obviously singled out as the...

Boston Is "Nation's Liveliest Restaurant Center"

Boston is no longer the sleepy town it once was, proclaims Raymond Sokolov in the Wall Street Journal. As a matter of fact, "for its size, this Atlantic coastal conurbation of 4.5 million may be the nation's liveliest, as...

Myers + Chang Gets a Sriracha Shout -out

Myers + Chang's pork belly bánh mì with sriracha aioli got a nod from the New York Times's food blog Diner's Journal in a roundup of dishes from every state featuring the traditional Thai hot sauce. Myers + Chang, however,...

Take That, New York: Bostonians are well aware that Union Oyster House, founded in 1826, is America's oldest restaurant. Now the rest of the country knows, thanks to list compiled by Business Week. Other old entries are New York's Delmonico's...

Six Boston Bars Make ‘Esquire’'s Best List

Drink, People's Republik, No. 9 Park, Eastern Standard, Doyle's, and Charlie's Kitchen all made Esquire's 2009 list of the Best Bars in America. Unlike its "Best" counterparts, Esquire's list is relatively unchanging, with most bars staying on the list...

Party Report: how2heroes Anniversary

Jose Duarte prepares causa The online video cookbook how2heroes celebrated its one-year anniversary at the Bulthaup Kitchen Showroom last night in a manner fitting its mission: with cooking pros teaching partygoers the tricks of the trade. Front and center...

Six Boston Bars Make Food & Wine's Top 100

Craigie On Main, Drink, Eastern Standard, Green Street , Lobby, and RumBa have all made Food & Wine's 2009 Best Bars list, which will appear in the magazine's forthcoming softcover book Food & Wine Cocktails 2009. Boston tied with...