BBQ truck redux: Lilian's Smokin Rack

It was like a glorious summer day – in San Francisco – as I braved the wind-swept plain of Boston City Hall Plaza for another truck lunch. All three scheduled trucks were in attendance, Compliments, Boston’s Baddest Burger, and newcomer...

Snowbound? Try Hyperdecanting!

It was cold. Really really cold. And snowy. So we opened a bottle of wine. Wouldn’t you? Well, it wasn’t a great bottle of wine, sort of young and rough around the edges. But we’d opened it and we weren’t going out for another one. (Yes, there...

Suspiciously simple creamy cauliflower soup

The scene: a solstice party. A guest interrogates the host about the soup. “I love this soup! What’s in it?” “Cauliflower, mostly.” “And potatoes?” “No, just cauliflower, broth, garlic, olive oil, rice, and some...

Halloween Kit Kat? Give me a break

It’s the week after Halloween, and that means tons of leftover candy. Especially since it’s the stuff you couldn’t palm off on the young extortionists in costume, I usually don’t pay much attention. But this week, somebody left a bunch of Kit...