Myers + Chang is an Asian restaurant in Boston from award-winning chef Joanne Chang. The restaurant had a bit of a wait, so we sat in the entry way until we were alerted they were ready for us. Once we were in, we were seated at this long center communal table. Looking over...

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Forge Baking Company is a very cool, industrial baking company in Somerville. On the left side of the building, there was a cafe and work space. On the right, there was this old-school ice cream bar. Of course, I gravitated toward the ice cream side and ordered a sundae where I got to...

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Petsi Pies is a neighborhood bakery focusing on pies and pastries. Petsi Pies (pronounced “peet-see”) an indie bakery and coffee bar serving up handmade pies and pastries in Somerville, Massachusetts since 2003. Founder Renee “Petsi” McLeod grew up baking pies in her grandmother’s kitchen and hasn’t stopped since. We bake everything fresh daily...

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Boston is full of good coffee. In the neighborhood of Somerville, one popular coffee shop is Diesel Cafe. Diesel Cafe has a number of coffee drinks and bakery items. I ordered Tuck's Turtle, which was hot chocolate with hazelnut, and house-made salted caramel topped with fresh whipped cream. What's your favorite drink here?...

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Here's my latest column for the Charleston Gazette-Mail: Sorghum isn’t easy to come by in West Virginia. But it wasn’t always like that. The thick sweetener is derived from a cereal crop that was domesticated by Africa about 5,000 years ago and arrived in America with African slaves, according to Saveur Magazine. The...

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