No soup dumplings for you, come back one hour

I’m becoming my father.  No big surprise really, but I knew that the transformation was almost complete when I stood in line to get in to a restaurant simply because there was a line.  Gourmet Dumpling House was hopping and there was a cold crowd out front. I...

Boston Street Lab!

I was searching for the location of a company on Google Maps and happened to notice a link in the sidebar for a map called Boston Street Lab: Underutilized Space.  That’s just my kind of thing, so naturally, I clicked on it. It turns out that there’s an...

Ends and beginnings at Hudson Street Gallery

The Hudson Street Gallery’s inaugural show has officially come to an end.  I helped take the show down yesterday.  When and what will be the next HSG show?  I can’t say just yet, but we’re still interested in hearing from artists and others who want...

Super big turnip cake, size never seen

It’s like I’d spent my life enjoying potato skins and suddenly got offered a whole stuffed baked potato. If you know what I mean. As you may know, I like fried turnip cake.  I liked it in Hong Kong.  I liked it in San Francisco.  I liked it in London.  I...

There's a reason they don't call it Tofu Pasteur

After hearing several students at Grub Street read their work (tip: check out the essay class) I went off with A for some grub of the other kind.  We ended up at Chinatown’s Pho Pasteur. We started off with the classic fresh rolls, mostly lettuce and tofu in a...