When she isn’t scouring the city for tasty snacks and farm-to-table trends, Murray likes to dig deep into food topics to get the full story behind the ingredients on her plate. Originally a staff writer for Boston and later the Boston editor for DailyCandy.com, she took a break from the “real world” a few years back to work as an oyster farmer at Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury, MA. Her book about the experience, SHUCKED, will be out this fall.

How to Drink Like a Beer Connoisseur
Posted on 5/1/2012 at 2:00AM | No Comments

Your cheat sheet to drinking your brews from the right glass, as part of our feature on the best craft beer in New England.

Just as specific stemware brings out the best in a bordeaux or riesling, the right glass can elevate a pilsner or stout. We asked Meadhall owner Scott Cooper, who stocks a different glass for each of his brewpub’s 100 beers, to explain the different shapes and traditions. Here’s a cheat ... READ MORE
Author/Hunter/Gatherer Hank Shaw Visits Craigie On Main
Posted on 9/28/2011 at 7:43AM | No Comments

James Beard award winners Tony Maws (Best Chef Northeast) and Hank Shaw (Best Food Blog for Hunter, Gatherer, Angler, Cook) join forces tonight for a feast of wild, foraged foods. Shaw (who is a former line cook turned writer-slash-forager based in Northern California) is in town promoting his book, ... READ MORE
Drawing It Out at Firebrand Saints, Opening This Week
Posted on 9/26/2011 at 12:04PM | No Comments

Proprietor Gary Strack (Central Square, Enormous Room) flips the switch at Firebrand Saints from “soft open” to fully open this week, giving public access to the bar’s unique gallery of techno-art. Strack collaborated with digitally minded MIT artists as well as spray-paint wielding graffiti artists to design the space, which ... READ MORE
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