Recently, Dish Gal has visited The Colonnade Hotel on two occasions. Once, meeting a friend for lunch at Brasserie Joe. And, on Thursday night I attended a charity fundraiser there for MARA—Mentoring At Risk Athletes. I'll tell you about both, dear read

This past Sunday in Boston was very cold-- a huge departure from the mild weather we'd been having. There was no way I was heading out into that blustery weather, so I decided to try these winterime pancakes. The smell of cinnamon and nutmeg made me excit

Dish Gal clearly has been enamored with food for a long time...Here is me doing one of my favorite activities: putting black olives on my (tiny, chubby) fingers and then eating them. It never ceased to amuse me; I thought I was hilarious. I tried to demon

Dish Gal clearly has been enamored with food for a long time...Here is me doing one of my favorite activities: putting black olives on my (tiny, chubby) fingers and then eating them. It never ceased to amuse me; I thought I was hilarious. I tried to demon

Recently it seems like Dish Gal has been getting heat from all directions, in my personal life but especially at work. Without boring you with details, lots of people have been complaining about things that are kind of ridiculous, which started to really

Without getting into personal details, last night around suppertime Dish Gal found her heart to be quite heavy. Do you know that feeling? When life is just kind of getting you down, and any soul-searching you do seems to come up empty?Dish Gal’s favorit

Something about this weekend seemed a little different to Dish Gal. Was it that lots of people were visiting from out of town for the BC vs. Notre Dame game? Hmm, no..I don't think that's it. Was it that it was warm enough to open our windows in our apart

Do you have a dish that every couple months, you just really crave? And not like the grilled corn at Toro (I crave that every few minutes), I mean its something sort of strange that for some reason, you always come back to?I have such a dish at Legal Sea

This past Sunday, after being "good" and cooking on Saturday night, Sebastian, Z and I decided to treat ourselves to brunch. We decided to wander over to North Street to try Boston magazine's "Best Brunch Spot, North End" --North Street Grill.However, eve

Z and I skipped the usual Saturday night out-to-dinner routine this weekend and decided on a quieter, more economical Sunday night out. I had heard a long time ago that Sage offers Sunday meal deals, but unfortunately realized that that had changed, and n

Who would've thought election day would be a day I'd be looking forward to for months and months? After years of being jaded, this time I was filled with spirit and enthusiasm during this (long!!) road to November 4. But what has struck me so much is the

This Saturday, after some successful discount shopping in Downtown Crossing, I stopped into UFood Grill for a satisfying-yet-healthy lunch (or so I hoped). This restaurant prides itself on its healthfulness, using only "choice meats, natural and organic i

So over the past months pretty much any meal that strikes me as special-- a homecooked meal by Dish Brother, a beautifully arranged salad by Z, an impromptu late-night dessert after seeing Joel McHale (from The Soup)-- has been photographed and saved on m

Eating at a restaurant under nerve-wracking circumstances is difficult when it comes to judging the food itself. A first date is filled with thoughts of, "Is there spinach in my teeth?" or "I hope these onions don't make me gassy!", rather than what a res

Fall is definitely Dish Gal's favorite season. I love the crisp air, the smell of wood-burning stoves, clutching warm apple cider for warmth, and anything related to pumpkins and/or butternut squash. Julia even teased me the other day that I liked this wo

This past weekend, Dish Gal headed out with Dish Mom and Dad, cousin Liz, and her aunt and uncle to Rocca in the South End.I had been to Rocca a long time ago-- I think pre-Dish This! Boston days-- with Skylar. I don't remember much from it, just that my

Can you believe Dish Gal had never eaten at Toro before? Once Z and I had stopped in for drinks late, late on a Saturday night. But the kitchen had closed, so we were technically still Toro virgins.I thought Toro would be perfect for Z's birthday celebrat

A new study has shown that those people who enjoy food more, and get more pleasure from it, are less likely to gain weight.Dish Gal has been a believer in this for a long time! Sit down, savor your food, and enjoy every bite. Although Dish Gal herself isn

Last night Dish Gal ended up at a business dinner at Bouchee on Newbury Street, which I was excited about as that restaurant has been on my “to-visit” list for a very long time.Descending the steps down from Newbury St, and maneuvering through the pat

As I mentioned, Jamie greyhound bussed it up to Beantown this weekend from NYC, and since her birthday is next weekend, the gals decided to celebrate a bit early!We started on Saturday night at Myers + Chang, as our gal Jamie enjoys Asian food, and the ta