I've heard about Ansel's "Cronut", but living in the Philly area, never had the chance to try his. So one of my coworkers who had tried the Cronut (said it was better than sex), thought it would be fun to buy a few Dunkin Donut Croissant Donuts and share them with the office. Read more

Oh! Which Saison?? Tank 7? I was thinking about doing that... but I have two issues with it. Read more

Blech, I had to try one since I do not have the gumption to stand in line at Ansel at 6 am for a real cronut. It was dry and stale. I guess that's why they call it dunkin donuts. I litterally had to dunk it in my coffee to get it down. Read more

Congrations! Google only returns two results for "orbaphobes" and one is this column. Points!! The other is a on a cat lady's Wattpad, so points deducted. Read more

For all the hustle and bustle and bitching about slow-walking tourists who have the gall to use umbrellas, those [people] love to wait in lines Read more

Having worked in a Bruegger's, I suspect the shortages you are seeing are a sign that they just don't sell well. Generally if we were out of something for the day, it was because it wasn't worth it to us to throw another rack on, or to order more. So if you tried 3 times to get a Cronut, they must only get in a few… Read more

I'm bringing dry ciders to dinner this year, which are great before the meal. Read more

i do it in the bird THEN put it back in the oven to get crunchy Read more

Dry-brining it is better anyway and you don't have to fill up your fridge with a giant vat full of germs. Read more

You could dry brine it. Read more

The first two I'll give you, it does make for less stuffing and sometimes the mushy texture can be weird (which is why I help make additional stove-top stuffing anyways) but bird-drippings that don't reach temp? Do you just mean like the juice of the bird itself, and depending on how long you cook it wouldn't it… Read more

When I was still working in Manhattan last summer a Gregory's Coffee Shop was serving "Croissant Donuts" during the height of the craze. I got one, as an afterthought, while waiting for them to pour my coffee. It was quite delicious. Read more

If you had gotten all hyperbolic it would have been an amazing #HopHotTake. Read more

Small world — I just confirmed we're talking about the same person. I'd forgotten that Ms Simcoe moved to Somerville, which is stupid because I helped her move. Or maybe it's not so stupid — be sure to ask Ms Simcoe what my wife did with the moving van; I've been trying to block that day from my memory ever since. … Read more

My ex is from that area and apparently Palmer no longer has a movie theater because drug dealers kept murdering each other in the parking lot. Read more

I tried a Krogers/Fry's Port Republic the other day and it was drinkable in a Miller/Coors kind of way. Worth the price of admission. Read more

Medford is OK. The city government is TERRIBLE, though. Read more

Have you seen the crime statistics for those areas? It's not Palmer but damn, there's a lot of crime there for exurban New England. Read more

A thousand pardons, sir. However, I do believe you have made such a grievous error in judgement that my manner of speaking became just as questionable as your taste. The fine Boatswain Stout does surely ripple my rudders, if you follow. Read more

No better place than Medford, Somerville's Somerville. Read more