Results tagged “cheesesteak”

Mike of The Food Monkey has joined Bostonist to share his thoughts about cooking, food history, restaurant trends, and any other Epicurean issues. He promises to discuss what tastes good, but not always what is in good taste. For more on consuming the opponents and other food news, go to the Food Monkey website. To contact Mike, go to the Food Monkey's contact page. Two weeks ago I began an experiment. I started the The...

What with Paris Hilton's release earlier this week and the upcoming celebration of American Independence (sorry, Londonist!), we've been thinking a lot about freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom to choose, and most importantly, freedom to blog. Here are a few things we're happy we've been free to blog about this week. Being the nation's capital, DCist felt especially proud to let freedom ring this week by exposing the really important issues, like how sad they...

As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbqs and vacations to holidays and the realization that '06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it that made that makes the -ists ponder? Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned....

Today (or if you’re reading this post after 12:00 p.m. EDT, then, yesterday) Shanghaiist made a grand entrance onto the scene. With great trepidation Bostonist typed in the URL expecting our browser to ask us to install additional language packs. Nope, editor Dan Washburn and his team of contributors bring the –ist network to Asia in English. We’ve been hearing a lot about China lately, from Dick Gordon’s seeming fascination with the country to Grandad’s stories about growing up in Shanghai (Great Grandad Bostonist was head of the YMCA over there). In a Boston connection, albeit fictional, Dan points out that Cliff Clavin could have been Chinese, since 30% of Chinese adults live with their parents, just like Cliff. Bostonist isn’t sure if Dan has a one-child policy of his own but it seems Jackie Chan has married off all the women from his staff.