Category: Food Trucks/Street Food

  • Vesta Mobile Wood-Fired Pizza at the Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market

    We could smell pizza from the moment we opened the car doors in the parking lot of the Wayland Winter Farmers' Market at Russell's Garden Center.

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    Signs led the way to the gloriously copper clad Vesta Mobile Wood-FIred Pizza oven and it's surrounding pizza preparation area.

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    Pizza was definitely going to be our choice for lunch.

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    This one is a market special. On the Vesta Facebook page they said, "The Beetza is Back!.. on the menu that is …featuring oven roasted Winter Moon Roots Beets from Hadley MA."

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    Check out the rest of the menu from last week. Our choice was the Margherita, since we think this is the best test of a pizza makers art. 

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    Here's our lunch sliced into six pieces with fresh basil added at the last moment.  

    We took it back inside since the always warm and welcoming Peg Mallett from Russell's had pointed out the tables they had provided throughout the greenhouses for shoppers to enjoy all the lunch options available at this delightful farmers' market.

    (In case you missed it, more about the market part of our visit here.)

    Three of us shared the pizza and it scored big thumbs up all around. Penny will be following Vesta to watch for places where we might enjoy their great preparations again. They will be at the Wayland Market each Saturday through March 15th. 

    One more reason to take a ride to Wayland on Saturdays. 

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     Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2014 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

  • Everyone Will Be Buzzing about Edible Boston’s Fall 2013 Issue

    Buzzing because the Fall 2013 issue of Edible Boston shines its spotlight on bees and beekeepers.

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    Features this time introduce you to: people who curate and sell honey, beekeepers, recipes that celebrate honey, urban beekeeping, restaurant beekeeping, why bees are important to us, and even "From Bees to Beer."

    And, of course, there are a few more topics covered and enough resource lists to make this copy a keeper.

    And, as always, the writing is from uber talented people like Brian Samuels and Leigh Belanger. The photography of Creative Director Michael Piazza is a visual class for anyone who loves to photograph people and food. Even the letter from publisher Ilene Bezahler is something I look forward to reading.  

    This month, she asks an imporant question, "Might the valuable lessons we've learned from the Local Food Movement be translated into more of our daily interactions?"

    Yes, Ilene, perhaps they can – as long as we have people like you pose these questions.

    How do you support the remarkably talented team at Edible Boston?

    May I suggest that you:

    You can also buy the Edible cookbook – Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods or find more local food in The Boston Homegrown Cookbook.

      

    Details:

    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Artwork: Courtesy of Edible Boston

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  • Everyone Will Be Buzzing about Edible Boston’s Fall 2013 Issue

    Buzzing because the Fall 2013 issue of Edible Boston shines its spotlight on bees and beekeepers.

    Screen shot 2013-09-06 at 8.00.39 PM

    Features this time introduce you to: people who curate and sell honey, beekeepers, recipes that celebrate honey, urban beekeeping, restaurant beekeeping, why bees are important to us, and even "From Bees to Beer."

    And, of course, there are a few more topics covered and enough resource lists to make this copy a keeper.

    And, as always, the writing is from uber talented people like Brian Samuels and Leigh Belanger. The photography of Creative Director Michael Piazza is a visual class for anyone who loves to photograph people and food. Even the letter from publisher Ilene Bezahler is something I look forward to reading.  

    This month, she asks an imporant question, "Might the valuable lessons we've learned from the Local Food Movement be translated into more of our daily interactions?"

    Yes, Ilene, perhaps they can – as long as we have people like you pose these questions.

    How do you support the remarkably talented team at Edible Boston?

    May I suggest that you:

    You can also buy the Edible cookbook – Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods or find more local food in The Boston Homegrown Cookbook.

      

    Details:

    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Artwork: Courtesy of Edible Boston

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Everyone Will Be Buzzing about Edible Boston’s Fall 2013 Issue

    Buzzing because the Fall 2013 issue of Edible Boston shines its spotlight on bees and beekeepers.

    Screen shot 2013-09-06 at 8.00.39 PM

    Features this time introduce you to: people who curate and sell honey, beekeepers, recipes that celebrate honey, urban beekeeping, restaurant beekeeping, why bees are important to us, and even "From Bees to Beer."

    And, of course, there are a few more topics covered and enough resource lists to make this copy a keeper.

    And, as always, the writing is from uber talented people like Brian Samuels and Leigh Belanger. The photography of Creative Director Michael Piazza is a visual class for anyone who loves to photograph people and food. Even the letter from publisher Ilene Bezahler is something I look forward to reading.  

    This month, she asks an imporant question, "Might the valuable lessons we've learned from the Local Food Movement be translated into more of our daily interactions?"

    Yes, Ilene, perhaps they can – as long as we have people like you pose these questions.

    How do you support the remarkably talented team at Edible Boston?

    May I suggest that you:

    You can also buy the Edible cookbook – Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods or find more local food in The Boston Homegrown Cookbook.

      

    Details:

    Words: Penny Cherubino
    Artwork: Courtesy of Edible Boston

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Wednesday Lunch, Food Trucks at Belvidere Street

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    We love great choices and right now, on Wednesdays from 11 am to 3 pm, you can line up for Bon Me, Boston's Baddest Burger & Sandwich Co., or Roxy's Gourmet Grilled Cheese on Belvidere Street near the intersection of Huntington Avenue. (map)

    Menus

    Here are a set of recent menus with Bon Me at the top, Roxy on the right, and Boston's Baddest Burger on the left. (Click on the collage for a larger view.)

    Belvidere Street has become one of our favorite food truck locations. First, there's a regular roster of great rolling kitchens moving in and out of the three parking spaces near the Christian Science fountain. With three trucks on hand, you have lots of choices and it's easy to gather a group of friends and make a lot of them happy.

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    And, this setting also offers lots of seating for diners and is a prime spot for people watching. You can choose shade or sun and the wind may bring a cooling mist from the Christian Science fountain. The big bonus is that the entire area is signed as "No Smoking!"

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    Choice is a wonderful thing! What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?

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     Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

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  • Wednesday Lunch, Food Trucks at Belvidere Street

    DSC_4977 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-dining-seating-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We love great choices and right now, on Wednesdays from 11 am to 3 pm, you can line up for Bon Me, Boston's Baddest Burger & Sandwich Co., or Roxy's Gourmet Grilled Cheese on Belvidere Street near the intersection of Huntington Avenue. (map)

    Menus

    Here are a set of recent menus with Bon Me at the top, Roxy on the right, and Boston's Baddest Burger on the left. (Click on the collage for a larger view.)

    Belvidere Street has become one of our favorite food truck locations. First, there's a regular roster of great rolling kitchens moving in and out of the three parking spaces near the Christian Science fountain. With three trucks on hand, you have lots of choices and it's easy to gather a group of friends and make a lot of them happy.

    Beleveder collage dining2

    And, this setting also offers lots of seating for diners and is a prime spot for people watching. You can choose shade or sun and the wind may bring a cooling mist from the Christian Science fountain. The big bonus is that the entire area is signed as "No Smoking!"

    DSC_4992 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    DSC_4988 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-bon me-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    DSC_5010 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-Roxy-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Choice is a wonderful thing! What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?

    Click here for all our Food Truck/Street Food coverage.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a Birthday or Wedding gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

     Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Wednesday Lunch, Food Trucks at Belvidere Street

    DSC_4977 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-dining-seating-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We love great choices and right now, on Wednesdays from 11 am to 3 pm, you can line up for Bon Me, Boston's Baddest Burger & Sandwich Co., or Roxy's Gourmet Grilled Cheese on Belvidere Street near the intersection of Huntington Avenue. (map)

    Menus

    Here are a set of recent menus with Bon Me at the top, Roxy on the right, and Boston's Baddest Burger on the left. (Click on the collage for a larger view.)

    Belvidere Street has become one of our favorite food truck locations. First, there's a regular roster of great rolling kitchens moving in and out of the three parking spaces near the Christian Science fountain. With three trucks on hand, you have lots of choices and it's easy to gather a group of friends and make a lot of them happy.

    Beleveder collage dining2

    And, this setting also offers lots of seating for diners and is a prime spot for people watching. You can choose shade or sun and the wind may bring a cooling mist from the Christian Science fountain. The big bonus is that the entire area is signed as "No Smoking!"

    DSC_4992 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    DSC_4988 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-bon me-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    DSC_5010 - Version 22013-06-05-food-trucks-wed-belvedere-Roxy-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    Choice is a wonderful thing! What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?

    Click here for all our Food Truck/Street Food coverage.

    Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a Birthday or Wedding gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

     Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Farmers’ Market Lobster Rolls: Lobster Roll Chronicles

    On our recent visit to the Central Square Farmers' Market, we were happy to meet Chris Manning of C & C Lobsters and Fish. Chris is a lobsterman from Hull who is bringing fresh seafood to Cambridge each Monday!

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    We had just stuffed ourselves with dosas from the nearby Dosa Factory so something light and fresh, like a lobster roll, for dinner seemed a great idea. Chris showed us his containers of fresh lobster. He catches them and his wife Carolyn picks the meat, deveins the tails, and makes it easy to make your favorite dish with their fresh lobster meat.

    While hot dog rolls are traditional, we stopped by the Hi-Rise Bread Company table and grabbed some of their hamburger rolls. They offered lots of surface for piling on the lobster.

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    The lobster included big pieces of claw and tail, so step one was cutting those into bite size bits.

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    Notice that we are not mixing anything into our lobster rolls. We lightly toasted the buns, spread the tiniest bit of melted butter on the bottom half, and then piled on the lobster meat.

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    With the lobster ready to fall off the sides, Penny dripped a bit of melted butter onto the meat …

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    … just enough to give it a golden glow. And, as you can see in the top photo, we each had a wedge of lemon and small dish of melted butter to adjust our lobster roll to our own taste. 

    Thanks, Chris and Carolyn! You did most of the work and we had two heaping lobster rolls plus leftovers. 

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    Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photos: ©2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino 

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Farmers’ Market Lobster Rolls: Lobster Roll Chronicles

    On our recent visit to the Central Square Farmers' Market, we were happy to meet Chris Manning of C & C Lobsters and Fish. Chris is a lobsterman from Hull who is bringing fresh seafood to Cambridge each Monday!

    CHE_7498 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We had just stuffed ourselves with dosas from the nearby Dosa Factory so something light and fresh, like a lobster roll, for dinner seemed a great idea. Chris showed us his containers of fresh lobster. He catches them and his wife Carolyn picks the meat, deveins the tails, and makes it easy to make your favorite dish with their fresh lobster meat.

    While hot dog rolls are traditional, we stopped by the Hi-Rise Bread Company table and grabbed some of their hamburger rolls. They offered lots of surface for piling on the lobster.

    CHE_7463 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    The lobster included big pieces of claw and tail, so step one was cutting those into bite size bits.

    CHE_7467 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino 
    CHE_7471 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino (1)
    Notice that we are not mixing anything into our lobster rolls. We lightly toasted the buns, spread the tiniest bit of melted butter on the bottom half, and then piled on the lobster meat.

    CHE_7473 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    With the lobster ready to fall off the sides, Penny dripped a bit of melted butter onto the meat …

    CHE_7504 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    … just enough to give it a golden glow. And, as you can see in the top photo, we each had a wedge of lemon and small dish of melted butter to adjust our lobster roll to our own taste. 

    Thanks, Chris and Carolyn! You did most of the work and we had two heaping lobster rolls plus leftovers. 

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    Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photos: ©2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino 

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

  • Farmers’ Market Lobster Rolls: Lobster Roll Chronicles

    On our recent visit to the Central Square Farmers' Market, we were happy to meet Chris Manning of C & C Lobsters and Fish. Chris is a lobsterman from Hull who is bringing fresh seafood to Cambridge each Monday!

    CHE_7498 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    We had just stuffed ourselves with dosas from the nearby Dosa Factory so something light and fresh, like a lobster roll, for dinner seemed a great idea. Chris showed us his containers of fresh lobster. He catches them and his wife Carolyn picks the meat, deveins the tails, and makes it easy to make your favorite dish with their fresh lobster meat.

    While hot dog rolls are traditional, we stopped by the Hi-Rise Bread Company table and grabbed some of their hamburger rolls. They offered lots of surface for piling on the lobster.

    CHE_7463 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    The lobster included big pieces of claw and tail, so step one was cutting those into bite size bits.

    CHE_7467 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino 
    CHE_7471 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino (1)
    Notice that we are not mixing anything into our lobster rolls. We lightly toasted the buns, spread the tiniest bit of melted butter on the bottom half, and then piled on the lobster meat.

    CHE_7473 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    With the lobster ready to fall off the sides, Penny dripped a bit of melted butter onto the meat …

    CHE_7504 - Version 22013-05-27-lobster-rolls-no-mayo-RI-CT-style-© 2011 Penny Cherubino

    … just enough to give it a golden glow. And, as you can see in the top photo, we each had a wedge of lemon and small dish of melted butter to adjust our lobster roll to our own taste. 

    Thanks, Chris and Carolyn! You did most of the work and we had two heaping lobster rolls plus leftovers. 

    What's on your Food Lover's Shopping List? Shop Amazon for all your kitchen & dining needs and support this site!

    Details:

    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photos: ©2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino 

    Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.