{"id":1996,"date":"2014-01-10T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2014-01-10T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T09:22:00","slug":"food-spot-conversation-is-our-friday-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Food Spot&#8221; Conversation Is Our Friday Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the best area food conversations this week is over on the Chowhound Boston Board. It&#39;s titled,&#0160;<a href=\"http:\/\/chowhound.chow.com\/topics\/930600#8566338\" target=\"_self\">&quot;Best non-restaurant food spots in Boston (or other &quot;foodie&quot; recommendations)&quot;<\/a> and includes a few of our favorite spots.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401a3fbeebc62970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834010536a3ae21970b-800wi\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401a3fbeebc62970b\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401a3fbeebc62970b-400wi\" style=\"width: 400px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834010536a3ae21970b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameshooklobster.com\/\" target=\"_self\">James Hook &amp; Company<\/a> was on the list. This place has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2009\/01\/james-hook-company-a-holiday-tradition-continues.html\" target=\"_self\">our traditional source for holiday lobsters<\/a> and the Dungeness crabs we love for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2008\/07\/crab-feast.html\" target=\"_self\">our occasional crab feasts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b047b2c5d970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834019aff2084f1970d-800wi\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834019b047b2c5d970d\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834019b047b2c5d970d-400wi\" style=\"width: 400px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834019aff2084f1970d-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No list of great Boston area food purveyors would be complete without mentioning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formaggiokitchen.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Formaggio Kitchen<\/a> in Cambridge and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southendformaggio.com\/\" target=\"_self\">South End Formaggio.<\/a> A visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/cheese\/\" target=\"_self\">our cheese corner<\/a> will give you a sampling of the cheeses we&#39;ve enjoyed from these shops.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p>And, Formaggio is also a starting point when we&#39;re inspired to explore the food of a specific region with friends.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401a5109e763e970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834017ee910273a970d-500wi\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401a5109e763e970c\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401a5109e763e970c-400wi\" style=\"width: 400px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834017ee910273a970d-500wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Chowhound regular, 9lives, added <a href=\"http:\/\/polcariscoffee.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Polcari&#39;s <\/a>in the North End to the list and reminded me how long it&#39;s been since I&#39;ve spent an afternoon popping in and out of shops in that neighborhood.&#0160;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chowhound.chow.com\/topics\/930600#8566338\" target=\"_self\">Hop over to this conversation<\/a> and read the growing list of places you may love or may not have explored lately. Add your own two cents if you wish or just see what others have to say.<\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #888888;\">Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a holiday gift? Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">to click over to Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> from here to support this site!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"90\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=20&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=gift_certificates&amp;banner=05F47J9V4TS95DY2CR82&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"120\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>&#0160;<\/em><\/span><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino<br \/>Photography: \u00a9 2008-2013 Penny &amp; Ed Cherubino&#0160;&#0160; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are your favorite area food purveyors?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,279],"tags":[13520,13515,43,13518,151,13514,13513,13516,7151,1480,13517,3684,13519,13521,11494],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-friday-links","tag-9lives","tag-best-non-restaurant-food-spots","tag-boston","tag-boston-area-food-purveyors","tag-cambridge","tag-chowhound-boston-board","tag-food-spot","tag-foodie-recommendations","tag-formaggio-kitchen","tag-friday-link","tag-james-hook","tag-north-end","tag-our-cheese-corner","tag-polcaris","tag-south-end-formaggio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Food Spot&quot; 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