Massachusetts

Some of the best cupcakes in Massachusetts come with a strange piece of advice: do not eat them…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 13

Down on the Plymouth waterfront, there is a small counter where lobster gets more attention than the tourists.…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 13

Boston cream pie is not really a pie at all. It is a sponge cake stacked with custard…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 12

Thanksgiving comes once a year, but the craving for turkey, stuffing, and gravy does not follow the calendar.…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 12

Massachusetts has a quiet breakfast tradition that rarely makes the glossy food guides, and it lives inside family-run…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 12

A real stone castle sits on the rocky edge of the Atlantic, about 45 minutes from Boston, and…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 11

Some Cambridge mornings start with a line before they start with coffee, and the people in it know…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 11

Some people plan road trips around beaches or mountains. Others plan them around a sandwich, and on the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 11

Cape Cod has no shortage of places selling a cup of clam chowder, so standing out takes more…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 10

Some people drive across state lines for a concert. Others do it for a plate of hash and…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 10

Some breakfasts come on a plate, and some come with a backstory older than most of the people…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 10

Some towns are famous for a monument or a museum. Essex, Massachusetts, is famous for fried clams, and…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 9

Some towns are known for a landmark or a famous park, but one small Massachusetts town is known…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 9

Some breakfasts arrive on a plate, and some breakfasts are the plate. In a small town on the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 9

Three seats. That is the entire dining room at one tiny Cambridge counter, and yet people line up,…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 8

Some breakfasts come with a side of history, and in Worcester, one of them comes with a side…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 8

Some Boston families have marked birthdays at the same Mexican restaurant since the 1980s, and they still keep…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 8

Some restaurants chase trends, and some simply outlast them. On a busy stretch of road in Cambridge, one…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 7

Some drives end at a beach, and some end at a paper boat piled high with golden fried…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 7

Ask around Peabody where to get steak tips, and the answers start to sound like a broken record.…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 7

Some folks crave pizza on a cold night, but plenty of people in Massachusetts want a flaky slab…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 6

Some candy shops sit in strip malls. Others sit inside a castle. On a busy stretch of road…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 6

Some road trips end at a museum. Others end at a buffet line where the crab legs keep…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 6

Somerset has a habit of making people forget their to-do lists. Down by the Taunton River, there is…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 5

Some dishes are good enough to finish, and a few are good enough that people lean across the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 5

Some families pass down recipes. Others pass down a bakery address, and the kids learn early that the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 5

Ask anyone in Massachusetts where to get a good bagel, and get ready for a long answer. People…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 4

Some people drive an hour for a concert, and some drive an hour for pancakes. In Watertown, Massachusetts,…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 4

Some restaurants chase trends every few years, and some simply keep doing the same thing well until the…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 4

Three times a year, a quiet New England town turns into one long shopping street. Tents go up…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 3

Roast pork sandwiches do not always get the spotlight in Massachusetts, where lobster rolls and roast beef tend…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 3

Some of the best Mexican cooking in Massachusetts comes out of a small takeout counter in North Billerica.…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 3

Some mornings call for more than a granola bar in the car, and Massachusetts has plenty of kitchens…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 2

Massachusetts has a quiet treasure that many folks drive right past: the neighborhood Portuguese bakery, where round and…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 2

In 1826, a Boston restaurant started serving seafood, and it never stopped. Nearly 200 years later, the same…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 2

In Sturbridge, Massachusetts, there is a building that was already welcoming hungry travelers five years before the Declaration…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 1

Some Boston traditions have nothing to do with baseball. A few blocks from the runways of Logan Airport,…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 1

Boston has given the country plenty of famous firsts, and one of them happens to be a dessert…

By Abigail Foster · Oct 1

Some restaurants serve dinner. Others serve an entire era, with a side of spectacle. Along a busy stretch…

By Abigail Foster · Sep 30