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Pantry relieves stress from the kitchen with its easy recipe kits

While Dennis Lasko was traveling in Europe for business, he had an idea for a subscription food service that involved food but was unsure how to develop it. Since he had little experience cooking Lasso contacted chef Amanda Mayo. Together they created Pantry, a grocery shop that provides fresh ingredients,

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Indian food comes alive at these Boston bistros

With more than 7,400 ethnic Indians in Boston, a number that almost doubled in 10 years, a multitude of restaurants have sprung up in the city that offer cuisine from the South Asian nation. To the delight of many diners, selections and recipes vary from one venue to another,

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Pets brighten shut-ins’ days through Boston nonprofit

BOSTON – During the six months Robert Burke spent in a Brookline nursing home dying from cancer, Whitney Taylor regularly visited with her dog Barrington, a seven-pound Pomapoo, to brighten his days just a little and provide support. But it wasn't like she was an old friend. Taylor was

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Children’s Hospital, Harvard expand to save lives, educate youth

BOSTON – Greg Young is a Trustee of Boston Children's Hospital as well as President and CEO of its Physician's Organization. According to one of his patients, who grew from a busy toddler into a busy young man, "Greg is a great guy, who takes time

Massachusetts

Michael Dukakis: The last Progressive

Beaming over the convention of the consonant caucus, the speaker uttered what would be the second most memorable line in the 1988 presidential race: "This election isn't about ideology, it's about competence…" This dramatic statement was later bested by George H.W. Bush'

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Boston’s most charitable neighborhoods mix rich and poor

BOSTON – It's the season of giving, but to what extent Hub residents respond appears to vary widely from one neighborhood to another, with the wealthiest giving the most while donation ratios in some of the poorest quarters easily outstrip those of their more well-off neighbors. And that'

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Depp’s Bulger comments punctuate Brookline’s starry night

[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="50" gal_title="Black Mass" premieres in Brookline"] BROOKLINE – Rosalind Sukerman-Colon stood atop a blue camping chair, angling for the best view of her favorite actor, Johnny Depp, as he and other stars made their way down Harvard Street to the

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‘Whitey’ Bulger movie gets private Brookline screening

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — A movie about gangster James "Whitey" Bulger's violent reign as leader of Boston's criminal underworld got its first screening in the state Tuesday. Johnny Depp, who plays Bulger in "Black Mass," and other cast members including Dakota Johnson and