Street and walk down Warren St). A nice country ice cream place with a zillion flavors is Beech Hill Farm in Hopkinton (see website for directions from Rt 89). They also have a make your own sundae bar (even has peanut butter...

I have heard that a new Tapas place will be opening up in South Park by the way on Beech St.. Located across the street from the old Santos, kitty corner from Ginseng Yoga, on the same block as Hamilton’s Tavern. This came...

-food too. If you’re not making it yourself, where do you find the best tabouleh, samosas, rice-paper rolls, etc? A few of my examples: -the special effort I make for rice-paper rolls at Cam Kong (with sautéed shallots and...

were good—the pork spring rolls were nice and meaty, while the wild mushroom soup with sherry and brown rice had a complex, exotic flavor. The entrees were excellent, though my GF’s center-cut sirloin was cooked rare...

, so I ended up ordering a side for dinner – the mushroom risotto. It was huge – the size of a bowl of cereal. Which, I guess for some people would be good, but it was more than enough for a meal. The risotto was......

There is a Hungarian restaurant in North Beaches (Kingston Rd and Beech) called Cordovia (may be off on the spelling). Haven’t eaten there, but very charming restaurant and the menu seems authentic (was in Budapest in the...

I just don’t know why you would go any where other than Redcoat Tavern! OK, The Roadhouse makes a great burger too with great fresh cut double fried fries. But, a Redcoat burger with their fried mushrooms....oh my!

be swell with raw oysters ... or maybe garnishing a clam chowder. Other things that seemed a step up in quality, white beech mushrooms, red yin choi, on choi. Two new things I bought and didn’t try yet are the snake squash...

– and that was after the repainting. Plastic table covers. You’ll probably have to share a table. Pretty good Thai food, but notable for the best Tom Yum Goong (Spicy shrimp/mushroom lemongrass soup) in town. Make a...

. The other is down to the south in Ivoryton, called the Copper Beech Inn. It too is a more formal place, and you won’t be disappointed. Copper Beech is open for dinners. They too have a website that you can peruse. Both...

, and Southwest Harbor on Fridays on Main St. Sunset Acres Farm is at most of the markets (except BH on Wed) and has wonderful goat cheeses. Also Beech Hill Farm on Tuesday and Saturday near Somesville. For a specialty foods...

were some dark, braised morels. On top of them were a mushroom called "beech", which I had never before encountered to my knowledge. They were tiny, and tasted like slippery tiny mousserons. Below the beef was a risotto of...

There is one favourite: Corvina on Kingston Road at the top of Beech (across from the Y). It’s Hungarian food so a little on the heavy side but great for cold winter nights when you need that stick to your ribs kinda meal....

if other people eat these things – unless I have to smell the mayo or eggs and ketchup (or stinky tofu) real close up. I just think they look and taste nasty. My co-hound, however, gags at the smell of cooking crustaceans...

the various greens (pea shoots, Mizuna, and shiratake) and mushrooms (enoki, ake, and king trumpets) at Mitsuwa. And the only place to get consistently good Japanese cucumbers! They’ve got great sushi quality fish and...