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Point Five, a Game-changing Non Alcoholic Beer

Point Five, a Game-changing Non Alcoholic Beer

  Many health-conscious beer lovers, who have been looking for suds without the buzz, just haven't found the right brew. The problem is that alternatives, with less alcohol, don't taste like the real thing —…

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At MIT, dine like a 14th-century nobleman

At MIT, dine like a 14th-century nobleman

For over a decade, during the Independent Activities Period between semesters, MIT has offered a non-credit class on “old food’’ from the region around the Mediterranean Sea. The idea came from conversations history department chair…

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Adventures in the kitchen
Tibetan New Year nears, bearing a sweet dish

Tibetan New Year nears, bearing a sweet dish

SOMERVILLE — Losar, the Tibetan New Year, begins with a spoonful of dessert. Dresyl, also known as deysee, is a warm dish of sweetened rice that women make for their families on the morning of…

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Bombay cafe makes a bang in London

Bombay cafe makes a bang in London

LONDON — Dishoom, which opened last summer and calls itself “A Bombay Cafe in London,’’ takes its name from the Indian comic book equivalent of “Pow!’’ and “Wham!’’ In some Bollywood films, “dishoom’’ is, at…

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A tranquil space for lunch or tea

A tranquil space for lunch or tea

On that busy stretch of Mass. Ave. between Harvard and Central squares, a sidewalk vent lets out a sudden gust from below. The Red Line rumbles underfoot. A few doors away, inside the Greater Boston…

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