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On February 24, writers Tejal Rao, Devra First, and Korsha Wilson will join in conversation with Eater’s Ashok Selvam

Support Black-owned restaurants: Get takeout Are you in the mood for island flavors, healthy smoothies, pizza and chill, or date-night romance? Here’s where to go. By Devra First Globe Staff,Updated February 17, 2021, 10:25 a.m. Email to a Friend This month marks the fourth annual Boston Black Restaurant Challenge, which sets diners the enjoyable goal of patronizing one Black-owned restaurant each week. The community and its independent restaurants need support now more than ever, in Febru...

We all live in Flavortown now Virtual restaurants affiliated with Guy Fieri and other celebrities deliver to our doors. Is that a good thing? By Devra First Globe Staff,Updated February 16, 2021, 10:00 a.m. Email to a Friend I live in Flavortown now. So do you. Flavortown may be an understatement. This is Flavornation. In recent days, a restaurant called Guy Fieri’s Flavortown Kitchen has appeared on takeout apps around the country. It’s part of the portfolio of a company called Virtu...

What is the future of Boston’s Black-owned restaurants? These businesses entered the pandemic at an economic disadvantage. It’s time for everyone to invest in them, and not just during Black History Month. By Devra First Globe Staff,Updated February 2, 2021, 6:52 p.m. Email to a Friend The music cues in the video’s background, a staccato beat before a jazzy horn kicks in. A masked woman inside Mattapan’s Cafe Juice Up speaks. “Hello, Boston,” says Representative Ch...

Get takeout. It’s your civic duty. Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start. By Devra First Globe Staff,Updated January 14, 2021, 12:44 p.m. Email to a Friend Hear me out, because I’m being serious. We’re being serious. Today the Globe launches a campaign, Project Takeout, asking the public to do just that. Get takeout once a week if you can. Get takeout twice. Revisit a restaurant that’s an old favorite, or try a...

Governor Gina Raimondo for commerce secretary? Honestly, who knows? The former venture capitalist and state treasurer is said to be a contender for the job in President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet, but rumors about her heading to Washington, D.C., have been wrong before By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 30, 2020, 10:44 a.m. Email to a Friend Providence, RI - 12/3/2020 Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo (cq) at a afternoon press conference at the Vets Memorial Auditorium, i...

Snow day! Help us pick the best places to sled in Rhode Island We have a few ideas, but want to know which sledding hill you think is the best By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 17, 2020, 8:51 a.m. Email to a Friend Pedestrians walk through the snow past a mural, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, in Providence, R.I.David Goldman/Associated Press If you have friends or relatives who would like their own free copy of this daily briefing about Rhode Island, tell them they can  LEADING OFF Happy Thu...

HomeFront: Streep, Clooney, Beethoven, and more By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated December 10, 2020, 3:20 p.m. Email to a Friend Lucas Hedges and Meryl Streep in a scene from "Let Them All Talk."Peter Andrews/HBO Max via AP Welcome back to HomeFront, where the days are still growing shorter but sunset now comes a tiny bit later. We’re trying out a glass-half-full attitude in honor of the latest vaccine news; it’s a little uncomfortable, like poking yourself in the eye with a...