Boston’s finest. Top to bottom: Enza Merola
of Maria’s Pastry Shop; Chris Grasso of
Salumeria Italiano; Bobby Eustace of
Polcari’s Coffee.
the main drag, Atwells Avenue, is painted
red, green and white.) Salvato became so
enamored that now she tours the neighborhood full time with small groups.
She starts at the Piazza de Pasquale,
the center of the action, lined with cafés
and shops. Chris Antonelli of Antonelli’s
Poultry shows off live chickens (including
the silkie, a rare and celebrated white bird
with black meat), which are butchered
daily. Within Tony’s Colonial—a one-stop
shop for prepared foods, imported meats,
cheeses, dried pastas, olive oils, vinegars
and canned goods—Salvato explains the
nuances of imported labels and how to
recognize quality goods. She goes inside
Venda Ravioli—well inside—for a demonstration on how the hundreds of pastas are
made by hand daily, and the sister-owned
Scialo Bros. Bakery fires up the 1920s brick
oven and offers a quick cake decorating
lesson. 401-934-2149; rimarkettours.com.
New York
The Big Apple can be intimidating when
looked at as a whole, but when it’s sliced
into neighborhoods it quickly becomes
clusters of tasty bites, each packed with a
provocative history and great food finds.
Foods of New York offers three food-and-culture walking tours in New York
City: The Original Greenwich Village,
Central Greenwich Village/Soho, and
Chelsea and the Meatpacking District.
Each is thoughtfully designed and led by
well-trained and amiable guides.
In addition to fun food stops in
Greenwich Village (tastes of pizza,
arancini, olive oil, cookies and heavenly
cheeses), the path through specialty
food shops, hidden garden cafés and
bakeries gets peppered with notes on the
long history of the area, from the Dutch
settlers to the architecture to famous
residents such as writers (Arthur Miller,
Eugene O’Neill and E.E. Cummings) and
actors (Cary Grant, John Barrymore
and John Wilkes Booth). Many films and
television shows are still filmed on these
tree-lined streets, and you just may catch
a scene being shot. Foods of Ne w York;
foodsofny.com or zerve.com.
Joyce Weinberg comes from a restaurant
background, and her affection for good
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