By Scott Kearnan Spring is nearing, but let’s be honest: it’s still really, really cold out there. (Really.) The perfect antidote? A hot cup of clam chowder, New England’s hearty signature stew. We could spend all day debating where the best bowl can be found, but we would always miss someone’s favorite bowl. Instead, we rustled up a handful of …

By Scott Kearnan To us, chefs are celebrities and restaurant life is the height of drama. (You’ve seen Hell’s Kitchen, right?) And so, inspired by Ellen Degeneres’ recent Oscars selfie alongside some of Hollywood’s biggest and brightest, we reached out and requested some #kitchenselfie submissions from restaurant teams around the city. Here are some of our favorites – and here’s …

Inside Track by Gayle Fee Tracked Down South End socialites The Hat Sisters, aka Tim O’Connor and John Michael Gray, getting their signature facial hair shaved at Barber-shop Deluxe so they can regrow new looks for the Community Servings’ annual Mustachio Bashio fundraiser April 1 at the Lenox Hotel. (It was the first time John Michael shaved his ‘stache in …

Chef/Owner Matt O’Neil of The Blue Ox cooks up his stand-out “Sin Burger” at the 8th Annual Amstel Light Burger Bash in Miami, Florida. The burger (named for Lynn, Lynn City of Sin, of course!) was one of 31 burgers to compete for Best Burger to be judged by celebrities such as Rachel Ray. They were the only Massachusetts restaurant …

Lynn – The Blue Ox owner Matt O’Neil was to be cooking with gas on a Miami beach today, hoping to bring home the title of best burger in the 8th Annual Amstel Light Burger Bash in South Beach. “I’m on my third trip to Publix,” said Joanna O’Neil, Matt’s wife, from the road in Miami Thursday. The O’Neils arrived …