Boston Cuisine

Bostonians love good food and any visitor to Boston will be spoilt for choice.(tener demasiado donde elegir) Here you can enjoy the best American cuisine, and excellent Italian, Chinese, North African and Indian restaurants. Because there are so many students, there are always places to go on a limited budget(presupuesto limitado) and many cafés to spend a lazy (ocioso) afternoon in.

Seafood Paradise

The city is famous for the quality of its seafood, (marisco) including shrimp,(gambas) scallop,(vieira) lobster,(langosta) swordfish (pez espada) and oysters.(ostras) One traditional recipe is clam (almeja) chowder, a soup made with onions, potatoes, bacon and cream, and of course clams. It was already popular in 1836, and served at Ye Olde Union Oyster House, the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the USA. It was so important that the novelist Herman Melville dedicated a complete chapter to Chowder in Moby Dick. Now you know what helps people survive the cold New England winters!

Boston’s “Little Italy”

The North End is the place to eat Italian and Italian-American cuisine, with restaurants that are representative of all the regions of Italy. They have taken the best seafood ingredients and combined them with Italian sauces and homemade (casera) pasta. Some of the specialties are shrimp or calamari in various sauces. You have to go out early to guarantee finding a table. Many restaurants open from 5-10 pm and until 11 at the weekend. There are lots of reasonably priced (a un precio razonable) restaurants, but wine is usually expensive.

Central Square, Cambridge

Where there are hungry students there are usually cheap places to eat, and Central Square in Cambridge in no exception! Here you can find excellent Middle Eastern, North African and Indian cuisine. Why not try some couscous, hummus or stuffed wine leaves? (hojas de vid rellenas) And you should not miss Indian tandoori specialties cooked in a tandoor clay oven. (horno de barro) Subtle combinations of spices (especias) give these dishes exciting and unexpected (inesperados) flavours (sabores).  And several restaurants also have live music, which means you can have a complete night out in one location!

Boston Baked Beans

And for something sweet, try some Boston Baked Beans.(alubias asadas) These are not like the baked beans in tomato sauce that people eat for breakfast in England. The original idea came from Native American Indians, who coated beans in maple syrup.(jarabe de arce) Bostonians preferred to use sugar because Caribbean sugar was processed in the city. The authentic recipe includes sugar, pork, mustard and onion. But you can buy sugar-coated peanuts (cacahuetes garrapiñados) with the same name!

In Home English we love cooking, so here we show you the recipe of the original Boston baked beans so you can try it at home.