Michael Richard Brown, 41, of Edgartown, passed away unexpectedly of an allergic reaction to a bee sting on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Born in Norwood on Dec. 24, 1981, he was the son of Robert Michael and Lisa Marie (Pedersen) Brown. Mike was raised in East Walpole, […]
Editor’s Note: PDN’s Ron Rocky Coloma took a train to Bologna from Florence with his friend Kyle Nguyen from Stanford University to spend a day in the “culinary capital of
Fashion is cyclical. Trends have a life, they die, and then at some point experience a rebirth. Take acid-wash jeans, for instance. In the 1980s, everyone from Madonna to tennis star Andre Agassi wore them. Then they were ostracized as uncool. But a trip to any department store today will find an ample supply of acid-wash mom jeans, there to be scooped up by on trend social-media fashionistas.
Food, like fashion, also has its moments. Dishes like beef Wellington or a caesar salad prepared tableside are considered trite until a chef like Thomas Keller puts a stunning rendition on his menu at the Surf Club Restaurant and gives the doddering old staples a new lease on life.