I'd love to apply, but since our wedding is August 1st, I don't think Abby would want me to be in Australia:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090113/od_afp/lifestyleaustraliatourismoffbeat_20090113032028
Great article by Mark Bittman about what one should have and not have in one's pantry:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/dining/07mini.html?_r=2&ref=dining
Boston Food and Whine has the list of Boston Magazine's 50 best restaurants and did a nice mark off of the ones BFW has  been to:
http://bostonfoodandwhine.blogspot.com/2009/01/boston-magazines-50-best-restaurants.html
I was thinking of doing the same thing, until I realized I've only been to like 10 or so of these places.  Well, here's my attempt at least (italicized ones we have been to) :
   1. O Ya
   2. L'Espalier
   3. No. 9 Park
   4. Clio
   5. Aujourd'hui
   6. Radius
   7. Hungry Mother
   8. Hamersley's Bistro
   9. Oleana
  10. Cragie on Main
  11. Meritage
  12. Salts
  13. Oishii
  14. Uni
  15. Ten Tables
  16. Neptune Oyster
  17. Icarus
  18. Persephone
  19. Mistral
  20. Sorellina
  21. Rialto
  22. B & G Oysters
  23. Troquet
  24. Lumiere
  25. Pigalle
  26. Toro
  27. Blue Ginger
  28. Upstairs on the Square
  29. Excelsior
  30. Benatti
  31. Sage
  32. T.W. Food
  33. Locke-Ober
  34. Taranta
  35. Rendezvous
  36. L'Andana
  37. The Butcher Shop
  38. Via Matta
  39. Dante
  40. Scampo
  41. 51 Lincoln
  42. Lineage
  43. Bistro 5
  44. Grill 23
  45. East Coast Grill
  46. Estragon
  47. Union Bar and Grille
  48. Il Capriccio
  49. Bin 26 Enoteca
  50. Avila
That list is very interesting.  I wouldn't put Pigalle up there after our last meal there.  Either way, it looks like it'll be a while before we can claim we've eaten at every single place on that list.






