Category: Food

Neighbors rally to keep the Brookline Community Fridge going

The community refrigerator in Brookline Village was recently replaced by a group of volunteers who are aiming to keep the public service going. Photo by Mandile Mpofu

At the end of 2024, Vena Priestly, a fourth-generation Brookline resident and real estate agent at Rise Realty, needed to find a home for an extra refrigerator one of her landlords had. Unsure about what to do with the appliance, she posted a notice in the “Buy Nothing Brookline” Facebook group, where people give and… Continue reading Neighbors rally to keep the Brookline Community Fridge going

Inside a Brookline monastery, where 18 monks pray, translate religious texts, and bake bread

The Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Brookline. Photo courtesy of Father George.

If you’ve been to Brookline Booksmith, you might have seen bread for sale that says it was made at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery. What are monks doing in Brookline – and why do they make bread? Brookline.News set out to find out. Holy Transfiguration, at 278 Warren St., is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that’s part… Continue reading Inside a Brookline monastery, where 18 monks pray, translate religious texts, and bake bread

From Brookline to the best restaurant in the world: author Arielle Johnson’s new book explores flavor

Author and food scientist Arielle Johnson, right, with America's Test Kitchen cast member Dan Souza, left. Photo by Maggie Scales

A crowd hungry for knowledge, and maybe more, packed the Brookline Booksmith on Monday night to hear Arielle Johnson, a Brookline native, flavor scientist and author, discuss her new book, “Flavorama.” After years of studying the chemistry of flavor by conducting research on everything from cocktails to Nordic vinegars, Johnson, 36, wanted to articulate her… Continue reading From Brookline to the best restaurant in the world: author Arielle Johnson’s new book explores flavor