Art

These tasty Italian flatbreads will wow your guests.

By Mark Micheli (This story ran in the Feb. 17, 2015 edition of the Boston Globe.) You don’t have to be a psychotic villain, plotting world domination while stroking a hairless cat in your lap, to want a “Mini-Me.” Entrepreneur Yifei Zhang is betting the […]

(I wrote this article for the Boston Globe. It appeared on the cover of the G section in the June 22, 2013 edition.) By Mark Micheli Globe Correspondent It’s been 125 years since the Jack the Ripper murders terrorized East London and the grisly mystery […]

Since this website is all about the things I love (cooking, eating, making wine, drinking wine, old houses, and listening to good music) I decided to share another part of my life: a new endeavor, school. I went back to grad school this month, studying […]

I haven’t posted anything in more than two months. My wife says, “That’s because you’ve been sitting around doing nothing.” Oh, the sarcasm. I’ve been doing quite a lot (which I’ll be posting updates on in the coming weeks), including this. The dining room in […]

(Watch an audio-slideshow of the Bathroom Makeover Project) Before, we were surrounded by the world (wallpaper). And it was dark, cold, and dingy. After (our bathroom remodel), we are surrounded by more genteel times, Victorian era charm to be exact. About three months ago we […]

He’s finally taken his place in the hometown library. Yesterday my friend Joe Gemellaro dedicated a sketch of Rocky Marciano to the Brockton Public Library. Joe, who grew up in both Medford and Somerville, is an artist and a huge fan of boxing legend Rocky […]

If a picture is worth a 1000 words then this one speaks volumes. Much has been written about the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009) this past week. And much of that is captured in this portrait of Kennedy created by Andover artist Joseph Gemellaro. […]