Bistro

Newton North High School's student-run restaurant will reopen this week to students during lunchtime. School officials and the district's food contractor, Whitsons Culinary Group, agreed that the Tiger's Loft Bistro should be allowed to serve students, despite a clause in the food services contract that barred competition. Tiger's Loft, a long-established institution at Newton North, has been off-limits to students during lunchtime since late January, after Whitsons complained about the operation.

Stonebridge Bistro 5 East Blvd., Wareham 508-291-2229 www.stonebridgebistro.com Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday, 5 -10 p.m., Friday and Saturday, 5 p.m.–12 midnight. Hours will expand to midnight on all days of operation, come summer. Reservations taken Major credit cards accepted Take-out and functions offered Handicap accessible Acoustic entertainment weekends Tucked into a corner of Onset Bay, this little jewel could easily be passed by, due to its unassuming boxy exterior and somewhat cramped location at the entry to a...

Like many good things in travel and life, we found 106 Kitchen and Bar by accident. One night last fall, on our way to the Press Room, a Portsmouth, N.H., institution, a bright blue sign jumped out at me. “Hey what’s that place?’’ I said to my husband, who was making tracks to our favorite pub. When we found the old standby filled cheek by jowl, we did an about-face to 106 Kitchen and found a friendly, months-old bistro with plenty of room at the bar. After an evening of beers, Celtics in high-def, and memorable crab cakes, we filed this address away for next time.

NEW YORK - P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc., the biggest Asian full-service restaurant operator in the United States by market share, has agreed to be taken private by Centerbridge Partners LP in a deal valuing the company at $1.1 billion. That would give Centerbridge, which has about $20 billion in capital under management, a chain with almost 400 restaurants under the P.F. Chang's China Bistro and Pei Wei brands. Centerbridge offered $51.50 a share in cash, about 30 percent higher than the average share price over the past 30 days.

The Grille and Bistro at the Danversport Yacht Club 161 Elliott St. (Route 62), Danvers 978-774-8620 Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; closed on Monday All major credit cards accepted Accessible to the handicapped At some yacht clubs, kitchens are an afterthought. At the Danversport Yacht Club, the dining facilities are so extensive you wonder if anyone there ever goes sailing.

WHO: Michelle Corry and Liz Koenigsberg WHAT: Nine years ago, Corry and her husband, Steve, relocated from northern California to Portland, Maine, to be closer to Steve's family in Hingham. The pair opened the upscale restaurant Five Fifty-Five and, in 2007, Steve was named best new chef by Food & Wine magazine. Last year, the Corrys expanded with the French bistro Petite Jacqueline and made Koenigsberg, Five Fifty-Five's general manager, a partner. This month, the bistro was nominated for best new restaurant by the James Beard Foundation, along with three...

BENNINGTON, Vt. - Is this the same room where we had breakfast? This morning, the room was sunlit, peach pancake-scented, bustling with tourists carbing up for Green Mountain hikes. Outside, our host shooed away blue jays so he could refill the bird feeder with suet and birdseed. Now the lights are low, there's a snowy tablecloth, a wine list, a jazz CD purring in the background. An appetizer of plump, fragrant sea scallops is set before me. The room holds four tables - I've had more people clustered around my Thanksgiving table.

Umami is not what you expect. It’s a Brookline restaurant with a Japanese name and a Japanese chef, but it doesn’t serve sushi. It’s a bistro, but it deviates from the strict bistro diet of chicken-pork-steak smattered with frites and mashed, garlic and thyme, beet salad and crab cakes, plus creme brulee for dessert. Chef Yoshi Hakamoto offers dishes you won’t have at every other bistro in town, or any other bistro for that matter. Hakamoto previously owned Allston yakitori bar Sumi and was a partner in Thai restaurant Khao Sarn.

PARK CITY, Utah - If you build it they will come. That's what the owners of Canyons Resort were counting on last December when they opened a kosher restaurant at this burgeoning ski resort four miles from Main Street. Bistro at Canyons, billed as a New American kosher bistro, is attracting folks from New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Mexico City. Most of the restaurant's patrons are Jewish (and kosher) vacationers and part-time residents, many of whom would otherwise have to travel with their own kosher foods and cook themselves.

The Bistros, Brasseries, and Wine Bars of Paris: Everyday Recipes From the Real Paris , By Daniel Young, William Morrow, 214 pp., $24.95 French country and regional cooking may have made repeated forays into American home kitchens, but for many the mere mention of Paris conjures up an aura of perfectionism. The search for the perfect brandade de morue is, to our minds, like the search for a Parisian baguette. Regrettably, that qualifies as shopping, not cooking. Yet Daniel Young's charming volume on casual Paris dining establishments makes a fairly convincing case for a...

Newton North High School's student-run restaurant will reopen this week to students during lunchtime. School officials and the district's food contractor, Whitsons Culinary Group, agreed that the Tiger's Loft Bistro should be allowed to serve students, despite a clause in the food services contract that barred competition. Tiger's Loft, a long-established institution at Newton North, has been off-limits to students during lunchtime since late January, after Whitsons complained about the operation.

Serves 8 1  cup sugar  1/4  cup water  1  can (12 ounces) evaporated whole milk  1  can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk  4  eggs  1  teaspoon vanilla extract  1. Have on hand a slow cooker and a 6-cup souffle dish. 2. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar and water. Cook, swirling the pan occasionally, until the sugar dissolves. Simmer the mixture, without stirring, until it begins to turn brown. Gently swirl the pan until the syrup is evenly caramelized.

PARK CITY, Utah - If you build it they will come. That's what the owners of Canyons Resort were counting on last December when they opened a kosher restaurant at this burgeoning ski resort four miles from Main Street. Bistro at Canyons, billed as a New American kosher bistro, is attracting folks from New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Mexico City. Most of the restaurant's patrons are Jewish (and kosher) vacationers and part-time residents, many of whom would otherwise have to travel with their own kosher foods and cook themselves.

WHO: Michelle Corry and Liz Koenigsberg WHAT: Nine years ago, Corry and her husband, Steve, relocated from northern California to Portland, Maine, to be closer to Steve's family in Hingham. The pair opened the upscale restaurant Five Fifty-Five and, in 2007, Steve was named best new chef by Food & Wine magazine. Last year, the Corrys expanded with the French bistro Petite Jacqueline and made Koenigsberg, Five Fifty-Five's general manager, a partner. This month, the bistro was nominated for best new restaurant by the James Beard Foundation, along with...

Sometimes a place tries so hard to do one thing, it ends up doing another. Such might be the story of the five-year-old Exchange Street Bistro, a restaurant that aims to bring a bit of "Boston atmosphere" to Malden. Or so says its website. From the cocktail-glass motif throughout, to the spare style of its furnishings, the bistro does present itself as a trendy hot spot, complete with a full craft cocktail menu. There's seating by the front window and in the back, surrounding the well-appointed bar. The décor is minimal, with walls the color of sangria, a few plants here and...

Behind a big street-front window at 605 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain is a flurry of activity these days, a level of busyness the space has not seen for nearly two years. Curious passersby glance inside as workers strip floors, install light fixtures, and haul in kitchen equipment. But more than "What's going on here," the question people are asking is, "What happened here?" What happened to Bon Savor, the popular French-South American bistro that occupied the space for six years until abruptly closing a few months ago?

NEW YORK - P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc., the biggest Asian full-service restaurant operator in the United States by market share, has agreed to be taken private by Centerbridge Partners LP in a deal valuing the company at $1.1 billion. That would give Centerbridge, which has about $20 billion in capital under management, a chain with almost 400 restaurants under the P.F. Chang's China Bistro and Pei Wei brands. Centerbridge offered $51.50 a share in cash, about 30 percent higher than the average share price over the past 30 days.

Students starting the semester probably don't look forward to pulling all-nighters to study, fueled by caffeine. But if they have to, a Bistro by Bodum electric kettle (starting at $29.99) will brew coffee, tea, or hot chocolate in a safe and energy-efficient manner. Bistro comes in three sizes (17, 34, and 51 ounces) and in a variety of vibrant colors, including orange, red, and sage. Outfitting a dorm room just got more fun. Available at Kitchenwitch, 671 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-6800; KitchenWares by Blackstones, 215 Newbury St., Boston, 857-366-4237; Kitchen Outfitters, 342 Great Road,...

It's a winning story if ever there was one: The son, raised in his father's Chinese restaurant in Newton, goes to culinary school in San Francisco, works in California when he graduates, then decides to return home to be closer to his family and learn his dad's trade. One day last summer, the father and son are in a tiny Roslindale Chinese takeout to help the struggling owner when she announces that her business is for sale. That's how Christopher Lin, 30, became a restaurant owner.

PARIS - Before the opening of Neva Cuisine last summer in a desolate corner of the 8th arrondissement behind the Gare St. Lazare, there was little to draw customers to that part of town - unless they worked in the neighborhood or had a train to catch. Now it is a destination. The 40-seat bistro, helmed by a Mexican-born chef, has brought new life to this quartier, which had been void of good dining places in a city known for them. In a playful nod to geography, the restaurant, located at the corner of Rue de Berne and Rue de Saint Petersbourg, is named for the Neva River, which...