Dining

From staff reports

Octopuses can open jars, use tools, solve puzzles and even recognize individual human faces staring back at them through aquarium glass.

From staff reports

The staff at Café Boku Coffee and Crepes have a saying: If you don’t like what you ordered, you can throw it back at them and they’ll make you something better.

”To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.” -Leonard Bernstein

First dates are famously fraught – there’s a reason they’re the subject of many a movie scene (and group text freak-outs). If they go well, maybe they’ll be mentioned in wedding toasts and reminiscences with doting grandchildren. After all, we’ve always heard that you never get a second chance to make a first impression.

As the holidays approach and we entertain more, I look for wines that are not the same-old yet won’t strain the wallet. Here are three, including a quaffable white from Gascony and two high-altitude wines from northern Italy made from less-familiar grape varieties.

Martha Domitrovich wants you to come over for dinner. It’s something she’s done for family, friends and near strangers over the years.

Charcuterie boards have been around for centuries, but they’re certainly having a moment.

Vintage airplanes regularly take off from an airstrip just outside the back windows of the Skyway Café. A fleet of model planes hang suspended from its ceiling, and an abundance of military memorabilia decorate its walls.