Devra First

It’s been an uneven return for Boston institution Eastern Standard, but things seem to be looking up. (Which is what you have to do to find the place. It feels different from when its friendly red awning beckoned at street level.) bostonglobe.com/2024/12/24/lif… via @BostonGlobe

It was a "luxe rooms, plenty of vibes, handmade pasta, hand-pulled noodles, birria tacos, Japanese kaiseki, bananas and espresso martinis had a baby" kind of year, pls read all about it: bostonglobe.com/2024/12/18/lif… via @BostonGlobe

From @devrafirst | Dining report: What you’ll find at new Sofra in Allston trib.al/fQ8uTo0

2024 has been the foodiest presidential campaign of them all, writes Globe restaurant critic @devrafirst. trib.al/vrUeZws

Boston Globe editorial board endorses Kamala Harris for president bostonglobe.com/2024/10/18/opi… via @BostonGlobe

From @devrafirst: I’ll have the tasting menu with beverage pairings. But hold the booze. trib.al/O0RLoLr

From @devrafirst: He started making cooking videos to showcase Haitian cuisine. Now he serves it in the South End. trib.al/ZSwnbKR

It is kind and right of the restaurant to apologize, but this is really on the people who thought it was perfectly fine to go out to dinner dressed as Nazis. bostonglobe.com/2024/10/15/met… via @BostonGlobe

From @devrafirst: The Dubai chocolate bar took over the Internet. Then it took over Boston. trib.al/ToER5di

From @devrafirst: 10 restaurant openings to know about this fall trib.al/WY7xIZl

@cristymsilva Cristina, thinking of you and your family. I am so very sorry.

From @devrafirst: They fed patients in the early days of AIDS. Their work continues to shape health care today. trib.al/pAS5i08

@LiamSeward I saw the photo before your comment and just thought “yeeeessssss.” Then I saw your comment!

Thinking of @devrafirst ‘s whopper review.

Bill to add 200-plus liquor licenses in Boston moves forward bostonglobe.com/2024/05/30/bus… via @BostonGlobe

We ate at 10 dim sum restaurants in greater Boston to find out which one reigns supreme. Someone had to do it. We found the best in ... bostonglobe.com/2024/05/22/lif… via @devrafirst #AANHPIHeritageMonth

@HarryDo15331167 Smaller. I had it initially but had to cut for space and hoped it would be clear, but alas apparently not. Thanks for reading!

@xsinkingxshipx There is no plug for anyone or anything. “Their” is an English word referring back to “restaurants.”

@devrafirst “Calling their food”. You would never speak of a business owned by POC or sympathetic minorities in such a way. Also, you casual plug for the group calling for BDS of Israeli food, lol…I’m surprised there wasn’t a hyperlink. Those poor civilians were butchered and kidnapped.

@devrafirst “which some consider cultural appropriation of Palestinian food.” Who is some? How many ? You?Why do yall always have to take it that extra step into woke parody? Like, it was a good article, but the second I read that I KNEW you had pronouns in bio.

“Pátzcuaro Taqueria & Bar doesn’t feel like it’s in Newton,” wrote Globe restaurant critic and food writer @devrafirst. “It feels — and tastes — like it’s in Pátzcuaro, chef-owner Avelina Saavedra’s hometown in Michoacán, Mexico.” trib.al/hHiYv39

@AaronLecklider This is so generous and lovely, Aaron. I'm really moved by your observations around how I write about workers, "giving them personality and dignity in their labor." Thank you.