Sheryl Julian

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Sheryl Julian

Where to Fupo in Huron Village, Cambridge, where Village Pizza held court for over 20 years. Why Because this is a genuine mom-and-pop, run by millennials, where the food is from the couple’s Chinese homeland mixed with pizza and other American favorites. The owners of Fupo, Xuyang Zhang and Qianyi Lin.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe StaffThe Backstory Before they opened Fupo, Xuyang (Benny) Zhang was an R&D mechanical engineer, and his wife, Qianyi Lin, worked as a business intelligence analyst.

4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Sheryl Julian

Tina’s Chicken BakeSheryl Julian for The Boston GlobeAuthor Hailee Catalano's Italian American grandmother, Tina, cooked dinner for the family every Sunday. In her book, ''By Heart: Recipes to Hold Near and Dear'' in a chapter about Tina's cooking, her granddaughter offers her take on some of those Sunday specialties, including meatballs and gravy and stuffed fresh artichokes.

4 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Sheryl Julian

For a cookbook to draw me in, it must have a certain personal appeal from beginning to end. It can’t have been churned out factory-style by teams of professionals or by celebrity chefs syncing their TV show to a companion book. I want to learn something about the author’s background and culture, the way they do things in the kitchen, and the simple dishes they make even if they’re pros. Both Catalano and Roustaei are first-time authors.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Sheryl Julian

French Lentil and Chickpea SaladSheryl Julian for The Boston GlobeLittle French green lentils make a superb salad to go with something from the grill. Green lentils hold their shape after cooking, so they look a little like caviar in the finished dish. Le Puy, in the Auvergne Rhone-Alpes region of France, grows fine lentils, though there are other regions where they're also grown. Oregon-based Bob's Red Mill labels its green lentils ''petite French style,'' and they're quite good.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Sheryl Julian

Homecooked magazine's second issue featured Austin, Texas. If your inbox is like mine, it’s overwhelmed by an endless stream of subscription newsletters, online magazines, messages about long-form stories somewhere on the internet. On the other hand, what the mail carrier delivers these days hardly amounts to anything. While most newspapers and periodicals are expanding their online presence, Oregon-based publisher Michael McCormick is going in the opposite direction.