Boston

The Brooklyn Brewery Mash has postponed its stop in Boston this week, with respect to the tragedy in the city last week. The festival will take place at some point in the summer. Two of Brooklyn Brewery’s partners will still hold events this week as originally planned in Boston, with one event raising money for those affected most by the tragic events. Read on.

With stops at Drink and JM Curley in his wake, Contributing Editor Matt Rodbard found himself slightly tanked as the recorder was plopped on the white tablecloth, already stained from chop stick miscues with the clams and bean sauce. We were on a tour of Chinatown with Boston's most important chef, Tony Maws.

Over Labor Day weekend (August 31 – September 2), Brady Lowe will host the first Cochon Heritage BBQ in Memphis, Tennessee. The concept is similar to his long-running Cochon 555 events, in that heritage pigs are at the forefront. But the focus in Memphis is BBQ, requiring teams to serve dishes in a number of standardized categories (pull, muscle, bone, stew, mayo). We caught up with competing chef Jamie Bissonnette.