Brunch Rundown

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For those who greet the arrival of cooler weather with a craving for hot comfort food and less hectic weekends, brunch is one of life's great pleasures. Lucky for us, C-port abounds with good and varied options. Via Winnie Yang and the Nine Dots Boston arts blog comes this rundown of Central Square brunch options (h/t CentralSquare.com).

There are no real surprises on a list that contains Toscanini's, Cragie on Main, Cafe Luna and Brookline Lunch, but its a nice reminder that there are plenty of good local places out there ready to help us put on that protective layer for winter! (Or am I the only one that thinks its a compliment for a bunch to be "definitely on the slower, greasier side of food life"?)

Whole Foods Charity Clam Bake

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This Saturday, the Central Square Whole Foods (115 Prospect St) is having a clambake to benefit the MIT Sea Grant College Program's efforts in promoting sustainable seafood. All the summertime fixins, minus the sand, for $5.

Via Wicked Local Cambridge (ht: centralsquare.com):

Whole Foods Market is the only supermarket with its own waterfront seafood processing facility, Pigeon Cove, which enables it to provide its shoppers with the freshest local seafood available. MIT’s Sea Grant College Program will also be at the event highlighting some of its new programs such as the Sea Perch for Around the Americas, its involvement with a community supported fisheries project in Gloucester and its underwater research initiatives.

The folks from Pigeon Cove will be on hand, showing the finer points of oyster shucking. Finally, the summer is really here!

Taste of Cambridge this Thursday

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Not technically in Cambridgeport, but the Taste of Cambridge is certainly an event of interest to the neighborhood. God willing, the sun will actually appear in the New England sky this Thursday!

The details:
Thursday, June 25th
5:30—8pm
The Charles Hotel

From the sponsors:

The Taste of Cambridge is a celebration of the diverse restaurant scene in Cambridge. With cuisine from America to Japan to Brazil to France and everything in between, Cambridge is a melting pot — a tasty one to be sure — of culture and cuisine. This event features creative and abundant samples of food, beer and wine from the wonderful restaurants found around the city, enhanced by a beautiful outdoor setting, live music and a great crowd.

The best part of the event, however, is that it is held each year to benefit local Cambridge charities, the folks who work the hardest at keeping this a safe, healthy and family-oriented community! Taste of Cambridge is proud to announce that ALL PROCEEDS from our event will be donated to the following wonderful organizations:

• Youth on Fire
• Club Passim's Culture for Kids/Music Speaks

Touted as the "best deal" culinary event in Greater Boston, your small ticket purchase will go a long way towards helping others, and you will be rewarded greatly, with the best food, drink and music our city has to offer!