Rave Reviews

In addition to the reviews shown below, the market tours, cooking classes, and culinary tours to Italy have been featured in various publications and websites, including The Boston Herald, The Bostonian Society, North Shore Magazine, “W”, New England Monthly, The Improper Bostonian, The Patriot Ledger, The Post Gazette, Cucina, Boston Magazine, Yankee Magazine Travel Guide to New England and The Journal of Italian Food, Wine & Travel, Entree, Chicago Tribune, The Sunday Telegraph and The Sunday Express (London), Taiwan The Great News, Cooking Light, The Columbus Dispatch, Group Tour Magazine, Toronto National Post, The Shuttle Sheet, Cape Cod Times, ASTA, Sojourns, BBC Good Food, Successful Meetings, Chef2Chef.com, The Knot, Weddingpages Boston, Vineyard Gazette, The Providence Journal, The Daily Mail (London), New England Travel and Life, Family Travel Times website, Essentially America (London), San Diego L’Italo-Americano, ComUnico, National Geographic Traveler.

May/June 2012 Boston’s Best Local Secrets 2012 by The Editors of Yankee Magazine BEST TOUR & DUMPLINGS Boston Chinatown Market Tour, Boston Tour guide Jim Becker speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese and has a long history as a chef and restaurateur. His enthusiasm for Chinese food is infectious. Learn to differentiate galangal root from ginger; figure out how to use dried shrimp; discern the differences among several Chinese greens. The 150-minute tour is followed by a dim-sum lunch. Cost: $65. 617-523-6032; bostonfoodtours.com/chinatown North End Market Tours Delicious and delectable explorations of the venues that make up Boston’s “Little Italy” and Chinatown. Cooking tips included. –Yankee Magazine, May/June 2012
Boston Magazine lists Michele Topor’s Boston Food Tours in their Summer Escapes. May 2011
Read about Boston Food Tours “Driven By Passion” in Edible Boston magazine. Spring 2011
Taste new foods and learn about the neighborhood on the Chinatown Market Tour August 2010
Unleash Your Inner Italian September 2009
The North End Market Tour was the WINNER of Walk this Way (Best Unique Tour) in the 2006 Boston’s Choice Awards! Michele Topor, center
5 Questions with… Michele Topor Panorama July 2007	CityScape – Boston Midwest Airlines Magazine Sept-Oct 2006	Adventure Close to Home AAA Horizons April 2006
Foot Traffic Where Boston May 2006	J Magazine May 2006	Final Flings Bride & Groom Spring/Summer 2006
A Stroll to SavorBoston Magazine’s Home & Garden Spring 2006	Special ReportTravel & Leisure March 2006	North End Food Tour: For the Whole CannoliWashington Post July 2005
The Right IngredientsWhere Boston May 2005	National Geographic TravelerInsider’s Boston September 2004	Food Network Best of the Best of2004 Go to website
Ladies Home Journal Travel Journal: Boston Accents September 2002	BostonTABNorth End exposure An insider reveals the Italian neighborhood’s culinary treasures August 30, 2002	Boston Globe Calendar Hit of the Week: INSIDER’S NORTH END July 18, 2002
Food & Wine Places travel: TRAVEL COACH L’arte di cucinare October 2000	Delta Sky Bostonians — And why they can’t stay away from the North End September 2000	Yankee: Traveler’s Journal Michele Topor’s North End March 2000
PanoramaThe Official Guide to Boston Vol. 51 • No. 1• May 28 — June 10, 2001		Food & WineWise Guides: BOSTON THE NORTH END May 1999
Boston GlobeINTERVIEW by John Koch, Globe Staff June 14, 1998	Boston Globe AN ITALIAN GARDEN FEAST TAKES SHAPE ON A NORTH END ROOF by Carol Stocker, Globe Staff<brThe Boston Globe May 18, 1997	Boston GlobeA FOOD LOVER’S GUIDE TO THE NORTH END by Alison Arnett, Globe Staff The Boston Globe April 22, 1992
Tales From Cooking Class LEARNING TO COOK RABBIT IS ONE THING; EATING IT, ANOTHER by Jack Thomas, Globe Staff The Boston Globe May 10, 1989