If you’re like most people, the last month or so has been a blur of creamy eggnog, gingerbread cookies and hearty comfort food. With the arrival of the new year, you’ve probably resolved to shed a few of those ill-begotten pounds. Here are 10 ways to get back on track in 2014.

Braving Boston’s winter weather doesn’t have to be scary. Bundle up and make your snowy night out a warm and comfortable one.

With their small portions and high prices, Spanish-style tapas could have been a fleeting trend in the culinary world — but they appear to be here to stay. The plates may be petite, but they're big on flavor.

The first time Jimmy Morgan and Alex Shaughnessy skated together, there was no magic spark. Four years later, they’re competing among the nation’s elite at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden.

When Zack Emonds starts to think about creating new cocktails, he goes to three places: the candy store, the grocery store and, of course, the liquor store.

Boston is now home to one of the biggest—and most unique—Chanel stores in the country.

Some people have trouble figuring out what they want to be when they grow up. For Hungry i Chef Peter Ballarin, that was never an issue.

Take one part vintage cookbook store, one part chef-grade subterranean kitchen and a sprinkling of gourmet kitchen ephemera, and what do you get? Farm & Fable, a new South End shop.