This is the fourth in a series profiling local chefs and sharing their favorite summer recipes. After 14 years in Arlington and hundreds of theme dinners, Debbie Shore is worried that her restaurant - Prose - may be closing. 'I don't know if we will make it through the end of the year or even end of the summer," Shore said during an interview in the small restaurant a few weeks ago. It is partially the economy, she said. But it is also partially because of the restaurant itself, a place that feels more like an intimate dining room than a bustling restaurant. The restaurant holds about 25, …

This is the third in a series profiling local chefs and sharing their favorite summer recipes. Za does not serve your grandmother's pizza. This is pizza with flair, pizza with pizzaz, pizza with pickes? "Yes," says owner Peter McCarthy with a laugh. "It's true. We serve some pizzas with pickles. But the way I see it is this: what is a sandwich except bread, some cheese, condiments and meats? We make our pizza that way, too." Za, with it's brick exterior, dark blue awning and chalkboard wall interior, has been in East Arlington for TK years serving gourmet pizza and salad, but it is always the…

This is the second in a series profiling local chefs and sharing their favorite summer recipes. Scutra serves the kind of sophisticated food one might be surprised to find outside of a large city, but owner/chef Didier Baugniet and his wife and partner Cesidia Baugniet have been offering their European-style cuisine in Arlington Center for eight years this July. As a family run business, things have not always been easy, Cesidia Baugniet said. The couple's two children, now 12 and 13 spent many late nights at the restaurant. "They have been here since they were little," said Baugniet. "There …

This is the first in a series profiling local chefs and sharing their favorite summer recipes. Paul Turano, owner and head chef at Tryst, came into restaurant business for simple reasons: "I love food," he said. Growing up, Turano used to emulate Julia Child and the cooking shows on PBS to create meals for his working parents and siblings in Stoughton. "I was overweight," Turano admits with a laugh, but his love of food also led to a dream. "Owning a restaurant and cooking were really the only things I ever wanted to do." Success came first in Canton, where he was the owner of restaurant …