Entries Tagged as ‘Food & Entertaining’

July 12, 2010

Shop Alert: Boston Cupcake News

Sweet, Newbury Street Sweet is now open on Newbury, and it’s just as sweet as the Mass. Ave. and Harvard Square shops. Same pretty wallpaper (Studio Printworks Grille Modern in a custom pink) and fixings – design compliments of Annsley McAleer. My son and I popped in on the way home from a friend’s on [...]

April 16, 2010

Lounge Alert: Drinking for Diamonds

No, you’re not that far gone. One totally lucky (and probably tipsy) drinker will win a pair of martini-set diamond earrings worth $7,500 from Shreve, Crump & Low. You see, every Statement martini from BOND at The Langham Hotel in downtown Boston comes with a sparkly diamond. One is the real. Bring it to Shreve’s [...]

April 9, 2010

Dining Decor: Menton by Barbara Lynch

Photo: Justin Ide Boston chef and restaurateur Barbara Lynch‘s new Fort Point restaurant Menton (rhymes with Vuitton), opened on Saturday. Yesterday her publicist sent along some official interior photos. (You can see the artsier shots on photographer Justin Ide‘s  blog.) As fitting for a high-end, special occasion spot (she’s hoping diners will wear jackets), the [...]

April 6, 2010

Shopping Trip: South End Formaggio

I took a little field trip over to the South End two weeks ago to meet up with Ricardo Rodriguez about the Urban Showhouse he’s organizing (more on that later). I stopped into Hudson, tried to figure out what movie they were filming in front of The Buttery, and grabbed a sandwich at Formaggio. It’s [...]

April 6, 2010

Travel: Jody Adams’ Italy

James Beard award-winning chef Jody Adams of Harvard Square’s four-star Rialto restaurant (and contestant of Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters”) is inviting you to Italy on a bike and cooking tour of the Veneto. It’s her third such adventure with outdoor guide Vernon McClure. You’ll bike  in and around Venice – with a stop of the [...]

March 31, 2010

Fine Print: FLAIR Joe Nye

Los Angeles interior designer and party planner Joe Nye has put together his first book, Flair: Exquisite Invitations, Lush Flowers, and Gorgeous Table Settings (Rizzoli, April 2010). The table settings are beautiful. Almost makes me want to entertain. Definitely makes me want to shop for pretty china. Handmade chargers in the Palladian pattern from Isis [...]

March 5, 2010

Shop Alert: Kitchen Arts Is Closing

So, it’s true. I walked by Kitchen Arts this morning after drop-off, and they’re indeed packing up and moving on.  I suppose they’ve had a good run – the store opened back in 1980. Guess we’ll have to trek over to Williams-Sonoma in Copley if we’re suddenly in need of a pie tin or silicone [...]

November 10, 2009

Entertaining: Tables by Top Designers

Last week I went to the preview of the Shreve, Crump & Low Festive Table event to check out the gorgeously laid tables for “The Inside Source.” Shreve’s, for those of you not in the Boston know, is the venerable jeweler of Boston society – the oldest jeweler in the country actually. And, as such [...]

October 26, 2009

Food: Farmer’s Market in Stowe, Vermont

We went to visit friends in Stowe a couple of weeks ago. It was sort of drizzly, but still magical. I adore Vermont. The rolling pastures and golden leaves calm me. It’s so unlike the untamed landscape in Cape Cod, where we spend the summer, which actually leaves me a little unsettled. It was a [...]

September 29, 2009

Shopping Trip: SoWa Market

I’ve lived in Boston for over six years, and have never visited the SoWa Market. Until last weekend, that is. It was a beautiful day, so I dragged my family out to explore. While the boys feasted on delicious, super chocolatey homemade brownies (sorry, I didn’t get the vendor), I whisked myself through the stalls [...]