Category Archives: Art/Lit/Design
Weekend Bites
Tis the season for those excellent, sweet, crunchy, HONEYCRISP apples at the farmers market. My new favorite shoe line, DIEPPA RESTREPO, and their collection of boldly awesome oxfords and loafers, which are perfect for lazy Sunday walks from one cafe … Continue reading
Filed under AFB: Where to Go, Art/Lit/Design, Eating, Weekend Bites
Whale of a Good Idea
I’m a white plate kind of girl. But I love these mariner inspired plates. Wouldn’t the whale serving tray be great with grilled squid arranged on top? The smaller plates I would use for decoration on a wall. The plates … Continue reading
Filed under Art/Lit/Design, To Market
Food Art
Last week I had the incredible opportunity to style Anthony Bourdain for the June cover of the Improper Bostonian. Why is this unapologetic New Yorker gracing the cover of a magazine about a city he once dissed? Turns out he … Continue reading
Filed under Art/Lit/Design, In the News
Butchers’n'Meat
What charmed me about Dickson’s Farmstand Meats in Chelsea Market was the presentation, each piece displayed like a little jewel. You could feel the pride they take in offering a beautiful product. It’s not often I see squab and goat … Continue reading
Filed under Art/Lit/Design, Eating, Superior Foods, To Market
Things: A Breakfast Tray
“Life, within doors, has few pleasanter prospects than a neatly-arranged and well-provisioned breakfast-table. We come to it freshly, in the dewy youth of the day, and when our spiritual and sensual elements are in better accord than at a later … Continue reading
Filed under Art/Lit/Design, Eating, To Market
Chew on This
I came across a blog called the Blue Hour recently, and spent a good hour, no a very good hour, lingering over photographer Brian Ferry’s dreamy photos of, well, his meals. What is it about his photos makes me feel like … Continue reading
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The Polenta Post
When I was little, my stepfather often made polenta to go with the steaks he’d grilled. This occasion was severely disappointing. I wanted creamy mashed potatoes. What I got was a pale yellow square that looked like it could be … Continue reading
Filed under Art/Lit/Design, Eating, Restaurants
Afternoon Snack Reading
I love this lyrical essay of sorts on how and why changing the way we eat could make America sooooooo much better. It’s a lovely read by Maira Kalman from the New York Times, it first appeared on Thanksgiving. Click … Continue reading
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At First Bite 2.0
The lights at this blog have been dark recently. Anyone who doesn’t know me may have visited this site a few times only to see, for the twentieth time, my last post on Irving Penn’s death and … Continue reading
Filed under Art/Lit/Design, Eating
