Friday
May182012
Situated along the Snoqualmie River, about 30 miles east of Seattle lies Marigold and Mint, an organic farm, retail shop and studio located in the Melrose Market on Capitol Hill. Along with stocking Kinfolk, they grow two acres of flowers and edibles, sell and deliver to florists and make everything from marigold garlands to driftwood sailboats. Founded in 2008 by Katherine Anderson, a former landscape architect, the shop reflects her lifetime love of flowers and landscapes.
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Thursday
May172012
While much of our inspiration for meals and entertaining comes from our upbringing and the traditions to which we've been exposed, we also derive inspiration from other cultures and times thru literature and film. And in turn, the books we read affect and alter our world view and embed themselves in our own hearts and traditions. We'll be sharing snippets of these gatherings as we come across them in an effort to remind ourselves that the joy of a shared table is, in fact, nothing new.
"The wedding guests are becoming a single animal who has been fed well. A creature half mythical [...] Probably as old as man's discovery of fire, this creature never lives more than a day or two and is only reborn when there is something more to celebrate...."
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Wednesday
May162012
The New York Food Book Fair, held annually for a weekend each May, brings together food publications from around the world alongside a set of events celebrating food writing, reading and activism.
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Tuesday
May152012
Still House is a modest-sized New York boutique that aims to provide accessible contemporary design to its East Village residents. Stocking homemade wares and local designer creations, the shop carries a little bit of something for everyone. Curated by owner Urte Tylaite, Still House is a cabinet of curiosities made contemporary through the use natural materials, geometric shapes, and a touch of greenery scattered throughout the space.
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Monday
May142012
Messors is a workshop series in its twentieth year, conducted in Italy by Tonio Creanza. Named after the Roman god of harvests, Messors provides hands-on workshops reinforcing Creanza’s belief in, “learning by doing.” During the culinary programs, attendees go to Pompeii to investigate the era of chefs and recipes, work and meet with farmers and cheese makers, and learn how olive oil is extracted so that one understands what is in the bottle and on your table.
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Thursday
May102012
One day on a recent visit to San Francisco, I found myself on Judah and 45th Street, a small block filled with shops in the Sunset Neighborhood. A notable hangout for sea-goers and those seeking a respite from city life, it’s quick becoming a destination for independent businesses and restaurants to set up shop. It was on this day that I stumbled into General Store, a collaborative entity brought to life by Serena Mitnik-Miller and Mason St. Peter that features carefully curated items from both new and vintage sources.
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Wednesday
May092012
A Brooklyn-based group of friends ranging from chefs to graphic designers have concocted a supper club of sorts, each month exploring a regional cuisine that is new and unfamiliar to them. Making their way through Italy, the Mediterranean, Jamaica and Germany, April’s supper club landed them in the heart of Indonesia, plating homemade tempeh and chicken sate for the twenty guests who gathered around a candle-lit table.
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Tuesday
May082012
Le Couteau, which in English translates to “The Knife,” is a newly opened café in Montreal on the Rue Saint-Denis. A color palette of black, white and natural woods creates the perfect back drop for enjoying a cup of coffee (they brew 49th Parallel out of Vancouver) and a house-made pastry.
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Saturday
May052012
During a stormy afternoon, we hosted our first gathering of Lost Skills - a series of workshops for people interested in learning a variety of useful homesteading skills, held at our farm Fig + Fauna.
We began with a canning demonstration, making a simple Strawberry Honey Jam - a flavorful celebration of Florida’s seasonal bounty. There was a consistent nostalgic theme in the conversations that took place. We all contributed stories of our mothers and grandmothers – memories of their relationships with food and homemaking; seemingly, reviving our ancestors along with their practices that we long to learn. (Recipe below!)
—Megan Martin
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Saturday
May052012
One recent weekend in the early morning hours, I spent some time with Janine and Jake, a couple of young Aussies living in Vancouver. She likes to bake and he likes to paint. We enjoyed a cup of coffee on the hood of their car as the fog rolled in and then returned to their home to enjoy some of Janine’s home baked banana bread. (Recipe below!)
—Claudette
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Friday
May042012
The ultimate haven from supermarket chains, Le Marché St. George, recently hosted an olive oil tasting in conjunction with the Creaza family (behind the incredible Messors company) in the backyard of their Vancouver outpost. The olive oil is considered to be the shop’s best-kept secret, bottled from their expansive olive groves in the southern heel of Italy.
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Thursday
May032012
Our San Francisco brunch was a whirlwind of flowers, fresh market goods, delicious food, and good conversation, all shared at the corner Heirloom Café on a perfectly sunny day. We had such a nice time meeting all the SF folk, and couldn't have been more delighted by the variety of generous locals that pitched in to help with the gathering. We are so grateful to all who participated and contributed to make it a special event!
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Thursday
May032012
Monosquare is a carefully curated collection of household goods and accessories that are both beautifully designed and masterfully crafted. Focusing on the traditional manufacturing processes from various locations in Japan, their artifacts are made using skills and techniques passed down for generations over hundreds of years. Their goal is to represent craftsmen, artisans and independent designers while bringing unique items from small villages across Japan to a new audience.
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Tuesday
May012012
Elizabeth Street Cafe, a hybrid of Vietnamese and French fares popped onto the Austin, Texas scene recently from the folks behind Lambert's, Perla's and the newly opened Fresa's. The design of the space, with ample outdoor seating for the long Austin summers, not to mention the bright color spectrum in the building and decor nod toward the tropics.
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