Last weekend I braved the snowstorm and headed over to Blue Hill Stone Barns for Clark Wolf’s lecture about cheese. His new book, American Cheeses, was published this fall.
Eats.com wrote a wonderful review, which I think sums it up best: “The book is not only an introduction to American cheeses, but to the author himself, [...]
Around New Years I always compile a disc of the songs I loved throughout the year. Here is this years list: (Please note these songs were not necessarily recorded or released in 2008, but a lot of them were.)
Ray Lamontagne, You Are the Best Thing
Blitzen Trapper, Furr
Bon Iver, Skinny Love
Coldplay, Viva la Vida
Keaton Simons, Without [...]
I was recently introduced to Blitzen Trapper, a band from my home-state of Oregon. Their newest album, Furr, has been getting a lot of press, most notably by Rolling Stone who ranked it #13 on the list of best albums of 2008.
Rolling Stone calls the music “positively boisterous, jumping from glam-y folk rock to latter-day [...]
This fall I went up to Boston to visit my friends Erica and Daryn. Just down the street from their old apartment in Cambridge a restaurant opened called Garden at the Cellar. They’ve been eating dinner there almost once a week for the past six months, so they took me along to check it out.
The [...]
A few months ago Domino Magazine editors Deborah Needleman, Sara Ruffin Costello and Dara Caponigro released their first design book, Domino: The Book of Decorating. For anyone interested in home decorating, this book is definitely something to add to your library.
Last night I attended the local book release party at Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams hosted [...]
I am completely obsessed with Bon Iver’s new debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago. I happen to be a big fan of slow, mellow music, and this album may be a little too “wrist-slitting” for most people. But, I just can’t stop listening to it.
Here’s a little background on the album from the Bon Iver [...]
Blue Hills Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York is quite possibly one of the most amazing places I’ve ever visited. Not only is the entire place absolutely beautiful, it is considered “the most important and gutsiest restaurant in America right now.”
A few months Oprah Magazine did a wonderful article on the sustainable movement, which highlighted Dan Barber and Stone [...]
I visited the Bruce Museum in Greenwich a few weeks ago for the first time, inspired by an article in The New York Times. The museum is currently hosting an exhibit called Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends and Lovers. Work includes paintings, drawings and sculptures by artists such as Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Max Ernst, Max Beckmann, [...]
