We'd like to offer a hearty congratulations to our friend Jean Aw at NOTCOT for launching her new food site, Tastespotting. Tastespotting is basically like NOTCOT.org which compiles great finds contributed by readers, but deals exclusively with food and food…
Continue Reading →I have been looking forward to the launch of Hello Delicious for some time, and want to congratulate Lilly and Jose for creating a great site with great goals and lots of promise. Hello Delicious is not just an online…
Continue Reading →Miam-Miam has topped their mug that design people have been blogging about for months with Cappuccino Towers. It's like the Tiffany box for coffee lovers. Pretty white porcelain and stainless-steel bands make for good looks, but the tower of compartments…
Continue Reading →Treleela, a total-experience tea, is a take-anywhere treat. This boutique tea line by Ineeka integrates innovative design, responsible philosophies and superior flavor into one cool package. These aren't you grandma's tea bags"“ the Treleela Pochettes are made to replicate the…
Continue Reading →If you go to one restaurant in Miami, make sure it's Wish. Wish is in The Hotel in South Beach, and it impressed Josh and I in a way restaurants rarely do. The atmosphere had that classy, yet South Beach…
Continue Reading →MKS Design, a furniture design studio run by Adam Simha in Cambridge, MA launched a line of custom knives for even the most discerning chef. Sprouting from his knowledge of industrial (mostly steel) furniture design, Adam's commitment to quality and…
Continue Reading →I am a self-professed tea drinker, always have been. While I don't mind stirring my sugar or honey into my tea with a spoon, I am definitely impressed with Anna Gram's Ceramic For Mix teacup design. Obviating the need to…
Continue Reading →On new year's eve, I chose to drink Vodka 14 martinis instead of champagne-- all thanks to our friends Mitch and Matt Baris, the father-son duo behind Vodka 14 (and my friend Jenna who was mixing the drinks). I actually…
Continue Reading →Everyone who enjoys wine hopefully knows that wine tastes better when it has been aerated. Aeration basically exposes more of the volume of the wine to the air, allowing the vino to 'breathe,' thus counteracting the tannins in the wine.…
Continue Reading →Pronounced Ve-lo-chay, Veloce Coffee is a relatively young coffee company possessing all of what I look for in a coffee brand. All of Veloce's coffee is hand roasted in small batches, each batch hand perfected by their roasters to ensure…
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