Eating Local
When you are shopping for food and eating out on Nantucket this summer, you’re likely to come across stickers and signs picturing a craftily drawn barn encircled by the words “Nantucket Grown™.” It’s...
View ArticleArtisans at Nantucket’s Weekly Farmers Market
In “Eating Local” I talked a good deal about the farms on Nantucket, but the weekly Farmers and Artisans Market organized and run by Sustainable Nantucket offers more than just fresh produce – there...
View ArticleShopping Around Nantucket: June 2012
Nantucket has so many great shops and galleries, and I love browsing through them when I have the time. Here are a few things that have caught my eye during recent excursions in town: Wine bags at...
View ArticleBeautiful Strawberries (and More) at Annye’s Whole Foods
Tired of the supermarket’s cardboard strawberries and missing the beautiful flavor of berries that are real (i.e., not genetically modified for shelf life)? Here’s your chance — yesterday afternoon, I...
View Article“Event Under the Tent” is On This Weekend
The 21st Annual Nantucket Folk Art & Artisan Show (known as “Event Under the Tent”) is being held this weekend at Bartlett’s Farm. This juried show, presented by Small Friends on Nantucket and...
View ArticleShopping Around Nantucket: July 2012
Nantucket has so many great shops and galleries, and I love browsing through them when I have the time. Here are a few things that have caught my eye during recent excursions on the island: Mini Oil...
View ArticleLinden Sea Botanicals
Wandering through the Sustainable Nantucket Farmers and Artisans Market a few weeks ago, I was pleasantly surprised to run into Lindsey Toft, who I’d first met a year ago when she was working in...
View ArticleCrystal Cartier Photography at the Hostetler Gallery
Stepping into the Hostetler Gallery (42 Centre Street), one is struck immediately by the sensual warmth of the space. David Hostetler’s powerful sculptures, paintings, and prints celebrating female...
View ArticleThe Lockhart Collection and Thomas Henry Gallery
Some things just go together beautifully: Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys, Sancerre and goat cheese (or would you rather chocolate and peanut butter?)…..anyway,...
View ArticleSmall Town Girl Taylor Cullen Makes Delicious Confections and Much, Much More
One day a few months ago, as I waited for my take-out at Pi Pizzeria, I happened to notice a small chocolate-brown box with artistically scrawled writing on the label. Taking a closer look, I divined...
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