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Holiday Local Market Recap

by Maggie Battista
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Wow, it’s hard to believe that our Holiday Local Market was last month. On December 10th, more than 600 of you enjoyed handmade food samples and carefully chose from all those special items for holiday gifts. All the food makers were so pleased to meet you – thank you for spending time with us, tasting

Shucked by Erin Byers Murray

by Shelby Larsson
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I remember the first time I saw the Island Creek Oyster boys. It was at black-tie affair and I was feeling rather out of place. But there, in the corner, were a trio of tanned, scruffy guys, who had obviously tried to clean themselves up for the night. They were standing behind a wooden boat,

Holiday Local Market: The Food Makers

by Maggie Battista
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I’m beaming! The Eat Boutique Holiday Local Market is this Saturday, December 10 and I couldn’t be more excited to meet you all. Behind the scenes, I’ve been making hang tags for the gift wrapping station, making up batches of gift boxes, and printing signs for our (count ‘em!) 15 food makers. I thought it

Rosie’s Award-Winning Brownies {a giveaway}

by Shelby Larsson
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Shelby’s assignment was tough: Make a glorious recipe from Judy Rosenberg’s new cookbook and share it with us. It’s a tough job but she did it well. And we’re offering a giveaway of this very book down below, so read further for details. Thanks! -Maggie When you think of holiday baking, your mind likely veers

Holiday Local Market Update

by Maggie Battista
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Gosh, has it been almost three months since our Fall Local Market? The time just flies by when you’ve been: Attending the New York Food and Wine Festival Finalizing holiday gift boxes of handmade food Meeting new food makers in New York, Maine, New Hampshire and Bermuda Cooking for 12 at Thanksgiving, all on the

Honey Saffron Ginger Cocktail

by Maggie Battista
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This time last year, some tough news hit my family. I was in the midst of so many good things – finally feeling my way through my Paris gig and loving all things Paris, prepping for a wonderful Eat Boutique holiday gift box season, tasting treats from a variety of emerging food makers, planning our

Holiday Local Market Volunteers

by Maggie Battista
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It’s been a few weeks since I last posted but I promise, it’s for good reason. I’m deep in planning on our December Holiday Local Market. So deep. The Market and all of our holiday gift box preparation is making for long hours not doing the thing I love: writing! Instead of writing, I’m tasting…

Eat Boutique Holiday Local Market

by Maggie Battista
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This past weekend, New England was blanketed with a layer of wet, heavy snow. Despite it being just plain wrong for the snow to make such an early appearance, the chilly air and light coat of white made me so excited for the holidays. Why? Well, I’ve got a couple pieces of good news… First,

Eat Boutique Local Market: Martha’s Photos (Recap #2)

by Maggie Battista
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To further showcase the awesomeness of the food community, I wanted to share Martha’s photos of our first Eat Boutique Local Market on September 24th. The most popular question from our event was: “When will you host the next Local Market?” Well, thank you for asking! The simple posing of the question is a huge

Eat Boutique Local Market: Brian’s Photos (Recap #1)

by Maggie Battista
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I’m in a bit of a haze today, a happy haze. More than 300 people attended Eat Boutique’s first Local Market in Boston yesterday. I think I speak for everyone on the Eat Boutique team by saying, THANK YOU! We were delighted to meet so many people who are passionate about beautifully-packaged, handmade food. We