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Valentine’s Day Food Gifts

by Maggie Battista
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Relationships are difficult. And they get only more complicated around the month of February, mais oui? My February holds two trips: a week in New York City and the start of a three-week trip to Paris. I also have a big birthday that, due to travel plans, will be spent away from my husband. Yes…

Fig and Vanilla Vodka

by Maggie Battista
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I’m no stranger to infused booze. In fact, during a month when I’ve spent every free moment (quite happily) packing holiday gift boxes and planning our winter tasting programs, you could say that infused booze and I are best friends forever. My cocktail of choice these days is either straight Champagne or little more than

Homemade English Toffee

by AJ Simone
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I delight in AJ’s lovely blog Handjobs for the Home, and we’ve been chit-chatting about working together for a while. Lucky for us, AJ has a family toffee recipe that should be on your cookie swap rotation. Please give a warm welcome to AJ! -Maggie The cold weather is rushing into New York like a

Homemade Marshmallows

by Denise Woodward & Laudalino Ferreira
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The holidays are a time for caring as well as sharing.  At Eat Boutique, I feel that each of us takes that extra step when sharing.  This holiday season we are sharing a virtual “sweet” exchange with all of you.  I tossed around the idea of cookies, but, then decided to make something I really

Ginger Bars

by Jill Chen
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Holiday baking season has officially begun and we’re excited to share so many handmade food gifts over the next several weeks. The Eat Boutique team has put together a lovely line up of blog posts, including several great cocktails we’ll share later in the month. First up, these ginger bars are a delicious and different

Sparking Cocktails in Progress

by Maggie Battista
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It’s December 1st and, certainly, it’s busy. We’re in the final planning moments of our second local market, a Holiday Local Market taking place next week. I’m sourcing ribbon to wrap your market food gifts, creating hang tags for those gifts, speaking to food makers about final details and even signing on some wonderful last

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

Eat Boutique Holiday Gift Boxes

by Maggie Battista
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I am deep in holiday planning mode at Eat Boutique and we’ve got boxes stacked everywhere. (That’s our new Holiday Breakfast Gift Box pictured above.) At the end of today though, I’ll start baking, prepping, decorating and, let’s not kid each other, drinking for Thanksgiving. My menu is highly collaborative this year, just the way

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…

Balsamic Glaze

by Jill Chen
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Thank you, Maggie. Thank you for introducing me to this beautiful dark molasses-like syrup. It never occurred to me to make this, and it’s so simple too. It now sits in a bottle on my kitchen shelf, ready for anything. Intensely flavored, balsamic glaze is simply a reduction of balsamic vinegar with a little sugar.

Concord Grape Jelly and Juice

by Heidi Murphy
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Heidi contacted me a few months ago. We met up for lunch, with cocktails of course, and the rest is history. She now photographs our gift boxes and, as a wedding photographer, knows how to capture such perfect moments in food too. I’m so happy to know her, and to have her share her family

Pear Liqueur

by Denise Woodward & Laudalino Ferreira
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Yesterday was National Food Day, and we had a lovely time participating in the Boston Food Swappers‘ community-sourced potluck in Boston. I was one of the judges, and everything was just delicious. I hope the winner enjoyed our Eat Boutique gift box! Still, I couldn’t get my mind off of this Pear Liqueur made all

Eat Boutique Fall Gift Boxes

by Maggie Battista
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Oh my, when did Fall show up? Believe me, I love Fall more than a big bowl of spaghetti carbonara from Sportello Boston (which is suddenly off the menu, what’s up with that?!) but one day it was 85 degrees and today it’s cold and rainy and crimson leaves dot the path to the garden.

Zucchini Corn Relish

by Jill Chen
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Over the course of the next several months, we’re going to be sharing so many food gift ideas. Jill emailed me with this wonderful idea for a zucchini corn relish that lets you preserve late Summer flavors and store it away for a future meal or a great holiday gift. So gather up all the

Homemade Granola

by Karen Covey
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I met Karen at a food writer dinner earlier this year and now, lucky me, we’re friends. When she offered to profile The Wicked Oyster, I jumped on the opportunity to share the Cape Cod gem with all of you. This place is wonderful, kind of like Karen’s site, Gourmet Recipes for One. Karen’s easy

A Berkshires Trip and Eat Boutique’s New Apron

by Maggie Battista
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While out in the Berkshires this weekend, I had a lot of time to think because, gosh, it takes nearly three hours to get out there from Boston. I thought about how Williamstown, Massachusetts – my destination and a paradise-like country nook I called home in the late 1990s – was the perfect blend of

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