Monthly Archives: November 2011

holiday party dobbin mews

FRIENDS! The creatives of Dobbin Mews are hosting a PAR-TAY and holiday sale at our studio space next Friday evening, December 9th from 5-9pm. Please join us for a drink and check out our wares: flower arrangements, wreaths, scarves, jewelry, ceramics and more! Lovely hand-made things to buy for your friends, colleagues, and sweetie.

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gluten free hot date cake with toffee sauce

When you can’t eat gluten, it’s quite a lucky thing to have friends that enjoy experimenting in the kitchen. My colleague, neighbor, and buddy–prop and food stylist Martha Bernabe–is one of those dear people. I think she enjoys the challenge of converting her arsenal of recipes into Celiac-friendly treats and takes pride in the ‘normal’ eater not noticing that she has. I am surely thankful for her efforts and so it was appropriate that I [...]

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Last year around this time I went on an off-the-beaten-path tour of Jamaica for the London Sunday Times Travel magazine. Jamaica has always been one of my favorite Caribbean islands because I’m so readily drawn in by it’s uniquely strong culture (of course with a serious skew toward the food). We all know and love jerk, some of us maybe even ackee and saltfish, breadfruit, and callaloo. But after traveling to Jamaica on three occasions, [...]

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