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Tag: KitchenWares

  • Wreath of the Day – Sharpest Knife in the Drawer

    During wreath making, we cut ribbon, we cut wire, we cut branches, we trim dried materials – we clip and snip at a furious pace, and by the end of the week our tools are dull and pitted. This season, wonderful neighbors Jim and Jennifer Hill, who own the fabulous KitchenWares by Blackstones store at 215 Newbury Street, played Santa and delivered over gift certificates for free sharpening. Because our tools were in storage and not accessible until just before we started, we decided to take advantage of this kindness at the end of the week, so that next year we will begin the season with the sharpest tools available.  We encourage you to visit https://www.kitchenwaresboston.com/ or, if you stop in for holiday shopping, take a moment to thank them for their generosity. Their sister store is Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill, another spot we highly recommend. The wreath pictured below, with its abundance of lotus pods, pine cones, milkweed and peony pods, and other more exotic dried materials, would not be possible without good clippers.

  • Thursday, June 27, 5:30 pm – NABB-Q

    Meet new neighbors and catch up with old friends.  The Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay will hold its annual NABB-Q at the Clarendon Street Playground on Thursday, June 27 from 5:30 until dark.. School’s out and the warm weather has already arrived.  Come celebrate the summer with your neighbors while enjoying hamburgers and hot dogs fresh off the grill, picnic salads and ice cream, at the annual block party.  Adults – $10, children 4 – 12 – $5,  free for ages 1 – 3.  Advance tickets are available online at www.nabbonline.com, and a limited number of tickets will be sold at the gate.  Many thanks to NABB’s primary sponsor Kitchenwares by Blackstones on Newbury Street, and further thanks to generous food donors Shaw’s Back Bay, Ben and Jerry’s on Newbury Street, and Cape Cod Potato Chips.

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  • Thursday, October 13, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Clean Start and Clean Food

    KitchenWares, 215 Newbury Street in Boston, is pleased to have local New England cookbook author Terry Walters back on Thursday, October 13, from 4 – 6, for a second book signing / cooking demo based on her popular books – Clean Start and Clean Food. For this event, Terry will focus her cooking demo on our CSA seasonal produce from Sweet Georgia P’s. Mark Knoblauch writes: “Walters advocates a fully vegan regimen as key to good health. For her, clean food means less processed food, more whole grains, no dairy products, and certainly no meat, but she insists that food offer plenty of appealing, assertive flavors if it is to satisfy consumers. She believes in the healthy virtues of thorough chewing, disciplined eating, and balanced living. These recipes will not surprise those comfortable in a tofu and brown-rice environment, but she contributes some useful new ideas for such dishes as Caesar salad and surprisingly rich chocolate desserts. Some of Walters’ ingredients may be difficult to obtain outside big-city organic markets, but in this age of Internet shopping, online sources are always an option. In a unique approach to book production, each of the four seasons into which the cookbook is divided appears on a different color of paper stock.”

  • Thursday, September 8, 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm – End-of-Summer NABB-Q

    Join the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay on Thursday, September 8 from 5 – 7:30 at the Clarendon Street Playground, on the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth Avenue, for hot dogs, hamburgers, soda, and picnic salads.  See old friends and make new ones.  Tickets may be purchased online at www.nabbonline.com.  Adults $15, children under 12 $5, children ages 1 – 3 free.  Sponsored by KitchenWares by Blackstone’s on Newbury Street.  Thank you, Hill family!