Cultural Affairs
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PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT HERE 2 BOSTON MARCH 2009 Cultural Affairs m o ROCKING ROOTS Looking like you spend half a grand every eight weeks on highlights is out. Far more accept- able: looking like you used to. Distribution of Funds The Consumer Index What the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and otherwise obsessing over this month.* * trust us. you’ll like this stuff. FLATTENED FISH EGGS Sold in bright orange blocks, bottarga—pressed, cured tuna or mullet roe—is shaved, truffle-style, onto pasta to lend a buttery, anchovylike flavor. “Poor man’s caviar,” some call it, making it utterly of-the- moment. Spaghetti with clams, fennel-tomato broth, and bottarga at Erbaluce, $22. k WINDOW PEEPING The displays at cheeky lingerie shop agent provocateur (123 Newbury) blend wicked humor, red-light-district salaciousness, and opera-quality production values. Just looking, $0. n Rusted patio lounger, begone! Mark that freshly shoveled parking spot in style with a sleek plastic chair...or, you know, decorate your house with it. Starting at $120 at Design Within Reach. Nothing’s worse than getting blindsided by icky filling in a truffle. (Orange crème? No thanks!) Candy Island Confections’ cream bark doesn’t hide its ingre- dients (hazelnuts, raspber- ries, cookies), which happen to be addictive. Whole Foods, $5.99 for 8 oz. “Mahjong,” a massive exhibit of subversive chinese art, makes its only East Coast stop at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum. Chair- man Mao would not be amused. Starts 2/21, pem.org; $15. Spendy repasts feel so gauche—at least in public. The solution: a luxe italian feast for four, cooked by Bina Osteria chef Brian Konefal in the comfort (and privacy) of your The asymmetrical shape will be everywhere come March. Which is why we’re getting a jump on it with this Vera Wang Lavender cotton-poly dress. Stil, $438. ASIAN POP-AGANDA SECRET SPLURGING SHOULDER NUDITY SWEET SEATS r m o total= $517.44 total= $517.44 total= $1,300.99 l n k q p Scale of Indulgence naughty nice k r l o q p n m a draw p r l FULL-DISCLOSURE CONFECTIONERY q
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W hat the Connoisseur staff is buying, wearing, eating, watching, reading, coveting, craving, fetishizing, and other wise obsessing over this month.* Looking like you spend half a grand every eight weeks on highlights is out. Far more accept- able: looking like you used to.
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2bostonMarch2009
Cultural Affairs
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ROCKING ROOTSLooking like you spend half a grand every eight weeks on highlights is out. Far more accept-able: looking like you used to.
Distribution of Funds TheConsumer IndexW hat the Connoisseur staff is buying , wearing , eating , watching , reading , coveting , craving , fetishizing , and other wise obsessing over this month.*
* trust us. you’ll like this stuff.
flaTTeNed fISH eGGSSold in bright orange blocks, bottarga—pressed, cured
tuna or mullet roe—is shaved, truffle-style, onto pasta to lend a buttery, anchovylike flavor.
“Poor man’s caviar,” some call it, making it utterly of-the-
moment. Spaghetti with clams, fennel-tomato broth, and
bottarga at Erbaluce, $22.
k
WINdOW PeePING
The displays at cheeky lingerie shop agent provocateur (123 Newbury) blend wicked humor, red-light-district salaciousness, and opera-quality production values. Just looking, $0.
n
Rusted patio lounger, begone! Mark that freshly shoveled parking spot in style with a sleek plastic chair...or, you know, decorate your house with it. Starting at $120 at Design Within Reach.
Nothing’s worse than getting blindsided by icky filling in a truffle. (Orange
crème? No thanks!) Candy Island Confections’ cream
bark doesn’t hide its ingre-dients (hazelnuts, raspber-
ries, cookies), which happen to be addictive. Whole
Foods, $5.99 for 8 oz.
“Mahjong,” a massive exhibit of subversive
chinese art, makes its only East Coast stop
at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum. Chair-man Mao would not be
amused. Starts 2/21, pem.org; $15.
Spendy repasts feel so gauche—at least in public. The solution: a luxe italian feast for four, cooked by Bina Osteria chef Brian Konefal in the comfort (and privacy) of your
The asymmetrical shape will be everywhere come March. Which is why we’re getting a jump on it with this Vera Wang Lavender cotton-poly dress. Stil, $438.
aSIaN POP-aGaNda
SeCReT SPluRGING
SHOuldeR NudITY
SWeeT SeaTS
r
mo
total=$517.44
total=$517.44total=
$1,300.99
ln
kq
p
Scale of Indulgence
naughty nice
krl oq pnm
a draw
p r
l full-dISClOSuRe CONfeCTIONeRY
q
ph
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ph
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4bostonMarch2009
Cultural Affairs
m o
ROCKING ROOTSLooking like you spend half a grand every eight weeks on highlights is out. Far more accept-able: looking like you used to.
Distribution of Funds TheConsumer IndexW hat the Connoisseur staff is buying , wearing , eating , watching , reading , coveting , craving , fetishizing , and other wise obsessing over this month.*
* trust us. you’ll like this stuff.
flaTTeNed fISH eGGSSold in bright orange blocks, bottarga—pressed, cured
tuna or mullet roe—is shaved, truffle-style, onto pasta to lend a buttery, anchovylike flavor.
“Poor man’s caviar,” some call it, making it utterly of-the-
moment. Spaghetti with clams, fennel-tomato broth, and
bottarga at Erbaluce, $22.
k
WINdOW PeePING
The displays at cheeky lingerie shop agent provocateur (123 Newbury) blend wicked humor, red-light-district salaciousness, and opera-quality production values. Just looking, $0.
n
Rusted patio lounger, begone! Mark that freshly shoveled parking spot in style with a sleek plastic chair...or, you know, decorate your house with it. Starting at $120 at Design Within Reach.
Nothing’s worse than getting blindsided by icky filling in a truffle. (Orange
crème? No thanks!) Candy Island Confections’ cream
bark doesn’t hide its ingre-dients (hazelnuts, raspber-
ries, cookies), which happen to be addictive. Whole
Foods, $5.99 for 8 oz.
“Mahjong,” a massive exhibit of subversive
chinese art, makes its only East Coast stop
at Salem’s Peabody Essex Museum. Chair-man Mao would not be
amused. Starts 2/21, pem.org; $15.
Spendy repasts feel so gauche—at least in public. The solution: a luxe italian feast for four, cooked by Bina Osteria chef Brian Konefal in the comfort (and privacy) of your
The asymmetrical shape will be everywhere come March. Which is why we’re getting a jump on it with this Vera Wang Lavender cotton-poly dress. Stil, $438.
aSIaN POP-aGaNda
SeCReT SPluRGING
SHOuldeR NudITY
SWeeT SeaTS
r
mo
total=$517.44
total=$517.44total=
$1,300.99
ln
kq
p
Scale of Indulgence
naughty nice
k p
a draw
p r
l full-dISClOSuRe CONfeCTIONeRY
q
