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Archive for February, 2012
Emerald City
1 Waterfall earrings by Piranesi Fine Jewelry with 35.65 ct. cabochon briolette emeralds and 71.23 ct. diamonds ($295,000) are one of a kind. Saks Fifth Avenue, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota (941) 364-5300. 2 Art Deco styling distinguishes sinuous drop earrings of 18K white gold with .67 ct. diamonds and green and black jade ($3,650). Shrode [...]
Read More >>Who’s In Store: Chris Covelli
“This is a chef’s playpen—I even come to cook here on my day off,” declares Christopher Covelli, executive chef and general manager of the breathtaking new Viking Culinary Center in Lakewood Ranch. Indeed, the 4,000-square-foot center’s gourmet retail showroom, Presentation Theater, and hands-on kitchen are all feasts for the eyes. Sign up for a class [...]
Read More >>Insider Shopping: Food, Glorious Food
From farmers’ market-fresh veggies to kitchen equipment emporiums to markets swimming with fresh fish, Sarasota is becoming a foodie’s paradise. We found all sorts of innovative new companies and delicious products, such as Good to be Gluten Free, which sells baked goods and pizzas at the Sarasota Farmer’s Market, and Mote Marine’s caviar, soon to be [...]
Read More >>Arts Capital
Unless I missed the coverage, the death of 94-year-old Alex Steinweiss in Sarasota a few months ago didn’t get much attention in the local press. While Steinweiss wasn’t a household name, he made a major impact on the lives of generations of music lovers. In 1938, while working as an advertising artist for Columbia [...]
Read More >>Hot Dish
Pork belly is the meat of the moment, and one of the tastiest renditions around is Libby’s, which pairs the melt-in-your-mouth pork with kimchi fried rice. (Note: The best fried rice in town comes from a restaurant where the executive chef is Italian!) The dish executes a thrilling balancing act between delicate shitake mushrooms, sweet [...]
Read More >>Top Tickets
Circus Sarasota Hot dogs, cotton candy and thrills provided by comic daredevil Bello Nock, aerialists Dolly Jacobs and Yuri Rijkov, the Shandong Chinese Troupe and other stars fill the Big Top near Ed Smith Stadium in this year’s edition, running Feb. 10-26. 355-9805 or circussarasota.org. Carmen The Sarasota Opera begins its winter season with Bizet’s [...]
Read More >>Noisemaker: Brian Knecht
In the Sarasota County Technical Institute’s gleaming new facility on Beneva Road, Brian Knecht presides over culinary classes for both high school students and adults, in either a two-year program earning college credits or a three-year apprenticeship program sponsored by the American Culinary Federation. “It gives them a real-world experience in a kitchen environment,” [...]
Read More >>On The Homefront
One of the joys of a Florida summer kitchen is winter. True, everything tastes better when it’s cooked outside. But the simplest outdoor meal can seem deliciously decadent when your friends are freezing up North. That’s one reason why the appetite for summer kitchens is growing in Sarasota, from tiny galley kitchens nestled under canvas [...]
Read More >>Neighborhood Watch
Good news for sellers of downtown Sarasota condominiums, says Linda A. Page of Michael Saunders & Company: With just 171 units on the market at year-end, there’s under a year’s worth of inventory; “the lowest for a long time,” she says. “People love the vibrancy of downtown. They’re buying, and they’re staying put,” says Page, [...]
Read More >>Top of The Market
A four-bedroom, five-bath home at 344 W. Royal Flamingo Drive—one of Bird Key’s most coveted streets because of its open bay and sunset views—was the highest-priced Sarasota County home sold in November at $2,675,000. Built in 1998, it went on the market in January 2011 at $3,495,000. The listing agent was Lynn Koy of Coldwell [...]
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