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Welcome To
Luxury Experience
March 2024 Features
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Performances
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The Legend of Georgia McBride
at the Music
Theatre of Connecticut (MTC) in Norwalk, Connecticut is proof that life does not always follow our carefully designed
plans. When Casey, an Elvis impersonator at a down-and-out bar in
Florida, played with great aplomb by Clint Hromsco, finds himself
soon to be out of a job with a wife and a baby on the way, he is forced to make
a career decision when the bar becomes a drag show club. The result is
downright hilarious at times as Miss Tracy Mills, played to perfection
by Russell Saylor, coaches Casey into his new role as a
drag queen, yet the play goes deeper than the surface and provides glimpses
into the multi-layered lives of the people behind the drag. Directed by Kevin
Connors, rounding out the impressive cast are Diva Lamarr
as Rexy/Jason, Teagan La'Shay as Jo, and Scott
Mikita as Eddie, the club owner.
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Restaurants
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The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood in the Rowayton
neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut is located directly
on the water on the Five Mile River and has been attracting
seafood lovers since Kevin Conroy purchased the restaurant in
1996. Stunning water views, an excellent seafood selection, an inviting
ambience, along with outstanding service make the award-winning restaurant a continual
standout. Whether you opt for a leisurely weekend Brunch, for a delectable
lunch during the week, or arrive in the evening to enjoy dinner and an
incredible sunset over the river, The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood will
totally enchant and engage your senses. Bon Appetit!
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Luxury Products
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If you love
Middle Eastern cuisine, Lebanese Cooking by Madelain Farah
& Leila Habib-Kirske published
by Hatherleigh Press is a great reference as it has more than 185
simple, delicious, and authentic recipes in its chapters on Sauces, Bread
& Bread Dishes, Soups, Salads, Fish, Entrées, Kibbi, Mihshi, Rice Dishes,
Vegetarian Dishes, Laban (Yogurt) Dishes, Condiments, and Desserts &
Beverages. Originally written by Madelain Farah in 1972 to honor recipes
from her mother, the book was updated and expanded in 2023 by Madelain Farah's
daughter, Leila Habib-Kirske. Written with love with delectable recipes and
stunning photographs, this cookbook is a treasure for Middle Eastern cuisine.
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Luxury Products
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A
Touch of Salt by Barbara Bates Conroy is a
gorgeous coffee table book that tells the intriguing tale of The Restaurant at Rowayton Seafood in the Rowayton
neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut along with the rich
history of the area's lobstermen and oystermen. Stunning photographs and Barbara's
evocative writing captures the imagination, and the fabulous recipes also
entice the reader to keep turning the pages. Two of our favorite recipes from
the book are the Lobster Mac and Cheese, and Seared Salmon with
Orange Sauce. Barbara graciously shares the recipe for Seared Salmon
with Orange Sauce to tempt your palate.
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Acclaimed
chef and restaurateur Chef Marc Murphy, who Chopped and Food Network fans know as a judge and the chef who tells cooks to "season with
authority," now makes it easier than ever for home cooks to do exactly that
with his spice collection from Burlap & Barrel: Single
Origin Spices. A trio of
delectable spices, Chef Marc Murphy's Season with Authority Collection
includes Chef's Best Friend a mélange of NY salt and Zanzibar
black pepper, Riveira - Mediterranean Herbs & Chili,
an enticing blend of rosemary, hyssop thyme, oregano buds, and silk chili, and Surf
‘N' Turf - Peppercorns, Garlic & Seaweed, a heady
aromatic blend of black lime, garlic, black pepper, salt, oregano buds,
fermented white pepper, and wild Icelandic kelp. Easy to use, easy to love, and
easy to "Season with Authority" just like Chef Marc Murphy.
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Wine Cellar
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Masottina Viaventi Rosé Brut Millesimato, Prosecco Rosé DOC 2022 from Treviso, Italia is
the perfect "bubbly" to commemorate life's everyday celebrations. Why drink
bubbly only on special occasions when life is an adventure that should be
celebrated daily. Masottina Viaventi Rosé Brut Millesimato, Prosecco Rosé DOC
2022 is like tasting Italy in a bottle and with only 11% alcohol, it makes for
a perfect lower alcohol beverage. Cheers!
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Music Scene
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The latest release Mike Zito - Life Is
Hard is an extraordinary release, which coming
from a multi-Blues Music Award winner, is saying a lot, but it is resounding.
Cut from the cloth of bare emotions and using the Blues to express those
feeling is a true mastery of your craft.
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Music Scene
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The release Kevin Burt &
Big Medicine - Thank You Brother Bill: A Tribute to Bill Withers is a tribute to
the singer, storyteller, writer, and legend Bill Withers. To tackle a project
of this magnitude takes a focus beyond music, it requires an understanding and the ability to capture the purpose that
Bill Withers embodied in his music when written and performed. Keving mastered
this tribute to Bill Withers and showed an unmatched level of respect for the
legend; a must-experience release.
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Music Scene
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The release of Patti Parks - Come Sing With Me marks the second
release on the VizzTone label and features
a Who's Who of musicians, including a couple duets with Multi-Blues
Music Award winner Johnny
Rawls, who also plays guitar on three tracks. The release contains 10
refreshing new songs that sway from ballad poignant tracks, to blazing tracks,
to down home Blues; Patti Parks - Come Sing With Me has it all.
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Restaurants
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Red Horse by David Burke in White Plains, New York continues Chef Burke's long
tradition of culinary excellence. Described as a "Modern American Steakhouse
and Sushi Bar," Red Horse by David Burke features a stunning horse-themed
ambience as a visual showcase to the restaurant's creative and delectable
cuisine. Located in The Opus Westchester, Red Horse by
David Burke has enough diversity on the menu to appeal to a variety of
palates for family dining and is stylish enough to make it a perfect date night
or special occasion restaurant.
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Luxury Products
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We admit
it, we love fresh ground cracked black pepper and use it on, and in, everything
we eat or cook. While we love grinding our own black pepper, our challenge has
been to find the perfect pepper mill. Throughout the years we have accumulated a
diverse collection of pepper mills in all sizes, shapes, and materials, and in
all price ranges. While perfectly fine to use tableside, using them for cooking
purposes presented more of a challenge when we wanted more finely ground black
pepper. When we recently "discovered" the PepperMate
Pepper Mill, we found it to be
the perfect pepper mill solution.
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Restaurants
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Situated
along the river in Hoboken, New Jersey, the restaurant Halifax
has a cool and contemporary stunning urban vibe
that pairs beautifully with Executive Chef Seadon Shouse's
creative, inspired, and exquisite cuisine. Handcrafted cocktails with housemade
ingredients, a stellar wine by the bottle list, as well wines by the glass,
make Halifax a standout. If Halifax in Hoboken, New Jersey
is not yet on your culinary radar of exceptional places to dine, it should be! Bon
Appetit!
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Although Chef Seadon Shouse
went to culinary school, in a way his training began back in rural Novia
Scotia, Canada where he grew up fishing, foraging, and planting. For a chef,
there could not be a better foundation than an appreciation, respect, and
passion for the food he creates from an early age. His cookbook and memoir, From The Hill By The Sea - A
Book by Seadon Shouse
is filled with wonderful recipes,
beautiful photographs, and interesting stories about growing up, fishing, and
foraging in Nova Scotia with his sister and his dad. As the Executive Chef at Halifax restaurant
in Hoboken, New Jersey, Seadon Shouse delivers his creative
cuisine from the cookbook to the table with love. Until you can visit the
restaurant and taste his cuisine personally, the book is a perfect gift for
foodies, foragers, and lovers of a good story.
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Liquor Cabinet
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Could there
be any better job than being a spirits' judge? We lent our spirits knowledge as
well as our palates to act as judges for the 25th anniversary
of the Great International Beer, Cider, Mead & Sake
Competition held on Saturday,
November 4, 2023, in the Magnificent Room at The SoNo
Collection in South Norwalk, Connecticut! Over the course of four hours, we, along with our fellow judges, tasted
products in assigned categories in a blind tasting, with winners awarded at the
end of the competition. Cheers!
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As a dedicated
fan of Downtown Abbey and The Gilded Age, I fell in love with The Gilded Age Cookbook - Recipes and Stories from
America's Golden era by Becky Libourel Diamond. While the recipes are
wonderful, it is her carefully researched stories behind the recipes, along
with stunning photographs and vintage art, that make her cookbook such a
treasure. The cookbook makes a perfect gift for foodies as well as history
fans.
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