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...Heck, you might even be able to find it in New York City someday with a track record like that. According to the entry on the HUDS website on Honey Butter, this spiritually satisfying melange of "white clover honey" and "unsalted butter" (which, as anyone who watches the Barefoot Contessa or, God forbid, Paula Deen, knows, ain't the best for you) contains absolutely zero percent of the feared and banned artery clogger...
...have boutiques - particularly around 21st and Main. Now branded a "fashion district" by local style mavens, South Main, or "SoMa," is just what the shopping doctor ordered. Bound for Vancouver and looking for a little Canadian chic? Here's a selection of our favorite SoMa outlets: THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA The slogan of this boutique, live elegantly without going broke, lures SoMa's cost-conscious pretty young things - but there's no reason cashed-up visitors won't also love its whimsical selection of ultra-feminine fashion, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel...
...BAREFOOT CONTESSA The slogan of this boutique, live elegantly without going broke, lures SoMa's cost-conscious pretty young things?but there's no reason cashed-up visitors won't also love its whimsical selection of ultra-feminine fashion, ranging from jeweled knitwear to chiffon shoulder capes. Tel: (1-604) 879 1137; thebarefootcontessa.com...
...TWIGG & HOTTIE Several doors down from the Barefoot Contessa is this modish emporium, established two years ago by Canadian designers Glencora Twigg and Christine Hotton. You'll find many of the country's trendiest labels there, including Peel (skirts printed with cartographic motifs), and punk-inspired jewelry by Whore to the Core. Tel: (1-604) 879 8595; twiggandhottie.com...
Joseph Margliaro describes his Highland Avenue business as an "old-fashioned Italian neighborhood bakery," the lifeblood of local college cannoli fans. La Contessa is a humming factory of sweet morsels like macaroons, almond bars and biscotti which emerge from the barn-sized oven perfectly crispy and begging to be devoured. All of the sumptuous pastries follow traditional recipes which can be traced back to the kings of Italy. Joseph began learning the trade as a young child and has been polishing his baking technique for 68 years (La Contessa itself has been tempting palates for four decades.) While other bakeries...