High-end restaurant (and occasional normal person) supplier Natoora is running a genius promo for Valentine’s Day this year. Instead of the typical bouquet of roses or other flowers, Natoora is pushing an assortment of beautiful radicchio instead. It’s an edible arrangement of sorts, but much better than some fruit on a stick. I’m already on the record here as being a huge lover of Castelfranco Radicchio (that’s the red-speckled yellow leaves in the picture), so it makes sense that this appeals to me. But honestly, I think anyone looking for something different would also love this. There’s one hiccup though: it’s currently only available in the U.K. That said, recreating this idea with a mix of colorful radicchio from local grocers such as Cafasso’s Fairway and Alma Gourmet is totally doable if you start ordering now.
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Gorgeous packaging aside, the crew behind Forest Floor makes some of the best mushroom chocolates I’ve ever had, often in limited run flavors like banana and black sesame or peppermint leaf and brown sugar. A few weeks back, they added infused jellies with similarly eclectic ingredients to their offerings, and I am very excited to try them. There’s no website, so DM them on Instagram for their Signal details. (You can say Gossamer sent you.)
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We haven’t recommended too many products from Houseplant, the Seth Rogen-owned cannabis lifestyle company, here over the years. Generally speaking, I think we’ve both assumed readers would discover them on their own, as well as, if I’m being honest, balked at some of the prices. So let that be my caveat before recommending this $500 side table (not much for some, a lot for others), that features a smart hidden stash compartment in what surely will be the brightest object in the room. Available to pre-order now for delivery in June, the orange enamel-finished table is perfect for the right home. It’s fun and functional, much like the highs that potentially come with it.
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The Museum of the Moving Image, my second-favorite museum in Queens, has a Sopranos exhibition coming up that pulls from show creator David Chase’s personal archive, including scripts, notes, and production drawings for the Bada Bing, Satriale’s, the Soprano house, Melfi’s office, and more. It’s funny, I feel like The Sopranos is a cultural constant—daily memes, references, someone’s always rewatching it, etc. But this is the first exhibition that I’m aware of that puts it on the level of art it’s widely considered to be. The show opens February 14th (don’t forget to bring your box of radicchio), and there will be episodes from season three with Chase, Edie Falco, Dominic Chianese, Stevie Van Zandt, and Annabella Sciorra at the end of the month.
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I’ve now seen Ragtime at Lincoln Center twice and would happily consider a third, which feels like the right number of times to see something so riveting. (I also cried both times.) I went in mostly blind the first time—I knew very little about it and was there on the recommendation of my musical theater-obsessed best friend. I left in awe of how current it felt. The performances are extraordinary across the board, but Joshua Henry, Nishelle Lewis, and Brandon Uranowitz are doing something particularly remarkable. If you’re poking around for tickets, the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center is pretty intimate, which means you’d be hard-pressed to find a bad seat in the house. Lastly, whether or not you’re interested or even able to attend, this New York Times profile about Uranowitz, who starred in the original 1996 Toronto production as a child, was then replaced for its Broadway run and now returns in the pivotal role of Tateh, is worth reading.
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