| | Last Chance! Chocoholics alert Join us on Thursday, November 8, at 3:00 p.m. for a special chocolate tasting at America's Test Kitchen in Brookline, Massachusetts, home to public television's most watched cooking program.  Our event includes a private tour with Lisa McManus, senior editor of Cook's Illustrated, followed by a tasting of a variety of dark chocolates. Using the same process as professional cooks, guests will be asked to determine which chocolate is preferred and why, make comments, rate chocolate, and consider what type of chocolate is best for a chocolate chip cookie, a brownie, a cake, chocolate ice cream, and many more chocolate items.
Thanks to the generosity of America's Test Kitchen, the price is fully tax deductible and includes the tour and tasting, current issues of Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country magazines, and a copy of America's Best Lost Recipes: 121 Kitchen-Tested Heirloom Recipes Too Good to Forget. Proceeds from the event support Historic New England's America's Kitchens Project, which investigates the history of the kitchen and its emergence as the symbolic center of family life. Tickets for this exclusive tour and tasting are $150. Space is limited. To reserve your space, please contact Melinda Cheston at 617-227-3957, ext. 247 or click here. | | Examining the evidence  This fall, members of Historic New England's carpentry crew spent a morning with architectural historian Abbott Lowell Cummings and Carey Carson, vice president (retired), Research Division, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, at the seventeenth-century Boardman House to investigate architectural evidence and answer questions regarding the age of the lean-to on the property.
The meeting was requested by Carson and Cummings in order to study feather-edged molding on the sheathing boards that separate the interior spaces in the lean-to and determine whether these boards date from the 1690s or are later additions. Architectural evidence suggests the current lean-to replaced an earlier one at a yet unknown point in time. The next step is to explore the use of dendrochronology to verify the dates of the rafters in the lean-to. | | Auction action Start your holiday shopping on November 16, when Historic New England's online auction opens with a great assortment of gifts for your friends and family. You may even find something for yourself! There are great trips, fine dining, private tours, and gift certificates. Savor a tasting menu for four at Sasso Restaurant, learn from an hour-long session with renovation consultant and former This Old House producer Bruce Irving, enjoy an after work pool party at Jillian's Boston, treat your creative side to a weeklong summer workshop at Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown , or build your dream house with custom designed plans by Early New England Home Designs, valued at $5,000. Mark your calendars and get ready to bid. The auction ends December 13. | | Plant of the month Phalaenopsis orchid, commonly called Moth Orchird is this month's special purchase available at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses.  Native to Southeast Asia, they are among the easiest orchids to grow, and flowers can last three to six months. These plants should be grown in bright diffuse light, kept evenly moist, and have nighttime temperatures of 60ยบ F. The greenhouses have a large selection of small and large plants ready to bloom all fall and winter. Prices range from $25 to $35. Learn how to grow orchids at the upcoming Beginning Orchid Growing workshop on November 16.
The greenhouses are open Monday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. on Thursdays). For more information call 781-891-4882, ext. 244. Historic New England members receive a 10% discount, and Garden & Landscape members receive a 15% discount at the Lyman Estate Greenhouses. For Garden and Landscape membership information click here. | | Historic bauble  This charming ornament is based on the elegant Palladian window at Historic New England's 1793 Lyman Estate. The glass ornament is hand blown by artisans in Poland and hand painted. The ornament is a second limited edition piece, in a continuing series of ornaments based on Historic New England's properties. A Roseland Cottage ornament is also available. To order call 617-227-3956, ext. 237, or visit the museum shop. The Palladian window ornament is 3.5 W x 3.75 H x 1.5 D. Price is $37.50. Historic New England member price is $33.75.
| | Dairy downtown  From Dairy to Doorstep: Milk Delivery in New England, 1860-1960 is on view through January 20, at the Adams Gallery at Suffolk University Law School. The exhibition tells of the rise and eventual decline of the milkman through historic photographs, advertisements and artifacts, such as signs, uniforms, old-time glass milk bottles, gadgets for separating cream, and toys.
If you cannot make it to the Adams Gallery, visit the exhibition online by clicking here. | | | Program Highlights Help for the Housewife Saturday, November 10, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.; Phillips House, Salem, Mass.; 978-744-0440; Admission: $15 Historic New England members, $20 non-members; Registration required. Explore the lives of the men and women who made life in the great houses on Chestnut Street possible. Come and hear Merrill Kohlhofer relate the stories of the Irish domestics who lived and worked in the Phillips House. Then join Stephanie Hebert in a special cellar to third floor housework tour. Climb the servants' stairs to their living quarters. Go behind the scenes to see workspaces and household appliances. Learn why they said, "A housewife's work is never done!" Portsmouth Furniture Saturday, November 17, 10:00 a.m.; Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, N.H.; 603-436-3205; Free Historic New England members, $6 non-members; Registration required. Tour the Rundlet-May House and learn about the Federal style furniture and decorative techniques that were popular when the house was built in 1807. The tour explores the boom of the economy and prosperity at the turn of the nineteenth century in Portsmouth, to the decline during the Jefferson Embargo and War of 1812. Thanksgiving Farmers' Market Sunday, November 18, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.; Casey Farm, Saunderstown, R.I. Free. Don't miss this great opportunity to pick up all the trimmings for your big feast. For information on other Historic New England programs click here. | | Sincerely, Historic New England 617-227-3956 | | |
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| | Historic New England members' party at the Lyman Estate on December 11. Annual Book Prize Award ceremony and lecture at the Omni Parker House on December 13. | |
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