Amateur Gardeners of Milton Club past president Karen Whitney, right, and club historian Brigid O'Donnell, left, are the co-authors of the award-winning cookbook, "Seasoned with Thyme, A Second Time." (Photo © Hilda M. Morrill)

The Amateur Gardeners of Milton recently held their first meeting of the club year at the home of member John Weltman. After a very social coffee hour, president Gayle Davis brought the meeting to order.

The club was recently chosen as the recipient of the cookbook award from the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts during their 80th Annual Meeting. Club past president Karen Whitney and club historian Brigid O'Donnell are the co-authors of the award-winning cookbook, "Seasoned with Thyme, A Second Time."

Club members participate in civic beautification throughout the town and assist community elders with an annual garden-therapy project. The cookbook can be purchased at The Gift Garden, Eagle Farms, Thayer Nursery, Thomas Garden Center, the Milton Hospital Gift Shop and the Carney Hospital Gift Shop.

For more information, please call the club treasurer Jane Howe at 617-696-2099. Congratulations and Best Wishes!

Berklee College to Host Grammy Award–Winning Composer

Music is the perfect medium to tell the controversial story of Margaret Garner, a slave who killed one of her children rather than allow her to be recaptured, and upon whom Toni Morrison's book "Beloved" is based.

Grammy Award–winning composer Richard Danielpour wrote the score for the opera "Margaret Garner," collaborating with Ms. Morrison on the production that has been staged most recently at the New York City Opera.

Berklee College of Music will hold two public discussions with Danielpour titled "The Soul of Margaret Garner: A Personal Journey to Freedom," giving students and the community a unique lesson in the power of song as a humanitarian effort.

The first discussion takes place on Wednesday, October 3, at 7 p.m. at David Friend Recital Hall. The second is scheduled for Thursday, October 4, at 7 p.m., off campus, at Saint Clement Eucharistic Shrine, located in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood and recognized as one of the city's most beautiful and historic churches.

Berklee Voice Department faculty member Diane Richardson will lead a discussion with Danielpour about collaboration and the creative process. This will be followed by a performance of Danielpour's work “Sweet Talk,” four songs based on texts by Toni Morrison. The performance will feature Berklee Voice Department faculty member Kathryn Wright and Piano Department faculty member Jennifer Elowsky-Fox with special guest artists Emmanuel Feldman on cello and Pascale Delache Feldman on bass.

For more information, please call 617-266-1400 or visit www.berklee.edu.

The Taj Boston Supper Club to Close for the Season

On Friday, October 5, in celebration of the first season of The Roof at The Taj Boston, the public is invited to dine and dance at the “Taj Boston Supper Club.” The Roof will then close for the season to reopen next April. Throughout the summer it has been the exclusive setting for special private events.

The Roof on the 17th floor of the landmark 1927 building was the center of Boston’s summer social scene in the Big Band Era of the 1930’s and 1940’s. The Roof opened in 1933, and the music of Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey and Eddie Duchin filled the air. The summer social whirl and live radio broadcasts continued until 1946.

“The Taj Boston Supper Club on The Roof” begins at 7 p.m. and dancing is from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. to the music of the Tom LaMark Orchestra. Cocktails and wine will be available and a dinner buffet is available for an additional charge. For admission costs, reservations and more information, please call 617-598-5255.

Greater Boston’s Next Desirable and Trendy Area

A friend visiting Berlin recently sent us an interesting e-mail. It seems that the German chocolate cake we all love so much is not from Germany after all. The name comes from a brand of chocolate bar called "German's" which was developed in 1852, by an Englishman named Sam German, for the Baker's Chocolate Company, in the Milton/Dorchester Lower Mills area. Who knew?

While on the subject of Lower Mills, we are told that the whole area to the north of Lower Mills along Dorchester Avenue is being touted as Greater Boston’s next “South End,” a very desirable and trendy area.

Publicist Chris Lyons tells us that Patrick Lee, principal of Trinity Financial, is developing the Carruth Project, a mix of housing, restaurants and essential services. Herbert Carruth was one of Dorchester’s first real estate developers and public servants.

Of course, of special interest to Greater Boston foodies is that the complex will include a casual Italian-American bistro and lounge called Tavolo from acclaimed Boston chef/ restaurateur Chris Douglass, a longtime resident of the neighborhood, and owner of the nearby Ashmont Grill. Completion is expected in early 2008.

Enjoy!

Mitch Bobkin
Greater Boston Interior Designer Featured on
NECN's Dream House.
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