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| Robin Bergland, Jill Fairchild, and Courtney Arnot outside Erica Wilson Needleworks on Nantucket. |
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| Last Friday, Erica Wilson and her daughter Vanessa Kagan Diserio hosted a cocktail party and book signing in honor of members of the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the authors of Park Avenue Potluck and Park Avenue Potluck CELEBRATIONS at Erica Wilson Needleworks on Nantucket. Menu tastings, including Mary Davidson’s crowd-pleasing ‘Quick Asparagus Hors d’oeuvres’ from Rizzoli’s Park Avenue Potluck CELEBRATIONS, were prepared with local seasonal produce by Orla and Michael LaScola’s American Seasons, renowned for its playful twists on American favorites and the beacon for the island’s taste setters in historic downtown Nantucket; and The Pearl, the beautiful island gem created by Angela and Seth Raynor, showcasing seasonal shellfish and seafood. Guests were greeted with silver trays of chardonnay from St. Francis Winery, and Erica Wilson’s neighbor on the 300-year-old cobbled footpath, Murray’s Liquor Store, mixed a special Nantucket Red cocktail to toast the authors. |
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| Exquisite table top décor, with home accessories and tableware from Robin Bergland’s Trillium shop, were a snapshot right out of the books in the Park Avenue Potluck series, which have become as coveted for their beautiful coffee table elegance as they are for the easy family recipes, each tested by NY Times Food and Wine Contributor Florence Fabricant, who also edited the books. Many of the recipes and entertaining tips in the books were passed down from mothers and grandmothers to members of The Society; and at this family celebration on Nantucket, the authors inscribed books to the mothers and grandmothers of many of the guests who recounted their own childhood memories of family dinners and secret recipes that shaped their young lives. The heirloom recipes, with introductions personally chronicled by the contributors, and Ben Fink’s stunning photographs shot in the homes of members of The Society of MSKCC in New York and the Hamptons are resonating with people all over the world. Park Avenue Potluck CELEBRATIONS [1] has already become an international phenomenon in over 12 countries with their own culinary traditions including France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, South Korea, Japan and many more. |
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| Kelly Forsberg, Wendy Arriz, Chris Arriz, and Jill Kargman |
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| Linda Saligman, Wendy Arriz, and Kelly Forsberg |
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| Andrea Lustig, Charles Ernst, and Matt Lustig |
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| Burwell Schorr, Susan Burke, and Coco Kopelman |
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| Eileen Butler and Sarah Powers |
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| Erica Wilson, Sophia Diserio, Vladi Kagan, Olivia Diserio, and Vanessa Kagan Diserio |
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| Erin Fraser and Colleen Cleary |
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| Kelly Forsberg and Janis Aldridge |
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| Nancy Conroy, Sarah Powers, Kelly Forsberg, Coco Kopelman, and Wendy Arriz |
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| This past Tuesday night at The Cultural Services of the French Embassy, in the old Payne Whitney mansion at 972 Fifth, Yaz Hernandez, Alexandra Lebenthal, Charlotte Moss and Liz Peek hosted their annual FIT Couture Council Summer Party. The event was also a kickoff for the upcoming annual Couture Council luncheon with this year's guest of honor, Karl Lagerfeld. Quintessentially was the generous sponsor for the event. |
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| Emmanuel Castillo, Gabriel Rivera-Barraza, Carla Isabel Carstens, Rachele Testa, PJ Pascual, and Mark Walsh |
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| Donna Kang, Andrew Lutkenn, Lisa Yom, David Wu, and Gabriel Rivera-Barraza |
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| Jean Shafiroff, Valentin Hernandez, Yaz Hernandez, Valentin Hernandez, and Patricia Shiah |
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| PJ Pascual, Yaz Hernandez, Casandra Seidenfeld, Alicia Rodrigez, and Jenny McGirl |
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| The Couture Council of the Museum of FIT supports this fantastic museum and archive of American Fashion. This annual luncheon has turned out to be the official opening of Fashion Week in New York, and their guest of honor always offers a look at the core of the world of fashion. |
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| The Cancer Research Institute Young Philanthropists hosted their Third Annual Midsummer Social to support the Institute’s mission to advance the next wave of cancer treatment at Tenjune. There was an open bar, spinning by DJ Turk and a contest including prizes like: Bumble and Bumble product basket, Arbitrage shirt and tie, Coach purse, Weeklong timeshare at a resort in Cabo San Lucas, Ralph Lauren cashmere throw, Signed sports jersey, Broadway show tickets. Council Chair was Alexis Feldman; Council Vice Chair, Marissa Schneider, plus Council Members Steven Beltrani, George Bergamo, Jessica Bloch, Christina Brown, Kelly Cerialo, Kate Cucco, Amy DePaola, Sean Kiely, Samantha Knapik, Ali Lapinsky, Meredith Meyer, Melissa Phillips, Ryan Phillips, David Schwartz, Meredith Stampler, Natasha Uspensky, Josephine Vella, Evan Wohl, Kendall Wrigley. |
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| DJ Turk |
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| Shelly Cleary, Chrissy Lamont, Dave Schwartz, Whitney Schwartz, Louise Pottle, and Dan Svejnar |
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| Josh Cohen, Meredith Meyer, Adam Kravitz, Marcella Roney, and Claire Anderberg |
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| Katie Roose, Amanda Hirsh, Sara Karp, Brittney Feldman, and Alexa Lefkowitz |
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| Meredith Meyer, Nick Leone, and Kristopher Rae |
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| Paul Boisi, Kendall Wrigley, and Christine Boisi |
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| Jonathan Yedin, Kate Cucco, and Sean Kiely |
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| Dan Tedesco, Dawn Rocky, Christina Brown, Kevin Shepard, and Dennis Madden |
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| Sean Kiely, Shane Rensmon, and Jim Meyers |
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| Mike Giordano, Christine Mantilia, Elise Di Vincenzo, Bill Flannery, and Tracy Litt |
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| Armilene Coronel, Stephen Roman, Zuzanna Jakubowska, and Peter Pizzino |
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| Marissa Schneider, Ryan McGovern, and Jon Scharf |
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| Also this past Tuesday night, at the Chelsea Grand Hotel, CITTA and Mickey Boardman hosted a benefit for the Women's Health Center in India. |
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| Photographs by Meghan Conroy (Newport); NICK HUNT/PatrickMcMullan.com [2] | Click here [3] for NYSD Contents
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