Food + Beverage

Westport’s Favorite Foodies

Article and Photography by In celebration of our Food Issue, Westport Lifestyle is spotlighting some of the most influential members of our area’s thriving dining scene—in their own words. Enjoy or, perhaps more aptly, bon appetit!    Robin and Jeffrey Selden, siblings and managing partners of Marcia Selden Catering   Culinary destiny: “My mom’s passion for great food, entertaining, and hospitality has been infectious since I can remember,” says Robin (their mother, Marcia, is the...

Entertainment

Darling Nikki

Nikki Glekas built her food empire from the ground up. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy You’d be hard-pressed to find a food industry professional with more going on than Nikki Glekas. As the founder and CEO of the Nikki Glekas Collective, Westport-based Nikki is involved in restaurants (the three food service locations at Chelsea Piers in Stamford plus the Beach Grill at Weed Beach), recreation (they provide the food and beverage for the ZStrict golf simulator) event spaces (Bank Street Events...

Health + Wellness

From the Breast Cancer Front Lines

Top local doctors break down the—surprisingly!—encouraging trends in breast cancer research. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy Earlier this year, new data presented to the American Association for Cancer Research revealed a bit of—if you can believe it— good  news about breast cancer. Between 2010 and 2020, deaths from the disease were down across the board, even as rates of breast cancer went up. While breast cancer is of course a scary, world-altering diagnosis, this trajectory is hugely...

Entertainment

At This Stage

The Westport Country Playhouse celebrates 95 seasons of performances with a star-studded gala. Article and Photography by On October 4, the Westport Country Playhouse Gala will honor two incredible talents: Nathan Lane as the artistic honoree and Anne Keefe as the leadership award recipient. “Honoring these two extraordinary theatre-makers and dear friends makes this year’s gala especially meaningful,” says Mark Shanahan, the artistic director at the Westport Country Playhouse. Nathan Lane...

Entertainment

A Real 'Treat'

Local chef Marisol Morley on following her passions. Article and Photography by “Some of my earliest memories are of begging my parents to let me cook,” says Marisol Morley, the Wilton-based chef and cookie artist behind Tiny Kitchen Treats. “Growing up, I always had the urge to create something — I just didn’t know what.”   That creative hunger has driven her ever since, whether she’s turning cookies into miniature canvases or singing as the frontwoman of the Fairfield County cover...

Home + Design

The Heart of the Home

Kitchen and dining spaces that prove where you eat is where you live. Article and Photography by When Jodi Rae Ryan and Lindsay Kate Bilchik, the sisters behind the boutique interior design firm LJI Design, start on a new project, the first thing they do is get to know their clients. "We want to know how they want to  live ," says Westport-based Lindsay. And the truth is, most of us live in and around our kitchens. They're the beating heart of a home, and Jodi and Lindsay know that. They've...

Food + Beverage

Editor's Pick: Pistachio Latte

Sips of the season at Fatto a Mano. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy Pumpkin spice lattes may be synonymous with fall, but I'm skipping them this season and opting for the pistachio latte from Fatto a Mano. The nutty sweetness from their house-made pistachio syrup is comforting, but never cloying. The syrup's genuine pistachio flavor gets a jolt from the Tache pistachio milk that's frothed into the ilse Italian espresso, creating a drink that embodies all the coziness of autumn. While the pistachio...

Food + Beverage

Cheers to 10 Years

Celebrating a decade of The Cottage. Photography by EPG Creative A decade ago, Chef Brian Lewis opened his landmark Westport restaurant, The Cottage. If you’ve had the privilege of dining there in the last ten years, you know the food is world-class: The Cottage earned an “excellent” rating from The New York Times , and Chef Brian Lewis, who trained under acclaimed chefs including Jean Louis Palladin (Watergate Hotel), Marco Pierre White (London), and Eric Ripert (Le Bernardin), is a recent...

Food + Beverage

Breaking Bread with… Marika Domińczyk

The founder of Sourdough 17 by Marika shares the story behind her loaves. Article by Sara Gaynes Levy | Photography by Marika Domińczyk and Bevy Rutledge Actor Marika Domińczyk jokes that she got into making bread during the pandemic, “like everybody else!” But to distill Marika’s bread-baking down to a COVID cliché does a disservice to how much story there is behind her much-loved sourdough.“I’ve baked and cooked my entire life,” she says, a passion she inherited from her father. While her...

Style + Beauty

Editor's Pick: Hudson+Bleecker

A do-it-all travel bag from a Westport-based founder. Article and Photography by Eram, the CEO and founder of Hudson+Bleecker, is a Westport-based mom of two who started her own company when she couldn't find travel bags that suited her needs. The Jetsetter Train Case, seen here, is a favorite from the collection. "This bag is the ultimate at-home or on-the-go beauty must-have," Eram says. "Featuring water-resistant, antimicrobial, wipe-clean lining, this bag is the holy grail of makeup...