Bakery + Lunch
DUXBURY, MA
All the Foodsmith’s products, baked breakfast goods, lunch fare, desserts, pies and other yummy eats are selected and prepared by cook/baker/owner Laura Raposa.
Laura grew up in a family that owns a large bakery wholesale supply business serving southern New England. She has a lifetime of experience watching how successful bakeries worked and why others failed.
For more than two decades she worked as one-half of “The Inside Track,” one of greater Boston’s best-known newspaper columns. Her job – that also included stints on TV and radio -- brought her in close contact with the city’s brightest culinary stars and the people who marketed their businesses.
While a columnist at the Boston Herald, Laura also operated a small catering business. Later, she worked briefly at Flour Bakery & Café, Boston’s most successful multi-bakery business. She also consulted on the development of a gluten-free bakery on the South Coast.
Laura has also attended many instructional programs and "boot camps" at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. and King Arthur Flour’s Baking Education Center in Norwich, VT.
While in the throes of working up a business plan for The Foodsmith, she volunteered as a chef once a week preparing dinner for students and teachers at Paraclete Academy, an after-school program in South Boston. She also provided private cooking instruction, catered in clients’ homes and played wedding planner for a friend's big day at the Commander's Mansion in Watertown.
Laura is married to retired Boston Globe business columnist Steven Syre. They live in Scituate with their two spoiled felines, Pippa, a tabby, and Emma, a British blue.
In her spare time (add a chuckle here), Laura is an enthusiastic historic preservation buff and is on the board of the Westport Historical Society. (Also, the Foodsmith is an enthusiastic business member of the Duxbury Rural and Historical Society.)
Check out her blog at www.lauraraposa.com.
The Foodsmith is dedicated to sourcing seasonal ingredients at local farms. Throughout the local growing season, the business supports local farms through Eva’s Garden in Dartmouth, Skinny Dip Farm in Westport, Plato’s Harvest un Middleboro, R&C Farms in Scituate and Cretinon's in Kingston.
Laura is a groupie of farmers' markets as well as farm stands. You'll always know where she's spent her day off when produce from Walker's in Little Compton, RI or organic cranberries raked from Squanit Bog in East Freetown pop up on the menu!
Phone
781-934-0134
Location
17 Standish Street
P.O. Box 609
South Duxbury, MA
02332
WINTER Hours
Wednesday through Saturday
7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
FREE WI-FI
Contact Us
The FoodsmitH, LLC
We are located at 17 Standish St., South Duxbury, MA 02332 (next to Scoops ice cream shop)
Call: 781-934-0134
Email: thefoodsmithduxbury@gmail.com
Our mailing address is The Foodsmith, P.O. Box 609, Duxbury, MA 02331
Check out The Foodsmith's Facebook page, follow @FoodsmithDUX on Twitter and we're on Instagram as thefoodsmithduxbury!
For purchase of eGift cards go to this site: https:///gift/6VTRANW1JSNRY/order
NOTE: EVERY WEEKEND IN MARCH IS FULLY COMMITTED!
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NEED CATERING? WE DO IT ALL!
Bridal and baby showers
Baptism brunches and luncheons
Cocktail parties
Corporate luncheons
Remembrance meals
Real estate open houses
Photo Shoots
Family dinners
Individual Boxed Lunches
Picnics for the beach or boat
Please email Laura at thefoodsmithduxbury@gmail.com. We can tailor-make a menu for your event! And we LOVE a good theme!
Attention: Golf Fans!
If you can’t be at Augusta National for the final round on April 13,
you can at least EAT like you’re there!
Let The Foodsmith bring a taste of The Masters to your watch party!
The Masters Party Menu
House-Made Pimento Cheese Spread with Ritz crackers, $25 per pint
Georgia Pecan Caramel Popcorn, $10 per 1 lb. bag
Azalea Mocktail Mix, $20 per quart
House-made lemonade, fresh pineapple juice, grenadine. Add your own vodka or club soda!
SANDWICH PLATTER
$48 serves 6
• Pimento Cheese
• Egg Salad with Chives
• Chicken Salad
Served on white and multi-grain bread
Pork BBQ Sliders, $20 per foursome
Served on brioche slider rolls
Green Jacket Salad
Romaine, cherry tomatoes, scallions, cucumber, parsley, Parmesan cheese, pita chips in a red wine vinaigrette
$48 per tray, serves 8-10
The 19th Hole Sweets
Augusta National Sour Cream Pound Cake, 1 loaf, $20
Cathy’s Peach Ice Cream Sandwiches, 6 per order of 4-inch filled cookies, $28
Please order by Tuesday, April 8 by emailing Laura, the (Merry) Golf Widow, at thefoodsmithduxbury@gmail.com or by calling 781-934-0134 during normal business hours 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.
Pick up is Sunday, April 13 at noon.