We wish to take this opportunity to highlight some of the boutique businesses, owned and operated by entrepreneurial professionals like us, who support My Chef Direct with their unparalleled service and expertise. Hopefully you can find us in your neighborhood!

Smith and Vine Wine Shop 268 Smith Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 718-243-2864 www.smithandvine.com info@smithandvine.com Voted Best of New York 2007 Wine Shop by New York Magazine ...Clever and helpful signage, expertise and enthusiasm when you want help, and a reliable $10-and-under table. Ask for Patrick Watson or Michelle Pravda.   One Girl Cookies 68 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY 212-675-4996 www.onegirlcookies.com Giving new meaning to “homemade” cookies. Freshly ground nutmeg...Hand stirred caramel...Oven toasted Turkish hazelnuts...Thai crystallized ginger We believe in making the most of each flavor in our cookies and go to great lengths to make sure that each ingredient has a personality all its own. That means a bit of extra time and effort, but we know no other way. CaryMo Chocolate Candies & Confections 193 Columbia Street Brooklyn, NY (Saturdays and Sundays only) 347-581-1924 www.carymochocolate.com carymochocolate@hotmail.com Offering unique blends and matches one might not think up, her creations tend to be fairly sophisticated. Cary makes deep, rich chocolates of all kinds, but her final product doesn’t reek of sugar and wax. This is cocoa...and lots of it. -Blogger Carlo DeVito, East Coast Wineries   Pour Wines 321 Amsterdam Ave. New York NY 10023 212-501-7687 www.pourwines.com simone@pourwines.com This new Upper West Side wine boutique offers educational food and wine tastings monthly. Ask for Simone.   Ubuntu Education Fund For the Children of South Africa 32 Broadway Suite 414 New York, NY 10004 USA 646-827-1190 www.ubuntufund.org info@ubuntufund.org Ubuntu Education Fund is dedicated to working with the people of the Eastern Cape Province to develop quality education and communities in the new South Africa.