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 (and now with assistance from Johnson & Wales pastry chef Roxie Havens).
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 spoiled feline, 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 including Eva’s Garden in Dartmouth, Skinny Dip Farm in Westport and Little Compton, R.I., Plato’s Harvest in Middleboro, R&C Farms in Scituate, and Cretinon's in Kingston.
The beautiful seasonal blooms in the shop are sourced from Little West Flower Farm in Plymouth and Cross Street Flower Farm in Norwell.
Phone
781-934-0134
Location
17 Standish Street
P.O. Box 609
South Duxbury, MA
02332
Hours
Tuesday 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
The Foodsmith will retire on sept. 30.
we are fully committed on the weekends until we close.
NEED CATERING? WE DO IT ALL!
Bridal + baby showers
Baptism brunches + luncheons
Cocktail parties
Corporate luncheons
Remembrance meals
Real estate open houses
Afternoon Tea
Photo shoots
Family dinners
Individual boxed lunches
Picnics for the beach or boat
Tailgate parties
Please email Laura at thefoodsmithduxbury@gmail.com. We can tailor-make a menu for your event! And we LOVE a good theme!
Dear Friends of the Foodsmith:
Steven and I have had a wonderful experience running the Foodsmith for the past 11 years, but we’ve decided it’s time to retire. It’s been a lot of fun and rewarding to become part of the Duxbury community, serving so many regular customers and catering special events at the Center, the DRHS, or for the Community Garden Club of Duxbury. We’re grateful for all of you!
I’ll miss watching those kids -- whose mothers once toted them into the shop in a baby carrier -- grow up and come in to order their own breakfast sandwiches. Yes, we’ve had more than a few! I have found such joy in your children. We know Audrey's custom grilled cheese order, Charlotte won’t settle for less than a sprinkle cookie, and Rowan has finally graduated from blueberry muffins. As a woman who wasn’t blessed with kids, I’m grateful you shared them with me. I suppose I will have to settle for watching them grow up on Instagram!
Speaking of kids, you are probably aware that food service is a younger person’s pursuit. A 70-hour work week has taken a toll on my back (see ‘spinal fusion, Sept. 2024’) as well as my aching feet. I’ll need both in working order to enjoy life in the years ahead.
Our plan is to serve our last breakfast sandwich and cold brew on Wednesday, Sept. 30. So, if you have a gift card -- and there are many floating around town -- please come in and use it. We’ll be happy to refund remaining card balances upon request through our closing date. Catering orders already on the calendar will remain, of course. However, we’re booked every single weekend in September, so we cannot add any more.
Finally, I would like to give a shout-out to our staff who we have depended on to work the grills, serve you with a smile, and wash a mountain of dishes. Our thanks to so many who put on a Foodsmith apron and performed their jobs in a fast-paced kitchen. We couldn't have managed without them, especially our pastry chef, Roxie Havens.
After we stop doing our little thing in Halls Corner, please keep in touch. If I can help with a small catering event or a private dinner, contact me at thefoodsmithlauraposa@gmail.com. I may be retired, but I’ll never stop cooking and baking!
Laura xo