If you haven’t already heard the news, then hopefully this video will share it all. On Monday, our dear friend Jennifer Perillo’s husband died of a sudden heart attack. Jennie is a special force in the food community and is loved by many.

We had a gathering in our garden with friends Brooke, Jen, Gaby, Penny and Rene when we heard of the news.  It was a shock to us all and were left speechless for a long moment of silence. Fortunately we were together to comfort one another in the pain.

Jennie asked that in honor of those we love, to make a Creamy Peanut Butter Pie and share it. This pie was also a favorite of her husband, Mikey. You can read it on her blog.

In full force, with fierce love and commitment, the online food community banded together as one family to celebrate Mikey and everyone dear to us. Under the twitter hashtag #APieforMikey , a beautiful explosion of peanut butter pies came pouring out of all our hearts to be shared with our loved ones.

We were devastated at the news of Mikey’s passing. To heal and share in our grief with Jennifer’s family and the whole online food blogging community, we made a pie in honor of Mikey.

To also celebrate our friend Jennifer, her strength, courage and love, we’re giving her a gift in the best way that we know how: by video.

We  recently had the pleasure to have fellow entrepreneur, designer, store owner... Kate Goldwater join us at Holstee HQ for some tea. She founded and runs AuH2O -a sweet boutique located in the heart of NYC's East Village.  She makes much of AuH2O's clothing from recycled materials, sewn right on site. Her store also carries other eco-friendly designers, vintage and consignment clothing, jewelry and handbags. She even opens her store to talented FIT and Parsons students to experience real world fashion by offering them a venue  to display their work and as a bonus, they get a great mentor.  To sum it up - Kate is dedicated. Highly recommend all to swing by her shop and check out some of her latest creations.

Fresh off the heels of our NC road trip, this past Sunday was the Photoshoot for our new T's and Fins.  Big thank you to Carrot Creative for welcoming us into their office/ home/ playground, to Christian Shaboo for helping organize the shoot, Joe Lippi for snapping some super slick shots and all of our friends who took a day out of their weekend to join in the fun.  We are going through the photos at this moment, and they're looking quite nice. In the meantime, check out some behind the scenes shots on our facebook fan page.