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Carry your cutlery and cloth napkins to the back porch in style with this charming tote from the MacBeth Collection. Made of aluminum with a decoupage finish, it adds a whimsical touch to the table.

Carry your cutlery and cloth napkins to the back porch in style with this charming tote from the MacBeth Collection. Made of aluminum with a decoupage finish, it adds a whimsical touch to the table.
Carry your cutlery and cloth napkins to the back porch in style with this charming tote from the MacBeth Collection. Made of aluminum with a decoupage finish, it adds a whimsical touch to the table.Read moreERIC MENCHER / Staff Photographer

Carry your cutlery and cloth napkins to the back porch in style with this charming tote from the MacBeth Collection. Made of aluminum with a decoupage finish, it adds a whimsical touch to the table.

Tote along, $52, at Details, 103 S.18th St.; 215-977-9559; www.detailsphiladelphia.com.

- Maureen Fitzgerald

Musical food journeys

The world-music aficionados at Putumayo have two new releases for food lovers. Picnic Playground, a CD for children, has 12 tracks of food songs and stories about each in English, Spanish and French. Brazilian Cafe is an adults-oriented compilation of samba, bossa nova and jazz cafe tunes, with liner notes in three languages, too.

Putumayo recordings, $14.98 each at Whole Foods stores and online at www.putumayo.com.

- Dianna Marder

Worth Waking Up

Metropolitan Bakery has two new granola flavors that make waking up to breakfast a pleasure: Coffee Chocolate Chip and nut-free Pomegranate Cinnamon. Head baker James Barrett makes them by hand in the company's Fishtown bakery.

Metropolitan Bakery Granola, 12 ounce bag, $7.75, locations in Old City, Rittenhouse Square, Reading Terminal Market, Chestnut Hill, University City and online at http://metropolitanbakery.com.

- D.M.