CHEFS CHOOSE BOYES' PRODUCTS FOR NEW MINNESOTA RESTAURANT.(Solera's food includes food from chef Carrol Boyes)(Brief Article)

HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, April, 2003

MINNEAPOLIS-Gracing the tables at Solera, the second restaurant for chefs Tim McKee and Josh Thoma here, is a selection of South African designer Carrol Boyes' tabletop products.

Choosing such items as salt and pepper mills, candle holders, oil and vinegar cruets, water jugs and champagne coolers, McKee and Thoma were hoping to add to the Spanish cuisine and Gaudi-inspired decor of Solera, which opened this month.

"We chose the selections of Carrol Boyes because the bold shapes and fluid lines of her pieces are a natural complement and extension of the bold, organic decor of the restaurant itself," said McKee.