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Camel Hair
Tweed, ivory cashmere and dark grey lambswool are the signature textiles of fall. And camel hair, that specialty textile of the gentleman’s wardrobe, is still considered the best-looking cold weather...
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Care for Raw Denim
Inside the home of Katrina Klein, denim designer for New York’s fashion label Rag & Bone, a bowl of hard candy would not be out of place. Salvaged wooden shelves hold hand-painted odds and ends,...
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The Art of Pie
It’s an early rainy Tuesday morning at The Blue Stove in Williamsburg, but tucked inside the warm, yellow-lit cafe espresso machines whir, customers set up their laptop offices, and the smell of...
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Woodcut
“Gill’s prints remind us that every biological form possesses a unique footprint.” – Verlyn Klinkenborg Red Ash, 82 years printed Conservationist Aldo Leopold once discussed the two spiritual dangers...
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Split Wood
Image by Helmut Newton. Château d’Aunoy, 1978. How I dream of walking down the stairs from the apartment building where I live, and into a wooded backyard for some good quality exercise with a purpose....
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Irish Linen
By sight, it’s hard to tell what differentiates “Irish” linen from any other common cloth. By touch, it immediately becomes distinct, but how is hard to explain. So I tracked down one of a handful of...
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KM Redesign
Product origin and material A good purchase can be defined in many ways, but largely it comes down to these two questions: Where did the product come from, and what is it made of? The value we place on...
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Saber Fazer
Rosa, Basket Maker Alice Bernardo is the author of Saber Fazer, a documental project started in 2010, with the goal of preserving the artisanal and semi-industrial production tradition in Portugal. “I...
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Care For Cast Iron
Cast iron cookware is a hardy bunch and if you treat ‘em right they will last last a lifetime. (Image courtesy breakawaycook.com) Thanks to a surface that heats up evenly and gives meats and veggies a...
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Urban Composting
Feed the food that ultimately feeds you. With the warm sun lingering longer outside our windows, I’m thinking about how the food scraps composting under my kitchen sink will soon turn my carrot, onion,...
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Beginner’s Guide to Tea
A press of fresh tea at Samovar Tea in San Francisco’s the Mission district. (Image courtesy Samovar Tea) Southerners serve it sweet and iced. The Japanese whisk it. The Brits guzzle it with buckets of...
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Art of the Brunch
All the ingredients for the perfect brunch. Breakfast is pretty much everything. It’s the intention to start a new day. It’s the body’s first energy, and it’s one of the single defining factors in...
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