I will always have a soft spot for the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. I know, I know — it’s just a department store. But during the peak mall-culture years, exploring Nordstrom’s carpeted halls was one of my first initiations into tastemaking; when I made an annual jeans pilgrimage there with my mom in the 2000s, we…
There’s a surprising amount of stunning designer wares and high-end home goods on Amazon — you just have to know where to look. Did you know that you can find Diptyque candles in its labyrinthine halls, or D.S. & Durga hand wash, or Jonathan Adler tchotchkes? Maybe you didn’t before, but you will henceforth. (Shopping…
I am extremely lucky to live with a home baker. Though it now requires me to wear much more loose or stretchy fabrics, it’s worth it for the endless supply of dank treats — TYSM for the pistachio rosewater cookies, banana bread, and zucchini cake. None of it could be done without the number-one weapon…
Soft serve is everything to me. There’s something about the cool, velvety swirl of soft serve on a sweet, crunchy cone that releases every endorphin in my brain upon a single lick. I’m a regular at my local Foster’s Freeze here in Los Angeles, have enjoyed probably 500 gallons of Magpies’ sweet cream flavor topped…
I’m a big proponent of thoughtfully curating which kitchen gadgets you actually need, and an even bigger champion of investing in high quality when it comes to essential dining tools, such as a set of German-designed steak knives. Lo and behold, I’m adding-to-cart this sleek set from Zwilling, which is already a whopping 61 percent…
There’s nothing quite like the joy I feel when I unfurl a block of Camargue salted beurre, creamy Kerrygold, or rich Icelandic smjör. The only thing that is (almost) as important as the butter I eat is the tool I choose to put it in my recipe/tartine/radish/mouth, and that’s where a great butter curler can…
The meat of brown bears, a protected species in the EU, could soon be available to eat in Slovakia after the populist government approved plans for sale. Last month, the cabinet authorised a plan to shoot about a quarter of the country’s 1,300 brown bears in response to some recent fatal encounters. The state-authorised slaughter…
The cargo yard of the Qianwan United Container Terminal of Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China. Nurphoto | Getty Images Businesses are finding a workaround to minimize the most significant hit from tariffs, using a decades-old piece of legislation known as the “first sale rule.” Within U.S. customs law, the first sale rule…
Ah, the Balearic Islands. Where else can you find sobrasada, crowd-surfing horse parades, and the birthplace of mayonnaise? Away from the bummers of techno festival massification and Katy Perry rolling around endangered bird dunes, there is a precious culture whose herbaceous liqueurs are a reflection of the sublime, complex landscapes that have been developing them…
All-Clad is just one of those legacy brands that makes timeless, long-lasting cookware I know my descendants will fight over in the will, and which I have been fastidiously collecting over the years, little by little, in order to sear better steaks and make tomato sauces like a nonna (remember: the acidity of tomatoes can…
