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Steak Cuts 23 Jul 2013 | 01:17 am
Steak has come a long way since the days of caveman feasts, the art of butchery developing alongside man’s own evolution. From the Damascus blades of the Age of Steel to our modern fascination of all ...
Care For Copper 11 Mar 2013 | 01:58 am
Copper has many uses and benefits, and on top of it all, it boasts a gleaming amber surface and a patriotic history. But being owners of copper wares, fully versed in its sensitive surface, we were re...
The Growler 2 Mar 2013 | 01:28 am
Growler Community Table. Image by Andrew Lamberson. Beer enthusiasts can be a touchy bunch. The inexorable rise of the microbrewery, and selling craft drafts to discerning drinkers, has spawned an in...
The Stapler 25 Feb 2013 | 03:01 am
Staplers are all too often saddled with the trappings of the mundane. We think of them—inaccurately, I’d now argue—as standardized tools for monotonous tasks. Image courtesy of History of the Heart. ...
Irish Linen 18 Feb 2013 | 04:31 am
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 ...
Rabbit Hunting 6 Feb 2013 | 02:43 am
Rohan Anderson is a modern-day hunter-gatherer and all around DIY-er. He provides food for his family purely from what he can grow in his garden, hunt in the forests and streams of Australia, or trade...
Fold a Pocket Square 31 Jan 2013 | 04:22 am
Folding a pocket square with two points Jay Arem and business partner Jack Fischman founded their men’s accessory line, the Knottery, over a shared love of telling jokes and menswear. Their designs i...
Plastic Bags 19 Jan 2013 | 01:18 am
When they first hit supermarkets in 1977, check-out clerks and baggers everywhere were stopped, tapped on the shoulder, or accosted by their bosses. The new, lightweight plastic bags had arrived, and ...
Diner Mug 6 Jan 2013 | 09:33 pm
In historic diners on the East Coast (often modeled from or after railway dining cars) mugs are still the coffee-delivery system. On the West Coast one tends to find that cups and saucers are the norm...
The Drip Cone Method 31 Dec 2012 | 02:24 am
In 1930s, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was already long established as the epicenter of American scientific research. M.I.T. graduates were running industrial giants like General Motors, ...
