Reads. Good.
- David Chang, Chef David Chang on the Joy of Cooking with Science
- Alison Roman, 5 Easy Umami Boosters, from Momofuku Culinary Lab
- Hannah Seligson, The Most In-Demand Fit Model (Is 54 Years Old)
- Lisa Larson-Walker, The Dog (and Meerkat and Polar Bear) Days of Summer
- Will Oremus, Google’s New Logo Isn’t Just About Looks. It’s About the Web’s Future.
- Alicia French, Cat adopts an unexpected group of babies, proves how amazing animals can be
- Brooke Kaelin, Beauty the Bald Eagle Gets a New 3D Printed Beak
- Troy Patterson, Is the Blue-Collar Shirt Still Blue Collar?
- James McAuley, Not Just Any White Shirt
- Detail and craft:
- “The collar is made with six layers of unfused cloth, with stitching four millimeters from the edge, 20 stitches per inch. Buttons are Australian mother-of-pearl, from the surface of the oyster shell for better strength and color clarity.” *
- ‘‘It’s very deep, this,’’ says Jean-Claude, gazing out onto the Rue de la Paix. “Basically, when you think about the shirt, you think about something which is initially white. You know, in Japanese, the word for shirt is ‘white shirt.’ The shirt per se is the white shirt. Color — anything — is a reference to white. Everything is made in reference to white shirts.’’*
- “Together, these shirts serve as a gallery of self-portraits, stitched and sewn introspections, probably my most sustained attempts at deducing the qualities lurking in the man I am still becoming. Today, I still choose a poplin. I am not yet sure what it means.”*
- Detail and craft:
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