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As much as I’d like to delude myself into thinking it’s still summer, the cool air, the maxed-out September schedules, and the creep of Halloween candy in my local Key Food is suggesting otherwise. To take the sting out of this somber reality, I bring you spiced lamb, a hearty salad, a soothing pear and almond cake, and what follows below . . .
We revived more gems from the Dansk archive, this time two trivets by Gunnar Cyrén, the celebrated Swedish designer who resisted working for Dansk for a long time—but later created more than 300 designs for the company. The original trivets were made of plastic and designed for outdoor entertaining; we upgraded to cast iron, making them more durable and, well, useful!
You can read more about the elusive Cyrén here. And see one of his flatware designs, which is used at the annual Nobel Prize award dinners.
Last week was a big moment for our sister brand Schoolhouse, the Portland-based lighting and furniture company. It launched a home collection in collaboration with the fashion company Clare V. Among the 20 pieces are a striped sofa, brightly-colored task lamps, and jaguar-patterned rugs. The New York Times thought it was all pretty nifty. And we had a buzzy little party at the Clare V. store in West Hollywood. You can check out the collection here. A few of my favorite pieces: the task lamp, the lumbar pillow, and checkered shag rug.
Our Head of Content, Josh Young, and his team have been busy filming brand-new Food52 cooking shows. Our newest one, Yes, Chef, just debuted, and check out Erika Learns, where our CEO gets a crash course in the culinary arts. Lesson #1: one-skillet chicken thighs with dates and olives with Tamron Hall and Lish Steiling.
As promised, some more highlights from my sourcing trip to Paris and Antwerp with Food52 GM, Jojo:
I leave you with a photo of mankind’s greatest invention, which I discovered in Antwerp: butter wrapped like pieces of candy.
Have a splendid week!
Amanda
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