On design, food, and French-kissing porcelain.
The Italians would never serve espresso in anything but beautiful porcelain. Sant’Eustachio, Rome. Photo by Callie Neylan, 2005.
Clink.
On the undesigned vs the aesthetic.
I’ve been trying to perfect my latté art for months. Like anything that looks really easy, it’s not.
A photographic ode to the Seattle barista.
All the baristas I’ve loved (i.e., a portrait of each barista who pulled shots for me during my
Notes from a beer tasting.
Beer tastings are awesome. We will definitely be doing another one soon. Here are Will’s notes from our menu
I design, therefore I cook.
One of the things I really love about cooking is the design of culinary tools. In my honest opinion, the
Espresso, typography, and the Four Ms.
Photograph of a type assignment submitted by Cécile Ingarao for my Typography II course at MICA, Spring 2009.
Have you
Jovial spice.
Will's mother, Pat, chatting with Hans at Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. Hans, a colleague of Will's brother-in-law
Pomegranate gourmet.
Testing the Typepad app. Me making hor d'oeurves and a peach and berry cobbler tonight (Pacific Northwest style!
Brew bar.
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On our trip to Philly on Saturday, we found – just by chance while walking from Independence
Espresso. Ristretto. Con panna, per favore.
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This weekend I was in New York and was there long enough to try out a