Run with the Loquat. Artwork by katherine sandoz for Salted and Styled

A Lesson in Geography and Modesty

There’s nothing like a worldly person to remind you you’re not.

When I meet Merveille Kasongo, her body language reads like one of those signs on the back of a semitruck that warn: “Stay back 200 feet.” Her arms remains locked at her sides and without smiling she looks directly at me with big dark eyes lined with lashes so thick I wonder how they could be real. My brassy American sensibilities are, of course, injured.

Luis’ Cuban Black Beans

Recipe by Luis Simón Photography by Chia Chong Styling by Libbie Summers The smoothest black beans north of Cuba.  Luis’ Cuban Black Beans serves 6  Ingredients: 2 cups organic dried […]

Inspired by Honey

Food is our trigger to all design. Its color may inform our fashion, its texture may inform our artwork. Its shape may inform our interiors and its flavor will always inform our table. This week we are inspired by –honey.