One of the few places I had a chance to check out during my whirlwind trip to Seattle in July was Top Pot, and to say their doughnuts were mind-altering would be an understatement. Last month brothers Mark and Michael released a cookbook
Loving this hand-illustrated inaugural series of ten American shorts from Portland-based Scout Books. They’re beautifully crafted and available via subscription. PS: You can even bind your own!
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Andrea Cheng and Meg Wachter are the brilliant ladies behind the blog Got A Girl Crush where they catalogue inspirational women – everyone from Stevie Nicks to Maira Kalman is fair game. And now they’ve launched a bi-annual GAGC magazine spin-off! The first issue was just released and it’s full of ten talented ladies doing cool things in the worlds of art, music, and design. You can pick up a copy here or check it out online for free.
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The past few summers – and who knows how many before that – have been swept up in a frenzy of popsicles. (As evidenced here and here.) No one can seem to get enough, and the migration of Mexican paletas making their way further north is only driving the craze. This cookbook, Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice & Aguas Frescas
If my weaknesses for cocktails, illustrations, and cookbooks all got together and had a baby (don’t think about it too hard) it would come out as this book.
An Illustrated Guide to Cocktails, by Orr Shtuhl and Elizabeth Graeber, tells the tales of the heyday of cocktails, from the origin of the margarita to the grandeur of the first celebrity bartender with some modern twists. Along the way, this fun, handheld guide is dabbled with beautiful illustrations and, of course, recipes.
(via Design*Sponge)
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01. make your own striped tote
02. eyeglasses made out of sustainable wood
03. a great list of blogs-turned-books
04. I want to learn to breakdance
05. chocolate hummus!
06. these sandals
PS: Just a reminder that you have until midnight CST on July 4th to enter the MOO giveaway!
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An interestingbook
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01. a proper place setting placemat
02. a hypothetical company based on puns
03. vanilla milk with chocolate ice cubes!
04. pretty photography of square foods
05. make a striped camera bag strap
06. great article on why we can’t let design become a boys’ club
07. super duper easy DIY concrete planters
08. rad trailer for a hypothetical Wes Anderson Film Festival
Nothing makes me happier than when two things I love collide. Amazing Face is a solidly designed tome full of beauty advice and tips written by Zoe Foster. Beauty experts collaborate between its covers to share info on the best makeup for different occasions, skincare routines, step-by-step hairstyle techniques, and more.
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I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a cookbook that a man needed to have in his kitchen until now. Eat Like a Man: The Only Cookbook a Man Will Ever Need