at all...and the hearth of that fireplace looked like black marble, which definitely didn’t make sense with the other textiles he chose.

is a textiles designer still brought over fabrics that she thought we might like to incorporate as we put the place together. We were very appreciative of the gift, and very appreciative that nobody else brought a gift, if that...

... many Frenchmen swamp across the pond for a new life in Mexico bringing their pastry shops and traditions. By the mid 1800s... immigrants from the Barcelonnette valley had made small fortunes via there connections in the...

wow – that was excellent. Another dessert suggestions: Puddin' Cake At my former job at a textile firm, all office pot-luck functions resulted in some sort of pudding cake. No need for a recipe, just get a sheet cake pan and...

I see what you did there ... :) Have you ever seen the work of Reiko Sudo? A japanese artist who pounds rusty nails through bolts of fine silk: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/1998/textiles/printed_video.html...

a bit of a red flag for me, because it doesn’t allow those cuisines as much room to evolve with both the times and the changing tastes of the people in those cultures. It reminds me of a story I saw in a textile museum in...

between Rome and India in those days. Those Roman aristocrats needed those Indian spices, perfumes and textiles, and no day at the colosseum would be complete without a few savage tigers from India. The Parthians threatened this...