Journal

Field notes, recipes and stories from behind the camera. Every new post also lands in First Press, our newsletter.

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Espresso pouring from a portafilter at a Torino caffè barstanding room only
Field notes · Coming soon

Twelve caffès, two weeks, one very long espresso tab

What we learned standing at the bar across Torino and Piemonte while making I Caffè Storici.

More from the journal

  • A date shake topped with whipped cream and a cherryextra whip
    Recipes · Coming soon

    The date shake, decoded

    Why the Coachella Valley’s roadside classic works, and how to make one at home.
  • Pizza coming out of a wood-fired ovenout of the oven
    Behind the scenes · Coming soon

    Shooting in a wood-fired kitchen

    Heat, smoke and timing: notes from the Enzo’s Kitchen shoot at Poggio La Noce.
  • Sam Cobb on a ladder, harvesting dates from a palmharvest time
    Field notes · Coming soon

    A morning in the date groves

    Up the palms with grower Sam Cobb during harvest in the Coachella Valley.
  • A cicada on a white backgroundcicada season
    Recipes · Coming soon

    How to eat a cicada (if you must)

    Our field guide to the Cook County boil, cicadas optional.
  • Garlic and rosemary from the gardenstraight from the source
    Behind the scenes · Coming soon

    What’s in our shoot bag

    The lights, linens and odd props that come with us to every job.
  • A cannabis-infused dinner spread for Different Leafdinner, well-dosed
    Field notes · Coming soon

    A well-dosed dinner, revisited

    What we’d keep and what we’d change from our cannabis-dinner guide for Different Leaf.