food
CulturePOP Gift Guide: Food
Bloggers Chrystal Baker and Amir Thomas of the Duo Dishes discuss the finer points of giving tasteful food gifts and share their top picks.
An Artful Thanksgiving with Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman, the New York Times columnist and author of How to Cook Everything, gives his pointers on how to have an artful Thanksgiving. His top tip: “If you’re having a lot of people over, scale down the number of dishes from what you think is reasonable to what’s really reasonable.”
Make Your Thanksgiving Meal Picture-Perfect
Mindy Fox, author of A Bird in the Oven and Then Some: 20 Ways to Roast the Perfect Chicken Plus 80 Delectable Recipes, takes us back to the beauty and simplicity of a roast chicken.
You’re Invited: Laurie David’s Family Dinner
Laurie David, author of The Family Dinner: Great Ways to Connect with Your Kids, One Meal at a Time, believes the family dinner is a ritual worth fighting for. She talks with CulturePOP about how the family dinner can bring beauty and art into families’ lives every day, one meal at a time.
Oktoberfest: Craft for What Ales You
Two hundred years ago, the first Oktoberfest was held in Munich, Germany. To celebrate, beer expert Hallie Beaune, coauthor of The Naked Pint: An Unadulterated Guide to Craft Beer, discusses her top beer picks for autumn, her favorite beer pairings, and what to drink for Oktoberfest.
Tap Water: Stylish Again…
In this country alone, consumers spend $15 billion dollars annually to get it in a bottle, at a cost of up to $10 a gallon, and producing up to 1.5 million tons of plastic per year. In honor of the triple-digit heat wave in California this week, we looked for ways to make tap water stylish again.
Eat Pray Love Food Stylist: Try This at Home
If you read Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir Eat, Pray, Love, then you probably toyed with the idea of booking a trip to Italy and duplicating bite for bite every incredible meal that Gilbert devoured. Here’s how to transform your next meal into food art.
Michael Symon: Host An Artful Barbecue
Here are celebrity chef Michael Symon’s top five ways to elevate your barbecue from ordinary to extraordinary.
picks
Five Awesome Soundtracks
A great soundtrack gives a film depth and dimension. A bad one can be distracting, or even worse, maddening. Here are five films that have benefited from their inspired tunes.
style
Instagram Your Fashion
Instagram, the distinctive and easy to use photography app, has become the go-to app among the fashion industry’s elite. Here's the short list of who you ought to follow...
art & design
Being Mink
Mink Stole: A disenfranchised youth from the Baltimore suburbs who befriended a young outcast by the name of John Waters and the rest is cult cinema history.
food
What Your Girl Scout Cookie Says About You
It's that time of year again -- those little hussies are out peddling their carbs at a street corner near you. Here's what your choice says about you...
