WohnGeist

Sir Norman Foster's bespoke tool set and more from a preeminent Swiss woodworker

Created for prominent English architect Norman Foster, WohnGeist‘s cabinet of woodshop tools is hardwearing and austerely decorative. The wooden handles—rosewood, boxwood, pear, red oak—are finished with natural products, and the cutting implements feature premium blades. Established in 1991 by Stefan Senn, WohnGeist of Switzerland carries the tradition of woodworking into the 21st century with its range of custom furniture, cabinetry and accessories. The Basel-based firm …

FreshDirect Local

Farm fresh foods delivered to NYC doors within 48 hours of picking

Starting today, it’s easier than ever for New Yorkers to stock their fridge with farm fresh foods thanks to FreshDirect‘s new initiative that doubles their local offerings. The online grocer will travel to over 30 farms found within 300 miles of NYC to gather goods like Grafton Village cheeses, Nature’s Yoke eggs, Wickham’s Fruit Farm tomatoes, Brooklyn Brewery beer and much more. Focusing on family-run …

SousVide Supreme

Our experiments with the French slow-cooker reinvented for home kitchens

Most people already familiar with boil-in-bag cooking—where you plop a bag of frozen or pre-cooked food into a pot of boiling water—will easily grasp the concept of Sous-vide. Literally translated in French, the term means “under vacuum,” and the method refines the simple concept by slowly cooking seasoned, vacuum-sealed foods in warm water at very precise temperatures. Therein lies the art and science of sous-vide; …