London’s Inventive Catering Outfit: TART

Eclectic, international cuisine paired with contemporary art and design

At the recent opening of multi-media artist Quentin Jones and spatial designer Robert Storey’s exhibition “The Fractured and the Feline,” Jones’ beautiful collages of cats and girls and Storey’s exciting mirrored rooms were complemented by food from TART. The London catering company run by Lucy Carr-Ellison and Jemima Jones created a fun, innovative menu for the opening night that included gyoza, cheesy quesadillas, pulled pork, …

Coffee Mug Matters

Coffee shops around the world may soon be rethinking the color of their cups. A recent study conducted by George Van Doorn of Federation University in Australia reveals that we may be using more than just our tastebuds in determining the intensity of our morning joe. Based on the idea that the brownness of coffee incites varying degrees of bitterness, Van Doorn decided to test …

Java The Hop Coffee Beer

An IPA with a caffeinated kick from two Northwest brewers

by Chérmelle D. Edwards In the Northwest, two local brewers—one of coffee and the other of beer—have joined forces for an unlikely collaboration. Portland’s Coava Coffee Roasters and Astoria’s Fort George Brewery have created a canned seasonal IPA called Java The Hop. The idea originated when Fort George Brewery co-owner Chris Nemlowill wanted to make an IPA “that was light in color, but with really …