Compartes Chocolate Bars

A new line of handmade bars reveals the favorite flavors of a passionate chocolatier

As soon as you walk into Compartes in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, you’re hit with the intoxicating smell of chocolate from handmade, tattoo-topped truffles, chocolate-dipped fruit and a new line of bars. The recently redesigned space—sleek and mostly black—provides a sophisticated backdrop for the colorful sweets, and a wide window showcases the chocolate-making in action for passers-by. Compartes’ own Willy Wonka, chocolatier Jonathan …

The School of Artisan Food

Lessons in baking, butchery, cheese-making and more

The process of making food artisanally can be slow and tedious, but undoubtedly yields more flavor and personality in its products. Often passed down from generation to generation, these by-hand methods bring the baker, butcher and cheese-maker closer to their craft by using raw, locally sourced ingredients and focusing on quality over quantity. To preserve such trades and instill their importance in entrepreneurs of all …

DQM + Cliché Corkscrew

Pop bottles with help from NYC's famed boutique and the French skateboard maker

As part of the recent collaboration launched earlier this month between NYC’s famed skate boutique DQM and French skateboard company Cliché, this old-fashioned corkscrew comes just in time to help celebrate the holidays. To give the basic tool its distinct layered look, the handle is made of maple veneers from skateboard decks pressed in the same production technique used to make Cliché boards, and branded …