Winter Daal Recipe

This Indian dish is a winter favorite, thanks to the healing properties of the spices

Longtime Washington DC resident Rano Singh, on a mission to prepare traditional Indian meals, became frustrated with the lack of spices available in her town. Even with regular trips to suburban Indian grocery stores, she found that often what greets customers are spices that have been sitting in their plastic packaging for so long that “it was difficult for an Indian, like me, to distinguish …

Interview: Kate Endress of DITTO

Find the perfect fit for your next pair of spectacles with their highly sophisticated iPad app

As more and more consumers turn to the web as their primary retail space, the necessity to move away from a simple “buy now” button to a more comprehensive interactive marketplace is growing. Trying things on for size in a virtual world is not a novel concept, but most retailers fall flat on execution. DITTO, a relatively new San Francisco-based company, has taken on this …