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You don't usually associate a sense of wit with watches. But the timepieces from Mr. Jones Watches, the work of Britain's Crispin Jones, have just that. There are currently five models to choose ... read more
It spawned catchphrases ("Plastics!"), inspired May-December romances ("Would you like me to seduce you?") and birthed the soundtrack to a generation ("The Sound of Silence," and the rest of Simon & Garfunkel's moody ... read more
Our first thought about the new book The Worst Years of Your Life was, How do they know what the worst years were? But this collection of 20 short stories is way ahead ... read more
Looking for Quisp cereal? Or Skybars? How about Cheerwine soda or Moxie or Squirt? Maybe you're craving some Junket or Grandma Brown's Baked Beans? If you grew up on My-T-Fine pudding, nothing else ... read more
Three lines of bowls notable for their forms -- elegant, modern, beautiful. Available from San Francisco's Rose and Radish, the Japanese manufacturer Nussha makes lacquered pieces in periwinkle, chartreuse, and turquoise. Also at ... read more
Gregory Blackstock is a listmaker, but not in the way that you might jot stuff down to get it done. The autistic former pot-washer from Seattle is given to drawing pictorial taxonomies of ... read more
We're so glad there's a Chile Pepper Institute because we're so glad there are chiles around. Eating would be so much less a pleasure without the jalapeñnos, cayennes, and Scotch bonnets in the ... read more
David Friend has written one of the most gripping books about September 11th. Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11 uses the images of that day as a starting ... read more
Finished all 784 pages of The Deathly Hallows and wondering what to read next? For How Did We Miss These? Michael Chabon, Helen Fielding, Will Self and Anita Brookner were among the 50 ... read more
