We do not know who authored the first Martini. But by the early 1900s, iterations that would be familiar to the modern drinker — a large volume of gin paired with a much smaller volume of dry vermouth gained popularity.

Deon Hinton is a model and photographer based in New York. As a multidisciplinary artist, he crafts visual stories through images, words, and creative direction. We caught up with him to learn how his first camera laid the foundation for his current work, why his family remains a constant muse, and the significance of morning stillness.

Joey Scalabrino simply loves to cook. Since graduating high school, he has found a great lust for gathering friends and people he loves around a table and cook for them. The owner of pizza restaurant Leo and Apollo Bagels, both in Manhattan, New York City, talks about what has shaped him as a chef and his cooking philosophy.

Meet Alexandra and Alex, both writers and artists. We first met the two during our pop-up at Colbo in October, where Alex was spinning his rare vinyls. For our latest editorial, we asked them a few questions about their daily routines and how they like to spend their weekends. 

Esben Piper, the founder of La Cabra that took shape 13 years ago in his hometown of Aarhus, has skillfully brought it to the beating heart of the ultimate metropolis—New York City. With two hot spots already stirring the buzz, New Yorkers are lapping it up, and you better believe there’s more to come.

Meet Chris Black, co-host of the widely popular podcast How Long Gone, creator of Done to Death Projects, and regular contributor to New York Magazine and GQ. On a recent trip to Copenhagen, he visited our store, and we went for a walk and coffee with him.

Jade Chan and Christian Hammer Juhl met on the first day at the Design Academy Eindhoven and somehow always found themselves going back to each other to share and discuss ideas. Today they run the design studio, Christian+Jade, together in Copenhagen, where they explore design as an artistic form of expression with a special focus on craft and material.

Flynn McGarry opened his first restaurant, Eureka, in L.A, at the age of thirteen. Then he opened a second one in the West Village in NY where he served a 14-course tasting menu. That early talent, which he mastered by cooking his way through expert level recipes in Chefs cookbooks and studying YouTube videos, led him to go work with the best teachers: Daniel Humm, René Redzepi and Thomas Keller.

After selling their handmade bagels from the back of Arielle Skye Moss’s bike, and then later at the Silver Lake Farmers Market, Skye Moss and her husband, Christopher Jerome Moss, opened Courage Bagels’ doors in the former home of Super Pan panaderia in Los Angeles in the fall of 2020. From there, the success of Courage took off.

Since Esu Lee moved to Paris from South Korea in 2018 and opened the instant popular restaurant C.A.M. Import Export he has been one of the most acknowledges chefs in the French capital. Now he just finished half a year as the resident chef at Mokoloco. For Lee the most important daily routine is to acquire as much new knowledge as possible. From Science Channel and museum visits to conversations with all kinds of people.

In Amsterdam, an unassuming food revolution is cooking. Family, friendship, local produce and an eclectic mix of influences guide Zana Josipovic and Naiara Sabandar as they play by ear to shape their food and design concept Oficina. ‘It just happens to fit’, they tell ANOTHER READ.