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Right now I have no idea what time it is.

So I don’t know if it’s the right time to drink my Dr Pepper.

Photo found via Marc Gutierrez

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‘Mark Preston discovered early California recipes while cataloging rare books for the UCLA library’

I picked up Mark Preston’s California Mission Cookery at one of the missions lining El Camino Real, somewhere between Santa Clara and San Luis Obispo. Or Santa Barbara. One of them.

The cookbook is all about Californio Cuisine, a long lost Spanish-influenced cooking style using local ingredients. The food of the original missions.

I’ve made the Beef Jerky soup a few times. [Read more →]

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Hattie Carter’s Great Cooking Ideas is this phone book sized thing that came from a garage sale.

Published in 1978 – on really cheap newsprint (just like real phone books) – this thing is quite a gem. Nothing I’ve ever made from its pages has ever let me down.

Cuisines covered are surprisingly global (for the time) – curries and sukiyaki mixed in with a homespun collection of casseroles and bakes. Not a design masterpiece tho; cute clip art-like illustrations punctuate large Helvetica type – with heds set in Souvenir, odd floral borders abound.

The Italian Beef Stew is a fantastic mix of flavors. Here’s the recipe. [Read more →]

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I love this stuff.

Townshend’s Tea Company’s ‘White Rose’ Brew Dr. Kombucha. Not available in California. Yet. This is my last bottle, sipping it slowly.

Website here. Dang cool bottle designed by Laura Schalk.

Photo by mehallo

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‘America’s first true self-service grocery store’

Vintage Piggly Wiggly photos. Snag a tee here.

And here’s a bit about where supermarkets come from.

Photos found via Afiler, The Spokesman-Review, Vangobot, Citizendia, Multiply, Keyposters and Emulsion Compulsion

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‘Located on the famous ‘El Camino Real,’ just 20 miles from San Francisco. This beautiful shopping center offers the newest and most modern shops and stores. Color photo by Igor Stchogol.’

The Macy’s at just opened Hillsdale Mall, San Mateo, CA. Postcard from 1954.

Found via Utahkid

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1950s postcard, Bellflower, CA. From the book, Boring Postcards USA.

Found via Christian Montone

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‘Rag & Bone enlists an astonishing top models cast for their SS11 campaign shoot – photographed by models themselves and their friends’

Many years ago, I worked on an ad campaign that took this candid approach. Only without the supermodels. And ultimately, without approval. Our series, targeted to IT professionals, would have been the first printed appearance of Psy/Ops’ Default Gothic – we were doing our mockups using beta versions of the fonts.

Pictured: Abbey Lee Kershaw, Sasha Pivovarova, Lily Aldridge and Edita Vilkeviciute

Found via Design Scene

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Spring 2011 campaign: Jacquelyn Jablonski photographed by Nick Knight for Hermès.

Found via Fashion Gone Rogue

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‘On|Off announces a collaboration with creative director Tuuli, photographer Rankin, stylist Scott Robert Clark and W Hotels to produce a fashion film exploring the concepts and inspiration behind select On|Off designer’s AW11 collections’

Above and below, photos from the On|Off editorial preview; more here.

Watch the Tuuli fashion film here.

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