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As much as I’d like to delude myself into thinking it’s still summer, the cool air, the maxed-out September schedules, and the creep of Halloween candy in my local Key Food is suggesting otherwise. To take the sting out of this somber reality, I bring youspiced lamb, a heartysalad, a soothingpear and almond cake, and what follows below . . .

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Dansk Debut

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We revived more gems from the Dansk archive, this timetwo trivetsby Gunnar Cyrén, the celebrated Swedish designer who resisted working for Dansk for a long time—but later created more than 300 designs for the company. The original trivets were made of plastic and designed for outdoor entertaining; we upgraded to cast iron, making them more durable and, well, useful!\xa0

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You can read more about the elusive Cyrénhere. And see one of hisflatware designs, which is used at the annual Nobel Prize award dinners.

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From left: Katie Elliot, Schoolhouse VP of Design; Melissa Miller, Schoolhouse GM; Clare Vivier, Clare V. Founder; Amanda Hesser, Food52 Founder; Katie Hatch, Clare V. Chief Brand Officer

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Paris Meets Portland

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Last week was a big moment for our sister brand Schoolhouse, the Portland-based lighting and furniture company. It launched ahome collectionin collaboration with the fashion company Clare V. Among the 20 pieces are a striped sofa, brightly-colored task lamps, and jaguar-patterned rugs.The New York Timesthought it was all pretty nifty. And we had a buzzy little party at the Clare V. store in West Hollywood. You can check out the collectionhere. A few of my favorite pieces: thetask lamp, thelumbar pillow, andcheckered shag rug.

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Food52 Doings

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Our Head of Content, Josh Young, and his team have been busy filming brand-new Food52 cooking shows. Our newest one,\xa0Yes, Chef, just debuted, and check outErika Learns,where our CEO gets a crash course in the culinary arts. Lesson #1:one-skillet chicken thighs with dates and oliveswith Tamron Hall and Lish Steiling.

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Paris Part 2

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As promised, some more highlights from my sourcing trip to Paris and Antwerp with Food52 GM, Jojo:

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Pitchers with personality.

Mixed metals flatware.

Color block terry cloth towels.

The future of cutting boards?

A charming clock.

Draw the bath.

You heard it here first: tongs will get more stylish.

The pizza as textile art.

The ombré of birthday candles.

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I leave you with a photo of mankind’s greatest invention, which I discovered in Antwerp: butter wrapped like pieces of candy.

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