Thinking Outside the Litter Box When Sue Golmanavich, 63, a teaching assistant, and her husband, Joe, 64, a semi-retired information technology specialist, began a bathroom renovation at their home in Osterville, Mass., they asked Ms. Britton of Artisan Kitchens to include a litter box for their cat, Aslan, in the design.
Gonzalez and Gallardo opened Casa de Chocolates' first retail location and artisan kitchen in Berkeley, CA, this past year drawing inspiration from traditional chocolates, desserts, flavors and the cultures of Mexico, Central America and South America.
Ingenious, from his 2006 "Happy in the Kitchen" (Artisan).
Other recent additions include Bellantoni's Artisan Pasta and Kitchen (44-776-736-46-32), offering dishesous homemand Italian dishes, and Federation Coffee (no phone; federationcoffee.com), where each cup of fair-trade coffee is brewed to order.
The recipes Michel Richard shared with Washington Post readers over the years reflect the same playful spirit that sparked his restaurant creations and cookbooks, "Happy in the Kitchen" (Artisan, 2006) and "Sweet Magic" (Ecco, 2010).
In SMOKE AND PICKLES: Recipes and Stories From a New Southern Kitchen (Artisan, $29.95), Edward Lee pulls off a nifty sleight of hand, insinuating flavors and techniques from a variety of Asian cuisines into down-home Southern food, a move that comes naturally to him as a Korean-American planted behind the stove at 610 Magnolia, his Louisville restaurant.
Vegan cheese "started out as 'How can we make something look like cheese?' " says Miyoko Schinner, owner of Miyoko's Kitchen, the artisan vegan cheese company based near San Francisco.
Braun MultiQuick hand blender, £85.25, amazon.co.uk Mark Hix Hix Oyster & Chop House and Hix, both London, Hix Oyster & Fish House, Lyme Regis, Dorset: "I wouldn't be without my Kitchen Aid Artisan mixer.
Adapted from David Tanis, Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys (Artisan) A fresh take on the old-fashioned broth, with sharp notes of lemongrass, lime, tamarind, galangal and chilli.
But, just round the corner, here's Grafene with everything a box-ticking restaurant inspector could wish for: tasting menus, local provenance, "artisan suppliers", "open pastry kitchen", "scientifically inspired cocktails".
Guests can look through the "purchase diary," a large leather-bound volume containing copies of each day's contracts with the farmers and artisans who supply the kitchens, along with photographs of them picking vegetables, making rice wine, and slaughtering pigs.
