The article also ignores the hundreds of thousands of people — from the salt farms of France to the rail yards of North Portland, Ore .— who have deliberately chosen to use artisan salt.
He and his successors used artisans and painters from Iran, Syria, Anatolia and India, establishing workshops to produce objects of mixed cultural roots whose beauty glorified the Timurids.
While the restaurant, which opened in mid-April, bills itself as farm-to-table, Mr. Pirraglia said by phone after my visits that it would use "artisans and well-rounded sources, not just local-local all the time".
Now many artists use artisans to do the dirty work and actually create their pieces.
The freekeh, sold as whole-grain or cracked, is produced using traditional artisan methods.
If you can afford those prices and place a high value on using quality artisan foods that are used by professional chefs and restaurants, then Gilt Taste is for you.
Although the Rudabai Vav boasts three separate entrances (a rarity), it and the Dada Harir Vav are conceptual cousins, built virtually simultaneously just 12 miles (19 km) from one another and commissioned under Islamic authority using Hindu artisans.
Julia Vitullo-Martin, a writer who has lived at the Belnord since 1975, said Mr. Barnett, who was previously in the diamond business in Antwerp, Belgium, was able to appreciate the building's European flavor and enhance it, using skilled artisans.
He's got everyone at Artisan using iPhones that are set up to notify them immediately of any new customer contacts on the Web site, so someone can respond right away — even when the office is empty.
