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| Could the Farfetch Model Work for Skate Shops? | BoF Exclusive | BoF - The Business of Fashion Posted: 20 Jun 2019 09:20 PM PDT LONDON, United Kingdom — Among the male models who walked the runway on Thursday in Paris for Virgil Abloh's latest collection for Louis Vuitton, one might have stood out to at least part of the audience: London skater Lucien Clarke, known for his relationship with the wildly popular streetwear brand Palace. His presence is just another indication of fashion's love affair with skateboarding culture —one that has been growing for years and crescendoed with a 2017 collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Supreme. Today it's not surprising to come across top streetwear brands in fashion shops like Dover Street Market or Opening Ceremony. But now a new company is aiming to make it easier for all types of skate fans to shop from local, skater-owned skateshops — the homes of the vibrant subculture where the price of a deck has remained largely unchanged for 30 years. Parade is an invitation-only marketplace that uses the Farfetch model (facilitating sales without holding inventory) to plug into 16 skate shops across the UK, like Slam City in London and Focus in Edinburgh. The company plans to expand into the US by the end of this summer and Japan next year, and currently ships to over 40 countries. Parade handles customer acquisition, marketing, shipping logistics, returns and customer service and takes a commission on each sale; its founders declined to say how much but said it starts at market rates, which are typically around 15 percent based on Farfetch's initial rates. On Paradeworld.com | Source: Courtesy The founders are longtime friends and skaters Craig Smith, formerly the vice president of digital product at Burberry, and Neil Chester, formerly the manager of skate marketing for Adidas. Parade's investors include Farfetch founder José Neves, LVMH's Chief Digital Officer Ian Rogers (also a skater), and former Burberry COO John Smith. Craig Smith first came up with the idea for Parade when he met Neves nearly a decade ago and realised that the marketplace model could work for the skate community, where skater-run neighbourhood shops serve as community hubs for young and professional skaters. Despite easy access to online commerce tools like Shopify and Instagram, many of these small businesses never built online stores. "When it comes to translating what they do offline online, it's really, really tough," said Smith. "These stores are missing out on the online consumer, which is year-on-year growing." Many skate shop owners don't have the digital expertise to win the competitive game of online shopping, where customers have increasingly high expectations about service and delivery, typically because shop owners came to the business through a personal love of skateboarding, instead of business ambitions, said Smith. Daphne Greca, owner of Brixton's Baddest Skateshop, said shipping costs were the biggest barrier for the store online, and she didn't have the time to manage sales via other platforms like eBay or Depop. Parade's launch is either right on time or even too late. Skateboarding, known as a counterculture activity for young people who feel like outsiders, is seeing an upswing in mainstream popularity. Parents no longer discourage it, and the sport will be in the Summer Olympics for the first time in Tokyo next summer. As of 2016, there were over 6.44 million skaters in the US, according to the Outdoor Foundation. Interest in skateboarding from a fashion perspective has peaked, too: London's Selfridges opened up a free indoor skate bowl last year — just one example of a mainstream retailer championing streetwear brands to get shoppers through the doors.
Noah Johnson, the style editor at GQ magazine, said there are already plenty of ways to sell skate brands to consumers outside the community. "I don't really know how much more appetite there is," he said. "A lot of the coolest skateboard brands are out there and available in fashion stores and elsewhere." But he said there is a market to bring apparel and hard goods to skaters globally who do not live near a skate shop, particularly a very well respected one. While many shops sell the same brands, those with the best reputations are able to land the most coveted — and limited distribution — brands, like Palace. "Anything [skate shops] can do to sell more apparel is good, because that's where they are making more money," said Johnson. The reputation issue illustrates the particular challenge of doing business in the skateboarding world. The community of core fans have seen their subculture grow into a global phenomenon that has hit luxury and beyond, and is skeptical of new players in the space who may not actually participate in the sport. Skater-owned brands fear being perceived as "selling out." And following the unexpected growth of Supreme — which started as a skate shop in 1994 and has since become a $1 billion brand on the strength of its own label — retailers from outside the skateboarding community have tried to enter and find the same success, only to miss the nuances of the way real skaters speak, communicate and design apparel. But Smith and Chester are hoping Parade can work because they understand these sensitivities and are part of the community themselves — particularly Chester, who worked directly with skaters at Adidas and has relationships with many shops. The brands they offer on the site are amongst the more fashionable of the streetwear set —Fucking Awesome, Magenta, Polar, Quasi, WKND — but they also offer a significant range of hardware. Parade's editorial content and magazine also serve as a way to further demonstrate commitment. Recent articles include interviews with Dan Magee, the videographer and founder of Blueprint Skateboards, and lists of events hosted by its network of shops on Go Skateboarding Day, June 21. Greca, of Brixton's Baddest Skateshop, said she considers Parade a skater-owned business because Smith and Chester are known entities in the community. "If it was two random people who didn't skate and said, 'We have this idea,' I don't think we would have gone with them," she said. "It's like trying to push a vegan business and eating meat every day." Greca said the shop's online orders have increased fivefold since it started selling through Parade instead of just its own online store. Smith acknowledged there was some initial apprehension from skate store partners who worried Parade would cannibalise their existing customer base but said the soft launch has proved the platform can bring them a new audience, including shoppers who live outside major cities, and non-skaters more accustomed to hunting for niche streetwear brands online.
"Our job is to support the stores," said Smith. "Skateboarding is a very precious thing and what we are trying to do is very ambitious." Like Farfetch, which facilitates sales from fashion boutiques across the world but also increasingly ships directly from labels, Parade plans to also sell inventory directly from brands. But it will focus on those that aren't readily available through skate shops or heavy-hitters along the lines of Adidas and Nike that can bring significant awareness to the marketplace through co-marketing. Skate shops already struggle to compete with those non-skater brands which can easily undercut their prices and offer a wider assortment of products. Parade also plans to be a liaison between mainstream brands looking to tap into the "cool factor" around skating and the brands and shops at the centre of the community. The founders can help them understand it is important "to be seen in the stores and supporting skateboarding at the grassroots level," said Chester. "We need to make sure it's authentic and that we don't sell out either, because our job is to manage this ecosystem that we are trying to translate, that is predominately offline but also online," said Smith. "Let's make sure they can do it correctly. And if we can get some cash from these brands that helps the skate shops in some way, I think the stores will recognise that." Parade's founders also want to scout the next great streetwear brands, the Supreme's of the future, which are now more likely to be born online than in a skate shop. "Tomorrow's brand may not be seen by a skate shop because there are so many brands these days," said Smith. "We are hoping we can find those next brands... and ensure that the skate shops are part of that evolution." Related Articles: How Stüssy Became a $50 Million Global Streetwear Brand Without Selling Out Hiroshi Fujiwara: Be a Disturber, Not a Designer  |
| Why You Should Visit Southern India on Your Next Vacation - Fortune Posted: 22 Jun 2019 05:31 AM PDT Floodwaters charted the destiny of Kochi, the centuries-old port city in the Indian state of Kerala—a sliver of land stretching some 360 miles along the country's southwestern Malabar Coast—nearly 700 years ago. The seaside enclave would likely never have become the bastion of multiculturalism it is today if not for a major flood in 1341, which threw open its estuary to the Arabian Sea, transforming it into one of the finest natural harbors in the East and an alluring destination for an esteemed succession of conquerors and visitors alike. Last August, nature again tried to dictate Kerala's fate, this time to its detriment. Unusually heavy monsoon rains spurred the state's most devastating flooding in nearly a hundred years, swamping its coastal regions and killing nearly 500 people while displacing hundreds of thousands more. The floodwaters closed Cochin International Airport—Kerala's largest—for two weeks, caused roughly $2.5 billion in losses, and damaged tens of thousands of homes across its 15,000 square miles. Predictably, the accompanying worldwide media coverage detailing the devastation decimated Kerala's tourism industry—which accounts for 12% of its economy and 20% of its jobs—for months after the roiling waters receded. While it may take years for the handful of areas that bore the brunt of the damage to fully recuperate, the less-reported news is that Kerala is squarely back on its feet and arguably more eager than ever to welcome tourists to its lush and storied shores. A sojourn in this resort state—and in its enchanting neighbors of Tamil Nadu and Goa—offers both an unforgettable immersion in southern India's myriad charms and a prime opportunity to support its ongoing recovery. A Melting Pot of Old and NewNo place in Kerala captures the state's enticing mix of history and exoticism more dynamically than Fort Kochi, its oldest fishing village and Kochi's historic heart, where the city's complex cultural amalgam comes to life. Stroll along its tree-lined avenues to the breezy seaside to view a horizon studded with its iconic Chinese fishing nets, living monuments still in use and first brought here in the 14th century, when Kochi—the only place in the world ruled successively by three European colonial powers—became the center of the brisk Indian spice trade. Then visit St. Francis Church—the oldest European church in India—to see the original grave site of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, whose maiden voyage here in 1498 portended Kochi's christening five years later as the first European settlement on Indian soil. Nearby stands a large weathered gate marked with the initials "VOC," the monogram of the Dutch East India Company, a former trading titan that was once the richest private company in the world during the 17th century. It testifies to the once-vital trade links between Kochi and the Netherlands. The Dutch, keen to capitalize on the enormous strategic value of "the Queen of the Arabian Sea" (as the city was often called), wrested it away from the Portuguese in 1663. Stand before the gate facing Parade Ground, the largest open green in town, and you can see Cochin Club, a formerly all-male British bolt-hole founded in the early 20th century and a vestige of the final chapter in Kochi's colonial history, which began in 1795 (when Great Britain officially changed the city's name to Cochin) and lasted until India's independence in 1947.  The Malabar House. Olaf Krueger Overlooking Parade Ground from its prime perch on the green's north side sits The Malabar House, Fort Kochi's first boutique hotel. India's inaugural Relais & Chateaux property, the artfully designed hideaway, dating back to 1755, is a casually elegant retreat with top-notch service in a peerless location. Its 17 spacious and colorful rooms all boast verandas or terraces, while the inviting central courtyard buzzes quietly in the evening with the festive din of guests and visitors. The hotel's lively destination restaurant, Malabar Junction, serves up some of the best cuisine in Fort Kochi, melding Keralan and Mediterranean influences in flavorful dishes like prawns stewed in coconut milk and turmeric broth, and Indian Ocean sea bass with cauliflower velouté, fennel, and plum, while its Divine wine bar celebrates India's burgeoning wine industry.  Malabar Junction's thali, an Indian-style meal composed of a selection of various dishes on a single plate. Olaf Krueger The hotel's dual role as an exceptional art showcase underscores its unique character. Guest rooms and common spaces brim with a dazzling array of antique and contemporary objets d'art, thanks to the vision of husband-and-wife owners Joerg Drechsel and Txuku Iriarte Solana, passionate collectors and Keralan hospitality pioneers. The German-born Drechsel, a former exhibition designer, was first seduced by Kerala's charms in 1972 after driving there from Europe across countries including Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan—"unthinkable today," he says—and was especially inspired by its melting pot of religions and cultures. (Some 32 communities speaking at least 16 languages live in Old Kochi, the collective name given to Fort Kochi and neighboring Mattancherry.) "As a lifetime traveler, many places I've visited have become victims of ethnic and religious conflicts," Drechsel says. "Kerala's Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities have grown side by side over many centuries, creating an umbrella culture with a common language and a shared way of life. It's a shining example that there is another way." Returning to Kerala some two decades later with Iriarte Solana and thoughts of starting a new life chapter, they happened upon the Malabar House property, then dilapidated and overgrown, and snatched it up in 1995. The hotel opened two years later and is now the flagship of a small circuit of Keralan hotels that comprise Malabar Escapes.  A suite at Purity at Lake Vembanad, the Malabar House's sister property. Olaf Krueger The Malabar House's reputation as Fort Kochi's leading art hotel dovetails with the enclave's emergence as one of India's artistic hotbeds, thanks in part to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, now South Asia's largest art show. (The state of Kerala is a major sponsor—noteworthy in a country with virtually no government support for the fine arts.) Founded eight years ago, the exhibition's international profile is growing steadily; the fourth edition, which wrapped in March, featured the work of 100 artists from India and 30 other countries. A visit to the pioneering Gallery OED and URU Art Harbour, an exhibition space in a hauntingly atmospheric waterfront location in Mattancherry, is another must for art buffs, as is the private Kerala Folklore Museum. With thousands of pieces ranging from sculptures to paintings to jewelry, it's a fascinating journey through the astonishing artistic legacy of southern India, housed in a remarkable building, a high temple of Keralan architecture completed over nearly eight years with the help of 62 traditional carpenters. Meanwhile, decor enthusiasts will want to spend days rummaging through Mattancherry's awe-inspiring antique shops like Heritage Arts and Crafters, whose cavernous, old spice warehouses are filled floor to ceiling with treasures. Tranquility by the LakesideAfter a few days spent peeling back Fort Kochi's myriad layers, it's time to unwind in the seemingly boundless greenery of Kerala's famous backwaters. A 90-minute drive from Fort Kochi, along roads lined with rice paddies and swaying palms, lies Purity at Lake Vembanad, the Malabar House's sister property. Presiding over the widest part of the lake—India's longest at nearly 60 miles—from its western shore, the resort offers a serene sanctuary perfect for unplugging, where you can lounge endlessly by the lakefront infinity pool, enjoy an open-air Ayurvedic oil massage at the spa, and dine by torchlight at the water's edge on scrumptious dishes of fresh lake-caught crab and fish. Like The Malabar House, Purity showcases an eclectic mix of modern and antique Indian art throughout its common areas and 14 rooms, all with lake views and some with en suite spa facilities.  The infinity pool at Purity at Lake Vembanad, the Malabar House's sister property. Tim Griffith Photo ©Tim Griffith While the hotel can arrange outings to nearby points of interest, such as the Mararikulam Mahadeva Temple or a local coir factory (one of Kerala's top industries), a day (at a minimum) boating through Kerala's fabled backwaters—the palm-lined inland network of lagoons, lakes, rivers, and canals that parallel the Kerala coast from Kochi 86 miles south to Kollam—aboard the Malabar Escapes Discovery houseboat is a must-do. A converted rice barge outfitted with a roomy suite that sleeps four on cruises that range from one to three nights, Discovery will chauffeur you through this labyrinth of lush waterways lined with modest villages and flotillas of kettuvallams, Kerala's traditional thatched-roof houseboats. The eager waves of swimming children and grizzled fishermen in wooden canoes in this distinct water-world—where deadly floodwaters surged for weeks less than a year ago—will remind you of the meaning of resilience.  The Discovery houseboat by Malabar Escapes on Lake Vembanad. Olaf Krueger Enduring and Inimitable ArtistryHome to one of the world's most ancient civilizations, the southern state of Tamil Nadu, Kerala's neighbor to the east, boasts a richly textured history dating back 4,000 years. Often called "the Land of Temples"—its borders encompass some 33,000 of them—its illustrious artistic heritage owes largely to an array of disparate rulers—notably the Chola dynasty, one of the wealthiest in southern India, whose reign spanned from 850–1279 AD. The Cholas' avid patronage of pursuits including painting, sculpture, bronze casting, and architecture—which later conflated with the subsequent Vijayanagara and Maratha dynasties' own artistic leanings—left an indelible aesthetic imprint that resonates most distinctly in the eastern town of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu's cultural capital.  Svatma Thanjavur, a boutique hotel, opened in 2015 after a decade involving a painstaking restoration of a 150-year-old colonial-era home. There's no better base for exploring Thanjavur's bounty of treasures than Svatma, an exquisite boutique hotel (and fellow Relais & Chateaux member) and the city's preeminent address for discerning visitors. A decade in the works before its 2015 debut, the 38-room hideaway is the passion project of Indian architect and designer Krithika Subrahmanian, who created it partially in response to Tamil Nadu's dearth of luxury accommodations. A trained Bharatanatyam dancer—a classical style that originated in Tamil Nadu's Hindu temples—she painstakingly restored the 150-year-old, colonial-style building—once home to a British trader—to reflect both her own exacting standards of hospitality and Thanjavur's formidable artistic legacy. Teeming with locally sourced antiques and furnishings, Svatma has the rarefied air of an unusually inviting museum crossed with a luxe heritage home, replete with galleries that beautifully showcase enduring aspects of Tamil history like the vina, an ancient Indian string instrument whose dulcet strains are said to soothe both body and mind. (Some 15 families still make vinas in Thanjavur. Svatma can arrange a visit to their sawdust-strewn workshops, where barefoot artisans methodically craft the musical masterpieces from jackfruit wood, adorning them with intricate carvings of peacocks and Hindu deities.) Serving only Tamil Nadu's tasty vegetarian cuisine in its two restaurants—don't miss the delicious and colorful thali, a traditional Indian lunch—the hotel boasts a deftly designed pool painted with trompe l'oeil imagery and a rooftop cocktail bar overlooking bustling streets lined with ornate, pastel-hued temples, many crosshatched by telephone wires and sandwiched between cinder-block buildings in a startling mélange of old and new. While you're there, pay a visit to Brihadisvara Temple—Thanjavur's prodigious centerpiece and the jewel in the crown of the Unesco-inscribed Great Living Chola Temples triumvirate—is a requisite first stop. Built by the legendary Chola ruler Rajaraja I ("king of kings") to commemorate his triumphant tenure and completed in 1010 AD, it's a literal marvel of engineering and aesthetic achievement: carved entirely in interlocking granite and dedicated to Shiva, one of the most important gods in the Hindu pantheon, its vimana (tower) soars over 200 feet skyward, while legend says its 80-ton cupola was set in place by elephants. At dusk, the temple's honey-hued stone seems to glow the warm shades of sunset, a shifting palette of pink and orange ablaze against the violet sky. Meanwhile, the nearby Thanjavur Royal Palace Museum houses a priceless (and peerless) collection of bronze statues spanning the ninth to 19th centuries AD. Just outside the palace lies the Saraswati Mahal Library, arguably the most acclaimed in India, stuffed with tens of thousands of books and documents. One of the few medieval manuscript libraries in the world, its rarest holdings can be viewed by appointment.  Svatma, also a Relais & Chateaux member, is a 38-room hideaway and the passion project of Indian architect and designer Krithika Subrahmanian. Svatma Architectural showstoppers aside, a Svatma-arranged tour of the local studios that continue to nurture Thanjavur's age-old artistic traditions provides a memorable glimpse into the Tamil people's prolific creative gifts. In the humblest thatch-roofed homes tucked away on quiet dirt lanes, you'll observe the disciplined creation of Thanjavur paintings—one of southern India's most iconic art forms since the 16th century—wherein gold leaf, glass beads, and semiprecious stones are used to accent colorful portraits of Hindu gods and goddesses. A trip to one of Thanjavur's local bronze-casting factories reveals the singular process—from the sculpting of the initial wax model to the final polishing—of transforming molten metal into exuberantly detailed depictions of deities that mirror those of bygone centuries. For textile aficionados, Sri Sagunthalai Silks produces some of the most stunning saris in the country through the disappearing art of korvai weaving. This prized southern Indian technique—whereby the border and pallu, the loose end that drapes over the shoulder, are hand-woven separately first and later seamlessly into the garment's body—was practiced in Thanjavur by the owners' forefathers more than 400 years ago. Back at the hotel, a range of inspiring on-site activities—including chamber music concerts, Vedic chanting classes, and Bharatanatyam dance performances—further immerse visitors in Thanjavur's cultural potpourri, while a sound therapy session at the hotel's pristine spa—where a therapist performs an "acoustic massage" using a massage table underpinned by 50 strummable strings and instruments like rattles and gongs to compose a "full-body listening experience"—may compel you to extend your stay. A Hotel Worth the TripArguably no journey to southern India would be complete without a visit to Goa, the tiny western state bordering Karnataka and a favorite festive resort destination of both Indians and foreigners. Thanks to the 450-year reign of the Portuguese—which ended only in 1961, 14 years after the anniversary of the rest of India's independence—the country's influence is everywhere, from the colonial buildings painted electric hues of blue, yellow, and green in Fontainhas, the old Latin quarter of Goa's capital city of Panjim, to the 17th-century Basilica of Bom Jesus, famous throughout the Roman Catholic world for housing the tomb of St. Francis Xavier, the so-called Apostle of the Indies, immortalized for his legendary missionary voyages throughout the East.  Ahilya by the Sea, an exquisite nine-room hotel on the shores of Dolphin Bay in Nerul, a village at the southern tip of North Goa. Ahilya by the Sea Portuguese influence—along with Chinese, Balinese, and African ones, among others—converge to utterly enchanting affect at Ahilya by the Sea, an exquisite nine-room jewel box that opened in 2015 on the shores of Dolphin Bay in Nerul, a sleepy fishermen's village at the southern tip of North Goa. Owned by the granddaughter of Antonio Xavier Trindade, the late 19th-century Goan portrait artist nicknamed the "Rembrandt of the East," and the sister property of the celebrated Ahilya Fort in Maheshwar, Madhya Pradesh, it's a self-contained paradise with innumerable charms, from the astonishing array of worldly treasures artfully spread throughout its three sumptuous Balinese-Portuguese-style villas, to its peerless service and spectacular cuisine. (Besides world-class Indian dishes, the hotel's pastas are as good as any you'll find in Italy.) At breakfast, you'll feast on freshly composed fruit salad sprinkled with pomegranate seeds, eggs scrambled with green chilies, and warm house-baked local breads on a breezy terrace facing the sea toward Panjim—the hotel is built on the former site of the customhouses that guarded its entrance—while in the evening, the lovingly manicured grounds surrounding the infinity pool become an impossibly atmospheric, candlelit alfresco dining room, where you won't sit in the same spot twice. The unfailingly charming staff will happily coordinate day trips to the North Goan beaches of Morjim, Ashvem, and Mandrem, a visit to Old Goa's renowned churches, or a tour of Goa's chicest boutiques, including Sacha's Shop in Panaji and Panjim's Tarini, an Indian-textile wonderland. But don't be surprised if you find yourself counting the minutes until you return to this incomparable Eden. 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| Here's How To Stream BTS' 5th Muster So You Don't Miss A Single Moment - Elite Daily Posted: 13 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT  June is the month of BTS. There, I said it. Why, you ask? June 13 marks six years of the group being together. To celebrate the special anniversary, BTS holds their annual FESTA event for the two weeks leading up to the date. As per FESTA tradition, the guys shared special content for their fans like a dance practice video of "Mic Drop," Jin's solo song "Tonight," and a GoPro video of BTS performing "Anpanman" live in concert. With FESTA coming to a close in just over a week, BTS has moved on to another special event: their 5th Muster. In case "Muster" is an unfamiliar word to you, it basically means "a formal gathering of troops," aka BTS' fans — the ARMY (get it?). The Muster events are really special shows held by BTS for their fans, so you definitely can't miss it this year. If you're wondering how to stream BTS' 5th Muster, no worries, because it's actually really simple. This year, BTS' 5th Muster will be centered around the theme of "Magic Shop." The event shares a title with BTS' song of the same name off of their album, Love Yourself: Tear", released in May 2018. The guys performed their song "Magic Shop" throughout 2018 on their Love Yourself tour, and it has become a fan-favorite because of the line, "So show me, I'll show you," which BTS and their ARMY sang as a call and response whenever BTS performed it. Unfortunately, the guys didn't include the song on their set list for their Love Yourself: Speak Yourself tour this year, but here's hoping BTS will perform it at their 5th Muster. I mean, you can't have the theme be "Magic Shop" without including the song, right? BTS has been teasing their 5th Muster since March 28, so you can imagine how excited fans are to finally experience the show. Part 1 of the 5th Muster will happen on June 15 and 16 in Busan, South Korea at the Busan Asiad Auxiliary Stadium, while Part 2 will be on June 22 and 23 in Seoul at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena. Similar to BTS' Love Yourself: Speak Yourself concert at Wembley Stadium, which was streamed live through VLIVE, the group's 5th Muster will also be streamed on both the VLIVE website and app. On May 7, the official VLIVE Twitter account announced that although there are four shows for the 5th Muster, only the final show on Sunday, June 23 in Seoul will be streamed live. The event will happen at 7 p.m. KST, which is 6 a.m. EST and 3 a.m PST stateside. I know, that's really early for international fans, but that's just what happens when you stan a K-Pop group right? Since BTS' 5th Muster is considered exclusive content on VLIVE, fans will have to purchase the event in order to stream it. The 5th Muster costs 1000 VLIVE coins, which is about $18. You can purchase access to the stream by heading over the the VLIVE website. The stream for the 5th Muster will be extra special since VLIVE is offering fans a few different ways to watch the event. Apart from the main cam (main view), the app will also give fans the opportunity to watch the show from different angles. After the live show, the app will then upload the 5th Muster at a later date so fans can replay it as many times as they want. Here's what VLIVE said about the 5th Muster stream:
With that info, no wonder why fans are so hyped for the 5th Muster! It will truly be a once-in-a-lifetime performance.  |
| Harrisburg's Koda restaurant stands out with decor, menu: Mimi's Picks - PennLive.com Posted: 22 Jun 2019 05:01 AM PDT  Electric blue isn't a common restaurant color, but Koda isn't your average central Pennsylvania dining destination. "It's an honest color like you'd see at the beach. This place represents 20 years of my career and a lot of personal growth. I wanted it to be its own thing, an extension of me," said head chef and owner Christian DeLutis, who hails most recently from six and a half years at Troegs Brewing Co. Prior to that he worked at distinguished restaurants in Baltimore, and America's first certified organic restaurant in Washington D.C. Koda has partnered with Newfangled Brew Works (Adam Cole serves as head brewer) and both businesses are housed in the sprawling rustic farmhouse building at the center of Yingst Homes' Union Station, a mixed-use community by Locust Lane and Union Deposit Road. The brewery "playland" adjacent to Koda has oversized games: Jenga and Connect Four as well as ping pong. The outdoor patio features live music on Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 7 p.m. The brewery has a built-n food truck that serves tacos ($4 or 3 for $11), burritos, quesadillas, specialty sandwiches such as the Cubano, and custom wood-smoked items -- all of them provided by DeLutis' kitchen team (which includes sous chef Devin Ream). DeLutis didn't want the "coffee shop dungeon look", with dark wood and a cavernous feel. Instead, the huge Koda space is doused in natural light during the day thanks to double rows of windows and oversized light fixtures dangling from high, industrial piped ceiling. At night, the expansive dining room has a neon cobalt glow and modern feel. It's not cozy or warm, but quirky, minimalist and as wide open as a high school gym. The Americana décor scheme begins with the vintage 1930s blue water glasses and expands into 1950s-style Chicago steakhouse booths, '60s-like art deco chairs, white wood tables and hundred-year-old theater seats for awaiting customers. If space allows definitely take a seat at the bar counter facing the kitchen. From the floor, you'd miss seeing the six-foot Argentinian wood-fired grill fueled by thick oak logs. You'd also miss the copper lights over the active work space. You'd miss William "Billy" Houck craft some of the finest cocktails using Pennsylvania liquors, made from scratch spirits and wines. (For a $9 corkage fee, customers can bring their own selection of bottles.) The cocktails are sublime, inventive and blissful. The "In a Pickle," ($10) swirls together blue coat gin, cucumber, dill, ginger simple syrup, fresh lime juice and sweet garden bitters. The herbaceous, bold flavors of this drink will leave a ginger-citrus freshness on your breath. The clipboard menu features nostalgic comfort dishes that taste as unpretentious as their straightforward descriptions. "It's mood food that makes customers feel a certain way," DeLutis said. For example, there's the hot fudge sundae ($8) crowned with peanut brittle, whipped cream and cherries; the turmeric-cream dolloped mint-laced, chilled pea ($7) soup with a carrot cracker; or the crusty French toast sticks ($6), made with pain perdu by pastry chef Kyle Komada. The scratch kitchen sources from local purveyors whenever possible. If you order the deviled, beet-brined eggs and crispy, full flavored bacon ($13) as a starter or for breakfast it will be the best darn bacon and pork belly you have ever tasted in your life thanks to how well cared for the animals are at Rettland Farm. (You can buy a vacuum-sealed package of bacon by the pound for $8 at the market stand in the restaurant.) Every dish is made with the same attention to quality and preparation, from pinky-size oysters cloaked in a crunchy potato crust ($16 or served raw with chopped cocktail), to a wood-grill perfected ribeye steak ($28), served with herb butter and accompanied by golden, freshly cut fries and garden-fresh peas. Other dishes of interest are the pork belly B.L.T. ($14). made on house baked spent grain toast; the salmon ($24) accompanied by asparagus, peas and zucchini ragout; the Cornish game hen ($24), served with cornbread stuffing and crispy Brussel sprouts; the crispy duck leg ($16 or $27) cast with rhubarb and "raspberry sticky"; gnocchi ($29) embellished by scallop and lobster; and slow-braised lamb shank ($33) with three bean succotash, artichoke chips, tomato and orange marmalade. One missteps is the shake and bake pork chop ($22) that is served amidst a swirl of chopped sweet potato hash, which retains pleasant al dente crunchiness. However, the chop -- though exceptional and smothered in blueberry barbecue sauce -- had a seared outer edge but a dry interior texture. The other misstep is the baked Alaska ($9), which arrived straight from the freezer as a solid hard ball of ice cream on a soft, insipidly thin chocolate cake layer. The individual S'mores cheesecake squares ($9) were much better, topped with miniature marshmallows and chocolate chips, and then piped with a Nike swish of torched meringue. "Koda is like having a child. You name it [Koda is a Native American word that means "little bear"] and then it has to grow up. We're finding out what people like and dictated by that audience," DeLutis said. Worth the prices, Koda and Newfangled Brew Works stands out amongst the local restaurant/brewery scene with whimsical settings, inventive yet unpretentious menus and caring, happy staff. Koda, 8001 Union Station Boulevard, Lower Paxton Township, 717-982-6473  |
| Posted: 06 Jun 2019 12:00 AM PDT The new Proper Ice Cream shop in eastern Delray Beach celebrates its ribbon-cutting tonight. The event will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Expect lots of surprises! The new shop is located at 75 SE 4th Avenue. Among the many yummy flavors the popular ice cream spot offers banana cream pound cake, pistachio with caramelized fig and cornbread with apple tartin. I SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM: 3 new sweet shops spark sugar rush But the real action will be at Proper's original location (1445 N. Congress Ave., Delray), which will throw a one-year anniversary bash Saturday night. Fun starts at 7:30 p.m. with music and new flavor releases. Slurp it up, Delray.  |
| Posted: 22 Jun 2019 05:30 AM PDT Julia Collin Davison is the co-host of two of the highest-rated instructional cooking shows on television, but the chef and TV star doesn't forget her Rochester roots. Collin Davison co-hosts PBS's "America's Test Kitchen" and "Cook's Country" and serves as America's Test Kitchen's executive editorial director. She lives in Massachusetts now, but often makes the trip back to the Rochester area to visit her parents, where she's apt to take in a show at the Eastman Theatre, or shop at the Pittsford Plaza Wegmans—the "mack daddy" Wegmans, she said. Collin Davison, who grew up in Rochester and graduated from SUNY Albany and the Culinary Institute of America, will be in Syracuse this October as the headliner of WCNY's fifth annual Taste of Fame dinner fundraiser. Collin Davison, along with Chef Richard Blais, who is emceeing the event, will craft a four-course dinner with Finger Lakes wine pairings.  'America's Test Kitchen' star Julia Collin Davison coming to Syracuse for WCNY 'Taste of Fame' dinner The fundraising dinner will be held in October. Collin Davison started with America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated magazine as a test cook in 1999. In 2017, she and co-host Bridget Lancaster took over as hosts of the eponymous television show following the departure of ATK co-founder Christopher Kimball in 2015. She talked with syracuse.com | The Post-Standard last week on her favorite spots to visit when she's back in Rochester, her favorite things to cook, life as one of the new faces of America's Test Kitchen and the greatness of white hot dogs. Here are excerpts from the interview: Jacob Pucci: You live in the Boston area now, but you grew up in Rochester and went to school at SUNY Albany. You're a CIA grad. What impact did growing up in upstate New York have on your life and career? Julia Collin Davison: Rochester is a family-oriented city and I can appreciate that now that I'm older looking back. I think about moving back all the time because it's the right mix of everything. The right mix of good music at Eastman [Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre], good food, restaurants and supermarkets; good public schools and culture, the Geva Theater. It's just the right mix and it's easy—easier than living in a big city. I have a daughter who's 10 and I think about her growing up. I really want to move back, because I feel like it was just it's a great place to grow up. JP: When you are back in Rochester, what places—restaurants or otherwise—are your favorites? JCD: I think mine are going to be pretty dated, but let's go! I was there this past weekend visiting my folks and we went—you're going to laugh—to Castaways. It's right off the lake and it's the best place to watch a sunset. Period. Hands down. It's the best place to sit outside. In this place, it's a good meal at a good price with an amazing view. Just perfection. The one place we go for special occasions is [Ristorante] Lucano. It's a special occasion place for us. Across the street from that at Wegmans is Amore. My parents love going there. I love going there. They have wine flights and a really great white bean soup in the winter. I love Mamasan's, India House. Best Indian food ever. For brunch or breakfast, Coal Tower in downtown Pittsford. Dinosaur [Bar-B-Que] of course. JP: That's the taste of home. JCD: It is the taste of home. But I've eaten a garbage plate. JP: Do you enjoy the Rochester garbage plate? JCD: I did, at least in high school. I saw them at the [Greater Rochester International] airport the other day. I was looking for a white hot dog. No one believes me that I grew up with white hot dogs. I'm like, "what do you mean you've never seen a white hot dog?" My mother made us eat them because they had no nitrates, so she thought they were healthier options. You can't find white hots anywhere else. JP: What's on your ideal garbage plate? JCD: White hots for sure. You gotta have at least one white hot. Gotta have a burger. But then you know what's underneath just a big ol' mash of mayonnaise and home fries. I don't even think I can identify what's under there. I know there's a macaroni floating around. I haven't I haven't had one in ages. Whatever, it's delicious. JP: Any other places? JCD: There's also Country Sweet. I eat wings all over the country and nobody makes wings like Country Sweet. There's Korean fried wings, but they are not the same. It's fried chicken—it's wings, but fried chicken style—and they got so big you couldn't really identify as a flat or a drum. I saw Country Sweet at Wegmans the other day--they have a Wegmans here by me. The Wegmans out here are not like the Wegmans I grew up with. I'm a Wegmans expert. I've been shopping there since the 70s. JP: As the Wegmans expert, do you often preach the greatness of Wegmans to the folks in New England? JCD: Of course, all the time! It's not a hard sell. Every time I'm like, "Oh I love Wegmans," someone will be like, "I love Wegmans," and then it's like, "who loves it more?" JP: You and Bridget [co-host Bridget Lancaster] took over as the hosts of America's Test Kitchen in 2017. How has it been now that you get the top billing on the show? JCD: Perfection. It was nerve-wracking the first year because it was just all different and all new. But I was excited about the opportunity and now that I had a few years under my belt, I think it's terrific. I want to show as many people that work at ATK as I can. We have over 40 test cooks that cook Monday to Friday, testing the same recipes over and over and over. That's a unique kind of personality. There are so many characters that work in that kitchen that I'm just dying to get to put on TV because that's the fun of it. So for those reasons, I really do love being the host, although sometimes I miss the cooking part. I also love cooking, so it's bittersweet. JP: What changes have you made to America's Test Kitchen since taking over? JCD: We changed the set completely, which was fun. We're making things look a little less dated, a little more current. The show should resonate with people of various backgrounds. It should have old-time favorites like "the best meatloaf" but not all of it should be that way. People want to know how to make food that might be unusual to them, which is America. That's the melting pot. So we're careful and mindful that we're making authentic curry, for example. You might know a ton about curry, you might know nothing about curry. And that's the wonderful thing about America. We present it in a way that is honest, respectful and makes the best use of ingredients everyone can get in the supermarket, which is very different than what it was ten or even five years ago. JP: America's Test Kitchen and Cook's Illustrated have a reputation for making recipes so precisely. Can you talk a little bit about that process and how long it takes for you guys to develop a recipe? JCD: The process we use for developing a recipe is pretty unique. I don't really know if any other cookbook author or test kitchen or magazine that does it the way we do. In order to pick out a recipe, we survey our readers and viewers. I'll use an example of roast chicken. The recipe gets handed to one of the test cooks. Their first stop is in our library. We have one of the largest private cookbook libraries in the country. They then pick five recipes that span the range of options and make them simultaneously in a side-by-side taste test called the "five recipe piece." All the other cooks and editors from the project will taste and discuss with the test cook about what worked and what didn't. Then they cobble together a working recipe and then start to test the variables of the recipe independent of one another. For roast chicken, they might roast six chickens at slightly different oven temperatures just to see what the effect of temperature on roast chicken was. Recipes can be tested anywhere from 25 to 50 times. It usually takes about six to eight weeks to develop one recipe. In terms of grocery costs, it can be on average about $10,000 a recipe. JP: What happens with all the extra food? JCD: We have a fridge called the "take home fridge" and its only purpose is where food after a taste test goes. We can't donate it because it's a half-eaten picked over roast chicken, but it could happily be someone's lunch or dinner. JP: When I first learned to cook, your "The New Best Recipe" cookbook was the one book I always used. Do you have any cookbooks that are like that to you? JCD: Growing up I used Julia Child's books. Nonstop. Because I had her name. I remember as a kid my mother was sort of sick and lying in bed and my brother and my father were out and I was bored, so I made French bread. I knew how to read and I'd baked with my mother before, but I had to run up and ask her questions once in awhile. I know I skipped a little bit on the rising times since I was a little eager, but two hours later, I came up with a loaf at French bread. It wasn't a credit to me as much as it was a credit to Julia Child's recipe that was easy enough for me, as a child under the age of 10, to be able to do on my own. JP: The same question, but for kitchen gadgets. If you had to pick one that you feel like everyone should have, what would you say? JCD: I don't love gadgets, but I do love equipment. This is gonna sound way lame, but it's the truth. I like big stacks of clean kitchen towels. I have three kinds of kitchen towels. I like having a stack of wash cloth-sized microfiber towels. I got a pack of like 30 of them on QVC. Those are for wiping down counters. I like big flour sack towels for drying my hands and I like medium sized ones for grabbing hot pots. So it's lame, but I go through a ton of towels. I do love a good blender. I have a Vitamix my mother gave to me when she got a new one. It was from the '70s. It was called the "Total Nutrition Center." I love that thing. My friends would make fun of it. They're like "what's the total nutrition center?" I'm like, "it's a badass blender." Oh, the garlic press! I love garlic presses. They're not cool, right? JP: Yeah, that's always one of those things people hate on because it's a single-use gadget. JCD: When I was in culinary school or working in restaurants, it just wasn't cool. "You don't need that, that's a homecook thing." I always thought they weren't very good. And then I started using one and I was like "this is amazing." It's so easy. JP: When you're not in the test kitchen, what do you like to cook at home? JCD: It's all over the place, (laughs) as you'd expect. I love roast chicken. It is hands-down my favorite recipe of all time. I haven't perfected my own personal recipe, but I'm getting close. ATK has a lot of great recipes, but I have different standards and I have different requirements. I never stand there and flip, I'm not going to brine, I'm not going to salt for hours. I want to come home and put chicken in the oven. I have high standards and there's a couple recipes that come really close. For breakfast, I eat the leftovers chopped up as hash with an egg on it almost universally. That is my breakfast. One of my favorite meals of the day. I really love things hashed up with an egg and hot sauce on it. Oh, an cauliflower rice. I buy it frozen. Just dump it into a hot skillet with a little oil right from the freezer and I'm off. Emergency breakfast? Throw an egg on it. Emergency side dish. Emergency everything. JP: Changing gears to the Taste of Fame dinner. Could you talk a little bit about what you're planning for that? JCD: I'm working with Chef Richard Blais. I'm so excited to work with him, but also I'm also excited to think about seasonality in October, when there's a lot of great local food. I'm thinking about what's local and in season in Upstate New York at that time. How can we have a little fun putting Chef Richard Blais' spin on things? My spin on things? I'm eager to think about what people in the area would like to see in maybe a slightly new way. All the wine is from the Finger Lakes region and the Finger Lakes are known for their white wines, which works really well with slightly spicy or curried foods. So I'd probably want to have a little fun with that. JP: It also goes great with white hots... JCD: I know! I mean it's a garbage plate food, but how can you take him off the garbage plate and make them kind of interesting? A little bit humorous and tongue-in-cheek. Good food, but people will recognize it's local. That's the kind of fun I want to have. Jacob Pucci finds the best in food, dining and culture across Central New York. Contact him at (315) 282-8611, or by email at jpucci@syracuse.com. Subscribers only: Join an insider text group with Jacob Pucci to get news and updates on the restaurants and cuisines of Central New York. SIGN UP HERE  One photo later, an Ithaca cider maker thrust into spotlight The cider makers talk apples, personal struggle and the search for Moses Snook.  |
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