January Link Round-up
The answer to how the exceedingly wealthy Italian family who MAY own the Van Gogh painting that vanished into private collections decades ago made said private fortune was better than I ever could have imagined. [Michael Forsythe, Graham Bowley, and Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times (gift link)]
Oscar-winning designer Catherine Martin hand-painted the wallpaper in Baz Luhrman’s new East Village bar, designed as if owned by a fictional #retro medievalist gadabout he calls Monsieur. [Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair]
This bangin' new Smitten Kitchen recipe for potato leek soup has you crisp up the potato skin peelings for a garnish. [Deb Perelman, Smitten Kitchen]
I have bought my first pair of winter gloves since the knit ones I got in Edinburgh in 2009, they are these cashmere and leather ones, in black, and I love them, if you are also on the look for a new 15-year pair of gloves. [Alex Mill]
