Pistachio » Stephanie http://pistachiowriting.com writing about the business of food Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:59:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 When is an espresso machine like a Ferrari? http://pistachiowriting.com/2012/01/31/when-is-an-espresso-machine-like-a-ferrari/ http://pistachiowriting.com/2012/01/31/when-is-an-espresso-machine-like-a-ferrari/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:59:52 +0000 Stephanie http://pistachiowriting.com/?p=2553 When it’s shot and marketed like this:

but only until you look into its face, sadly:

Pedantic, unbeautiful, disappointing. That skull motif — not what I’d like to look at every morning.

How design can do a swan dive. How a Ferrari became a Lada.

The Brunopasso via TwoWheels+ designed by Tadahito Ishibashi.

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Lid Sid, designed by Luka Or .

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Today’s as good a day as yesterday. via FuckYouVeryMuch

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Once again, delivery trumps content.

via The New Yorker

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These beauties say that even more eloquently.

Freshly shucked and ready to set down in front of the wise guest who ordered them.

John Dory Oyster Bar in Manhattan. (Philip Montgomery for via WSJ Photo Journal

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Marc Johns via ThisIsn’tHappiness.

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via ffffound

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