Fifteen Minutes
The Life of a Cup of Coffee, as Told by Sabine Parrish
“Consumers in the Global South have a right to the best coffees from their nations, their sister nations, from wherever they want.”
Thuy-Van Vu’s Art Points to the Story Beyond the Subject
As an artist, Vu was looking for a way to represent personal history without feeling like she was “performing otherness.”
Muchhadji Has Achieved the Bombay Dream—I’m Still Working on It
Most paanwalas sell loose cigarettes. I don’t smoke often, but when I do, I buy one or two. I never buy them from Muchhad.
Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle’s Restaurant Critic, on Food, Fusion, and What’s Often Lost in Translation
“Dealing with someone else’s culture, someone else’s media, and trying to Americanize it is something I can’t understand.”
Japanese Breakfast, a.k.a. Michelle Zauner, Talks with Noah Cho About Food, Family, and Grief
“I found myself dwelling on these parts of Korean culture as a way to reconnect with my identity and also the memory of my mom.”
How Rachel Khong Built The Ruby, a Coworking Community for San Francisco Creatives
“How can we lessen everyone’s burden and give ourselves more time to work on what matters to us?”
Life Lessons With The Cacti Uncle of Sri Lanka
“Leave it alone and it knows how to grow,” says Uncle Nimal. “If you care too much, it will die.”
The Radio Repairman Who Started a Movement in Cuban Music
He begged his mother to let him buy the guitar. When she refused, reminding him that it was half of the month’s rent, he wept.
This Native Jewelry Designer Combats Stereotypes Through Art
“People really want to fit Native people into a box, in this safe stereotype space. I defy every single stereotype anyone has ever held about Native people. I enjoy breaking those stereotypes, completely smashing them.”
15 Minutes with Rose-Marie Swift, a Cosmetics Maven Who Sees Colors in New Ways
The beauty industry right now is run by dinosaurs. What’s in these things we put on our bodies?