All you need to know about Patented
Uncover more than a century of fascinating product and industrial design history via 1000 design patents

Vitamin D3 interview Miriam de Búrca
We speak to this contemporary artist, featured in Phaidon's new, indispensable survey of contemporary drawing

The large, delicious eggs in The Latin American Cookbook
Settlers might have brought chickens to this part of the world, but they still haven’t supplanted the wild array of native animal eggs used in local cuisines, as our new book demonstrates

José Vera Matos - Why I Draw
This highly politicised Peruvian artist grew up without a TV, and sees his relationship with drawing as being like that between a skater and his skateboard

Catherine Opie and Family
The fine-art photographer prizes family life, but on her own terms, as our new book explains

Martin Parr launches bursaries for Black, Asian and minority-ethnic photographers
The Martin Parr Foundation will give three photographers £1,000 to complete an existing project or begin a new one

Why Alexander Calder and David Smith go so well together
These titans of 20th century art are rarely shown together. Yet a new show reveals how much they had in common

Why does spring’s most famous painting look a little autumnal?
On the first day of spring, we look into the mystery of Sandro Botticelli’s Renaissance masterpiece, Primavera

John Pawson's World of Colour: Orange
In his book Spectrum the architect and photographer proves there’s more to the pigment than bad tans and sunsets

Mamma knows best: How to make perfect grissini breadsticks
Big Mamma chef Idriss Laghlimi shares his tips on how to make those crispy, Italian appetizers in our new book

Want to know the difference between a mole and a sauce?
A party! In Tu Casa Mi Casa the chef Enrique Olvera explains the social definitions of his nation’s most famous dishes

Let Spirited author Adrienne Stillman guide you towards making the perfect whiskey sour
The mixed drinks expert and Phaidon author talked to NYC bar owner Meaghan Dorman about the simple tricks behind making the perfect cocktail

Danny Lyon recalls Congressman John Lewis
In his book, The Seventh Dog, Lyon describes the moment he met Lewis, and how Lyon subsequently ended up in jail

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The classicist explains how an encounter at an airport led her help stage a bronze exhibition at this year's Frieze

The artists that flock to John Audubon
On the great bird artist’s birthday we take a look at the latter-day painters who draw on his work

A taste of our culinary books for fall 2021
Our new gastronomic titles take you from one of the great, underexplored continents for food, right through to the latest, greatest restaurants of the moment
