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Summer 2022

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Arts

Counterfeiters Are Degrading the Indigenous Art Market. A Canadian Woman Fought Back

Indigenous artists spend a lifetime learning their skills. Far more than an art form, the work is a visible representation of cultural survival.

Grant Harder

Food and Drink

The Culinary Heir of a Japanese Ramen Legend Brings Tsukemen to Vancouver

When Menya Itto launched in March, only 30 bowls of ramen were offered the first day. They sold out fast.

Lisa Young

Transportation

Everrati’s Electrifying Approach to Restoring Classic Cars

Always and forever.

Wishlist

Hermès Dinnerware, Ergonomic Earbuds, and Zegna Linen: Montecristo’s Summer Wishlist Brightens Things Up

From our Summer issue, a list of delightful treasures to keep things sunny.

Corey Rich

Impact

Tommy Caldwell Has Scaled the World’s Most Difficult Peaks. Now He Wants to Protect Them

Ain’t no mountain high enough.

Judd / Chinati

Arts

A Desert Pilgrimage to the Texas Refuge of Artists Mark Rothko and Donald Judd

Deep in the Chihuahuan desert, art that could exist nowhere else.

Travel

Feasting Heart, Mind and Stomach Along Burgundy’s Yonne River

“Nothing makes me happier than when the trees and vines are fruiting, the barges are meandering down the foliage-fringed Yonne, and the sun warms the grey-white buildings.”

Design

The Dream House Vancouver Architect Paul Merrick Built

“It is not a house anyone would contemplate designing, or indeed be allowed to build, in the 21st century.”

Food and Drink

At B.C.’s Remote Sonora Resort, Chef Justine Smith Cooks Up a Storm

With a seasonal menu relying on ingredients shipped in by boat or helicopter, adaptation is key to Smith’s success.