Kalam Journal

Sophia Watanabe of Sophia 203

By / Craft, Family

Growing up with grey icy, ivory, and white tones in Sweden, the most exotic and colorful places were the ones that attracted me the most.  After a short stop at a fashion school in Paris, [...]

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Sophia Watanabe of Sophia 203

Priti Pugalia of Craft Boat

By / Craft, Family

Today we are on a journey with Priti of Craft Boat.  Priti always wanted to see design as a way of life, she would train herself every day to go deeper into its fundamental elements and [...]

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Priti Pugalia of Craft Boat

Brigitte Singh

By / Craft, Family

Today we meet the wonderful Brigitte Singh.  Her story is straight out of a fairy tale book.  We have always been in love with Brigitte’s work and prints, so we jumped on the chance to [...]

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Brigitte Singh

Deborah Di Fiore

By / Family

Today we are introducing Deborah De Fiore, graphic designer and art director extraordinaire, who has been collaborating with ecru from the inception of the brand in 2013.  We are constantly working with her from communication [...]

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Deborah Di Fiore

Zeenat Kulavoor

By / Family

This week we are introducing you to, and getting to know our collaborators a little better.  Today we meet Zeenat who collaborated with her on Dancer Cocktail Napkins and the Memory Album.  Let’s get to [...]

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Zeenat Kulavoor

Sharing Beauty

By Criselda Lualhati / News

The importance of sharing beauty and food, even virtually, has never been so highlighted.  Enjoying and savoring these precious gifts is a constant reminder that we are the fortunate ones.  It is part of our [...]

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Keralan Magic Nursing Water

By / Nourish

With both my children, I decided that nursing  (breastfeeding) was something I would commit to for six months. Very luckily, I had a wonderful baby nurse by my side who helped me through this tumultuous [...]

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Keralan Magic Nursing Water

Island Chicken Skewers

By / Nourish

Ingredients:  Chicken breast cubed Green peppers Onions Pineapple Wooden skewers For the marinade- Onion Chiles Garlic Five-spice powder Pepper Salt Olive oil   Instructions: Blitz together onions, chiles, garlic, five-spice powder, olive oil, pepper, and [...]

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Island Chicken Skewers

Pickles!

By / Nourish

Growing up we always had pickles from my maternal grandmother’s house.  It was a thing she always did.  I especially loved her turnips that she pickled with brine that had coloring from beets.  This is [...]

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Pickles!