Queens-based director, Rik Cordero, initially turned heads making guerilla-style videos for the likes of Consequence, Jay-Z and The Roots. Though technology is making it so everyone with a camera can become an indie filmmaker today, Cordero was already years ahead of the pack, jumping on emerging distribution trends long before they flooded the market.
In a city feted for its cuisine, Jacques-Imo’s holds a pretty special place amongst the local fare. Since 1996, the uptown New Orleans eatery has thrilled both locals and tourists alike with a unique blend of Cajun cooking and heavy Creole soul food, all spun through owner and chef Jacques Leonardi’s French culinary heritage.
With much of the fanfare surrounding Japanese and American heritage workwear dominating the fashion media outlets, it’s easy to forget that other countries have heritages as rich and fruitful as their better-known competitors — Sweden being one of them.
