Tamu's Cafe #9, Happy Summer with Paula Cademartori

Hey Gnammy Birds! Here's our latest installment of Tamu's Cafe with handbag designer Paula Cademartori. She's a super talented designer and a dear, dear friend. Follow us as we stop by her showroom for an accessories play date. You'll want every bag that pops on the screen. The Resort 14 collection will beyond inspire you with its colorful combos and and I-need-now fringes! And when you've filled your eyes with Paula Cademartori bag-candy, prepare your stomach for what we've got cooking. This time we're on the BBQ, because it's Summer and what's better than a tasty grilled feast? So grab a glass of your favorite drink and enjoy our Summer video. Baci!

Cafe Specials
Food and Style Questionnaire
GB: What is your favorite dish?
PC: I love Japanese cuisine, but as a Brazilian living in Milan, I never turn down a nice plate of spaghetti with fresh tomatoes and basil.

GB: Where would you take us out to dinner?
PC: At Giacomo’s, for a delicious baked John Dory.

GB: What is your favorite kitchen tool?
PC: A spoon!!

GB: You first style or fashion memory?
PC: My grandma’s jewels and accessories, which I was always playing with.

GB: The piece that's always in your closet?
PC: A super colorful dress and a Cademartori bag!

GB: A style that you will never try?

PC: I’d have to say gypsy style.
Food suggested by Gnam Box
- Beef, sausage and pepper skewers
- Corn on the cob
- Grilled zucchini
- Roasted marshmallows for dessert

Wine
- White, Marziano Abbona Roero Arneis Occhetti
- Red, Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Guado al Tasso Il Bruciato Bolgheri

Flowers
- Mixed bouquet purchased at a flower kiosk (for those busy, crazy moments when you don't have time to make your own :-))

Style
- Tamu's Look: Hawaiian print button-down by Stella Jean, flip skirt by Carven, sandals by Pierre Hardy and handbag by Paula Cademartori.

Music By- Monsieur Periné - La Muerte Amplificado.

Video
- Alessandro Dotti & Andrea Barosi

Production
- Annina Piana

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Tamu's Cafe #8, Happy Fourth of July with Massimo Giorgetti

Hey Gnammy Birds,

We've got an awesome new installment of Tamu's Cafe just in time for Fourth of July. Our special guest Massimo Giorgetti, designer of the super amazing, print loving brand MSGM, joins us in the kitchen to make the perfect Fourth of July BURGER. GNAM! The video is great fun with lots of hilarious moments. Please enjoy and HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!

Cafe Specials

Food and Style Questionnaire

GB: What is your favorite dish?

MG: Spaghetti al dente with tomatoes and basil.

GB: Where would you take us to dinner?

MG: To Giacomo Bistro, I adore it!

GB: What is your favorite kitchen utensil?  

MG: The cocktail shaker.

GB: Your first style memory?

MG: A red fox fur coat worn by my aunt in the 1980s.

GB: What's your ultimate style staple?

MG: A melange sweatshirt.

GB: A style that you will never try.

MG: Gypsy.

Food suggested by Gnam Box

- Hamburger 

- Strawberry Milk Shake

Flowers

- Mixed bouquet purchased at a flower kiosk (for those busy, crazy moments when you don't have time to make your own :-))

Cameo Appearance

- Pane,  Massimo's Jack Russell Terrier

Style

- Tamu's Look 1, MSGM sweat top and trousers, Miu Miu shoes

- Tamu's Look 2, all MSGM, collar in both looks by CeCe Toppings.

- Ste e Ricky's sweat top and buttondown by MSGM

Music By

- Robin Thicke FT. T.I. & Pharrell- Blurred Lines

Video

- Alessandro Dotti & Andrea Barosi

Production

- Annina Piana

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Tamu's Cafe #7 with Vintage Enthusiast J.J. Martin, Part I

Hey Gnammy Birds! Here is the total yumminess that we promised you yesterday. In this two-part installment of Tamu's Cafe, we spend the evening with the brilliant Milan based journalist J.J. Martin as she takes us to Cavalli & Nastri, her favorite Milanese vintage boutique, and cooks an amazing dinner with us. Stay tuned for the second part, cause we're cooking up something yum!

In the video J.J. wears a vintage YSL two piece culotte/bolero suit and Brian Atwood sandals. I wear 1) Tibi trousers, a Theory 38 sweat top, Celine skate shoes and a Anve Milano necklace; and 2) Gap stretch top, Celine culottes and Manolo Blahnik silver pumps.

While at Cavalli & Nastri, we try on looks by Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Lancetti and Pierre Cardin.

And appropriately, J.J. takes us for a ride in her adorable cherry red vintage fiat 500! Bella!

Hope you enjoy our afternoon of shopping!

xoxo,  

Tamu, Ricky, Ste and J.J.

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Tamu's Cafe #7 // The Teaser

Hey there Pretty Birds,

It's time for another special treat. Stop by tomorrow for a two part (yes it's so good we couldn't edit it down to a mere three minutes) yummy special.

xx,
Tamu, Ricky and Ste

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Tamu's Cafe with Special Guest Luigi Taglienti

Dear Pretty Birds,

As you can see from the video, Ste, Ricky and I ventured outside the Tamu's Cafe kitchen to bring you another yummy episode. This time we find ourselves in the kitchen of renowned chef Luigi Taglienti at Ristorante Trussardi alla Scala.

My husband and our family have celebrated many birthdays and important events at there, and we're always impressed by the exquisiteness of the food. The last time we were there, my husband enjoyed the experience so much that he indulged in a third glass of wine and was practically hugging chef Taglienti when he came out to greet us at our table. Mesmerized by his enthusiasm (he typically has a very simple/basic palate), I promised myself that I would tell Ste and Ricky about our fabulous meal. And now, I'll let the video tell the rest of the story. Enoy!

Some questions for chef Taglienti:

What's your favorite dish?

Creamy parmesan risotto, simple and elegant at the same time with the addition of a spot of veal juice.

Where would you take us to dinner?

On the seaside, in my native Liguria, for a plate of marinara mussels and some fresh Ligurian white wine.

What is your favourite kitchen tool?

An iron pan.

Your first style or fashion memory?

A pair of Levi's 501.

The piece that's always in your closet?

A blue blazer.

A style you've never tried?

Punk: it's not at all my thing aesthetically, even though I find it really fascinating as an underground culture.

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