Earlier this month, chef Scott Conant debuted his latest venture, Faustina (named after an ancient Roman empress), in downtown Manhattan’s Cooper Square Hotel. Here, the man who Gourmet magazine credited with “raising the roof on the Manhattan school of Italian cooking,” took time out from manning his kitchens to share a favorite, anyone-can-do-it recipe for tagliatelle with peas and prosciutto, along with all the pointers and products one needs to pull it off. read more

As an artist and sculptor, Toland Grinnell was represented by the renowned Mary Boone gallery (dealer for artists including Jean Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel and Ross Bleckner). In 2004, when he and his wife, SunHee Grinnell, the Beauty Director at Vanity Fair, had their son, Roman, Grinnell shifted courses, creating a line of chic bags for families to tote their stuff. These days, Grinnell is focusing on the restoration of historical buildings, primarily in his hometown of New York City. And on weekends, he is an avid snowboarder. While he had dabbled in eBay previously, his snowboarding habit has transformed him into a religious user. Now he turns to eBay for equipment for most of his new projects, not to mention the occasional discontinued toy. read more