Eco Knowledge

We love reading the Bodkin blog for all the deep thoughts a fashionable lady can have regarding the production of clothing and its relationship to our environment. The options for ecologically-minded fabrics seem to be expanding exponentially lately, but we often find while hunting down vintage that a lot of pieces from the 1970s onwards have odd fabric content that sometimes takes a dictionary to decipher.

Here's a good run down of some interesting textiles out there right now:

• Cupro: I got wind of this guy while browsing the Acne selection on Revolve. Apparently "Cupro is not synthetic, nor is it a man-made fabric. It is considered a regenerated fabric, in other words, it is reclaimed from natural products."
• Lyocell:, or brand name Tencel, is basically tree pulp. Awesome!
• Acetate: our old friend (lots of wonderful '80s dresses are composed of this fabric) is also a regenerated fiber from tree pulp.
• Banana fibre: for kimonos. Need we say more?

If companies were digging on these eco fibers starting in the '70s (or less commercially since the 13th century Japan), why don't we see more mainstream iterations nowadays?

Food Friday

Hi lovers. I know we have not featured Food Friday in a while. Fear not! We are still cooking and baking up a storm. I wanted to feature Angela's Uncle Robert's super-moist banana bread here today because a.) no one likes wasting food, b.) everyone likes a recipe that makes good use of bananas that have gotten a little too brown to eat, and c.) this banana bread is so fucking good you might need to write a song about it or something.

Uncle Robert's Super-Moist Banana Bread

1/3 cup butter
11/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 mashed ripe bananas
8 oz sour cream or plain yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
11/2 teaspoon baking soda
21/4 cups flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans, raisins, chocolate chips, or whatever you like munching on! (optional)


Plus:
1/4 cup extra sugar
1 teaspoon of allspice (or cinnamon!)


Cream together butter and sugar.
Add and mix in eggs, bananas, sour cream, vanilla, and cinnamon.
Then, mix in salt, baking soda, flour, & nuts.
Preheat oven to 300º.
Grease 91/2 inch bread pan with butter and sprinkle with extra sugar and allspice mixture.
Pour batter into pan evenly.
Bake at 300º for 1 hour.