- Yum... Lemon Layer Cake with Campari Frosting (from serious eats).
- Sassoon at the Cambridge University Library (from war poetry)
- The Old Foodie explores a scrumptious menu for the Royal Family during Ascot Week 1938. I can't decide whether Consommé Jeanne Garnier would have been divine or foul: a chicken consommé with pigeon added when the consommé is clarified, then champagne is added; then a final garnish with rice and prawns.
- Dr Clelia Mosher, the Dr Kinsey of the late Victorian era: an early sex survey from the Stanford archives (via arts & letters daily)
- Eye candy: Diem Chau's (pleasure of tiny things) carved crayons for Nike for the World Cup.