Category: History

  • Cafetera

    Cafetera

    Growing up in a Miami Cuban household, the “cafetera” was constantly in play. I never saw this type of espresso maker anywhere else when I was a kid, so I assumed it was of Cuban design, but it was actually invented by an Italian named Otello Amleto Spadini in 1937.

  • Vandercar

    Vandercar

    Lewis Vandercar was a self-styled warlock and artist who chose mythological creatures and topics as subject matter for his sculptures.

  • Vandercar

    Vandercar