There's a certain allure to pretty much anything well-made and vintage. It's an aesthetic nostalgia that hints at faded legacies of craftsmanship, of lost arts obscured by the machinery of automation.

British eggs will have a new ambassador in 2011 with TV chef and host of Cook Yourself Thin, Gizzi Erskine, leading a £1m marketing campaign to educate consumers on the versatility of eggs in cooking.

Just like any athlete training for the Olympics, 24-year-old Corey Siegel spends most of his free time training for competition. Last summer alone, he traveled from the desert to New York and Chicago ...