Mattie Kahn

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Writer n editor | [email protected] | Books: Now YOUNG AND RESTLESS, Next THE NATHAN SISTERS ARE FIGHTING Also: https://t.co/o85s6TNJAZ

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Articles

How Bug Juice Wishes and Caviar Dreams Saved a Beloved Summer Camp

2 weeks ago | townandcountrymag.com | Mattie Kahn

Before it was home to an arts camp spread over 118 bucolic acres, New Milford, Connecticut, was a center for trade crisscrossed with freight train tracks. So when Buck’s Rock Camp—a free-for-all of a summer program where campers engage in activities like weaving and glassblowing—needed to figure out how to get the attention of the entire camp at once, someone came up with the gong. Salvaged from a scrap pile, an abandoned railroad tire was put to work. It has since become an institutional icon.
Sage + Sound

3 weeks ago | vogue.com | Mattie Kahn

All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Welcome to the second iteration of Vogue’s global spa guide, an index of the 100 best spas in the world, built from the expertise of our global editors and trusted contributors.
Out of (the Derm's Office): How do at At Home Lasers, LED Masks, and Microcurrent Devices Compare?

3 weeks ago | vogue.com | Mattie Kahn

All products featured on Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. I used to think a grown woman could care for her face with her own two hands, but then the Clarisonic was invented to disabuse me of such notions. It was 2004, and I was a middle schooler who believed there was no problem astringent toner couldn’t solve.
Inbox Armageddon: A Guide to Substack Etqiuette

1 month ago | townandcountrymag.com | Mattie Kahn

The emails promise two installments per week, with a chat function and commenting privileges. There are vows to include exclusive reporting or coveted sale codes or personalized recommendations. Several proffer eternal gratitude for the low cost of $5 a month!You think the fee seems reasonable—even appropriate. Work, after all, deserves compensation. And who doesn’t like the sound of an unmediated relationship between writer and audience? (Besides editors.
Costco Luxury Shopping Guide

1 month ago | townandcountrymag.com | Mattie Kahn

No one loves a deal more than the one percent, which perhaps explains what keeps the elite and influential coming back to Costco. Mark Zuckerberg shops at Costco. Billie Eilish shops at Costco.
Composting Kitchen Scraps Gets a Luxury Makeover

2 months ago | townandcountrymag.com | Mattie Kahn

It wasn’t until Samin Nosrat began working at Chez Panisse that she was introduced to composting. Nosrat, whose cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking is the reason your friends brine their chicken in buttermilk, was 19 and had taken a job as a busser at the Berkeley, California, institution. She was tasked with separating out “green food waste” after service.
Welcome to the Era of Status Composting

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Mattie Kahn

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."It wasn’t until Samin Nosrat began working at Chez Panisse that she was introduced to composting. Nosrat, whose cookbook Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking is the reason your friends brine their chicken in buttermilk, was 19 and had taken a job as a busser at the Berkeley, California, institution. She was tasked with separating out “green food waste” after service.
The World’s Most Coveted Ceramics Maker Is Closed 348 Days a Year

2 months ago | wsj.com | Mattie Kahn

April 19, 2025 11:00 pm ETFrank Schubert was on vacation with his wife on the Danish island of Bornholm when he noticed the plates their dinner was being served on. Schubert, who was visiting from Germany, asked the servers where he could buy them. The staff “had a laugh,” he said. They wished him luck. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The World’s Most Coveted Ceramics Maker Is Closed 348 Days a Year

2 months ago | wsj.com | Mattie Kahn

The dishes came from Lov i Listed, a ceramics store in town that is dark 348 days out of the year, has no online shop and is never open past 2 p.m. Dinnerware that emerges from this two-room store—and a studio next door—is in such high demand that fans share stories of making repeated trips to the island, hoping a visit will overlap with Lov i Listed’s limited hours. An unadvertised wait list occasionally opens up.
Washington DC's New Hair Style, Explained

2 months ago | townandcountrymag.com | Mattie Kahn

Above: Carrie Underwood performs "America The Beautiful" during inauguration ceremonies in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025. A few weeks after the presidential inauguration, the chairs at an uptown salon in Manhattan were full, and the mood was as high as a teased updo. It had been like that for the better part of a month, the owner confided. Since the new administration had seized power in Washington, egg prices were up and so were bookings.