The Stamps

You may have noticed the stamps adorning chapter headers within Bon Vivant and collected on the back cover of each issue. Each one is a physical item we found on that issue’s journey that we feel represents what we discovered along the way. Back at BV headquarters, we hand press each item into indigo ink, then onto paper to create each stamp. As you can imagine, some items work better than others, some require us to get creative. But when all is said and done, we love the personal connection to each stamp and the token that made them, and think they are great little Easter eggs for each issue.

Issue 1 - Wood Fire Cooking

1 - Feather
2 - Apple Wood
3 - Sage Brush
4 - English Lavender

Issue 2 - Baja

1 - 10 Peso Coin, Tijuana
2 - Nopal paddle
3 - Seashell, Playa Los Mangos, Todos Santos
4 - Corn with Husk

Issue 3 - Pasta

1 - Pasta Fork
2 - Pasta Wheel
3 - Freshly Extruded Homemade Rigatoni

Issue 4 - Texas BBQ

1 - 3# Cleaver
2 - Smoked Beef Rib Bone
3 - Cow Skull Bolo Tie
4 - Smoker Grate

Issue 5 - Pizza

1 - Rye Stalk, Janie’s Farm, Ashkum, IL
2 - Grandma Pizza, Professor Pizza, Chicago, IL
3 - Maple Leaf, Montpelier, VT
4 - Fresh Oregano, BV Garden, Chicago, IL