Marcus Samuelsson - Gravlax Sandwich | Everywhere

He's So Swede

A culinary nod to his new autobiography, "Yes, Chef"

We love a good rags-to-riches story, especially when it’s true, well deserved, and recounted by the convivial and talented Marcus Samuelsson.

His autobiography, Yes, Chef (out yesterday), starts with the journey to live with adoptive parents in Sweden after losing his birth mother to tuberculosis in Ethiopia and ends with the opening of Red Rooster Harlem, the restaurant where Obama digs the cornbread.

In honor of the moving tale, we asked Samuelsson to make his favorite childhood dish: the tastiest gravlax (cured salmon) sandwich this side of Scandinavia, just like his adoptive grandma used to make.

It’s a lunchtime treat.

And ensures your afternoon has a happily ever after.

Yes, Chef is available at amazon.com, $16.

Next Video: 10 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes

10 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes

Disguises you can make using stuff around the house

Before we bring you today’s regularly scheduled content, we want to mention our thoughts are with all those affected by Hurricane Sandy. To make a financial donation to help with disaster relief, go to redcross.org.

The appeal of dressing up as Honey Boo Boo tomorrow night is obvious (but you’d have to eat Cheetos the entire time to be realistic).

To get the necessary props, you’d need to elbow through the nightmarish Halloween store crowds and spend a Benjamin on wigs and boas.

Instead we’ve assembled ten costumes you can make with stuff around the house — from Fifty Shades of Grey and Ermahgerd Gersberms to something we’re calling “Gingham Style.”

None of them requires you to chug go-go juice (sorry).

But you’ll still be the queeeeeeeen.

Check out our videos from Halloweens past to see how to dress up like Shark Week or a Kraft Single (yeah, that’s right).

Next Video: An Undercover Party

Easy Does It: How to Do Everything

Uggie teaches us what we need to know

There are celebs, and there are celebs.

In today’s video, we meet up with our favorite member of the latter: Uggie, a.k.a. star of The Artist, who takes time out of his busy A-lister schedule to show us how to do everything.

From spicing up your marriage to avoiding your landlord, he’s been there, done that. For further proof, check out his eponymous new autobiography (that’s right), Uggie.

And to answer your questions: Is he humble despite his millions? Yes. Is he shorter in person? Maybe just a little. Is he really a toddler dressed in a canine costume?

We didn’t get that kind of access.

Uggie is available at amazon.com, $10. For more gratuitous animal footage, check out our videos on turning your dog into a painter and giving a canine massage.

Next Video: On the Couch: Rachel Brown Performs at DailyCandy

An Undercover Party

How to make a mask bar

The majority of the adult American population requires an excuse (read: Halloween) to indulge its gemstone-and-feather-costume fantasies (drag queens, Katy Perry, and Big Bird excluded).

But every day is a dress-up day for the 6-and-under set. Which is why we think a mask bar ensures success at a Halloween fete — or on an average Thursday afternoon.

We suggest prepping felt mask shapes — owl, octopus, bunny, superhero — ahead of time. Then gather jewels, glitter, pipe cleaners, fabric scraps, jingle bells, and any other accoutrement that goes well with glue. Unload the supplies on a table and let little revelers have their way.

We bet the results will be too cute to keep undercover.

Looking for more creative ideas? Harvest art is still in season.

Next Video: In the Kitchen: Gold Rush Cocktail Recipe

On the Couch: Rachel Brown Performs at DailyCandy

The singer/songwriter plays "Bumblebee" off her debut album

The last thing we taught ourselves was the “Gangnam Style” dance. Someone thought it was the MC Hammer (so you can imagine how good it was).

New Yorker Rachel Brown, on the other hand, taught herself to sing and play guitar during her junior year at Harvard. Now three years later, Wyclef regularly joins her onstage and she’s opened for John Legend.

For today’s video, we invited her to our office to perform the cheerful “Bumblebee,” accompanied by a six-person band (before you ask, that crazy thing is called a kora).

The hype is justified. Notice she’s even picked up the ukulele.

Can’t touch that.

Brown’s debut album, Building Castles, is available at itunes.com. To see more performances, check out our sit-downs with Christina Courtin, Karen Elson, Freelance Whales, and Eliza Doolittle.

Next Video: In the Kitchen: The 1920s Cocktail

In the Kitchen: Gold Rush Cocktail Recipe

The Flatiron Room's Nick Patton breaks it down

If you’re single in New York, there’s a good chance you’re constantly reminded that the ratio of women to men favors the latter.

Unless you go to The Flatiron Room, a new music lounge and cocktail bar with more than 500 types of whiskey.

To celebrate its soft opening, we asked bartender Nick Patton (two words: British accent) to share a few of his favorite drink recipes. He gave us a tried-and-true Gold Rush (above, great to make in big batches should you be partying or tailgating) and the bar’s knock-you-over 1920s cocktail.

Both are dangerously easy and satisfying, whether you fancy yourself a whiskey drinker or not (though one visit to Flatiron and you will be).

Just remember a little liquid courage goes a long way.

The Flatiron Room, 37 West 26th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues (212-725-3860 or theflatironroom.com).

Next Video: It's 16 All Over Again

In the Kitchen: The 1920s Cocktail

The Flatiron Room's Nick Patton mixes it up

What happens when you mix absinthe, vermouth, rye, and bitters? Trouble, that’s what. But also the 1920s cocktail created by bartenders at The Flatiron Room, the new music lounge and bar stocked with more than 500 types of whiskey. See how to make it in this video starring bartender Nick Patton.

The Flatiron Room, 37 West 26th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues (212-725-3860 or theflatironroom.com).

Next Video: It's 16 All Over Again

It's 16 All Over Again

Dedicated: Emily Owens: 10/1: LA

You couldn’t wait for high school to be over. So it came as a shock when you entered the workplace and realized it was the same crap all over again (the cliques, the cliches, the competition).

That’s life at Denver Memorial Hospital for intern Emily Owens (Mamie Gummer; she had a role on The Good Wife, but you might also recognize her as Meryl Streep’s just-as-talented daughter). All Emily wants is to impress her boss (Necar Zadegan, The Event), date her med school crush (Justin Hartley, Smallville, Passions), and maybe save a few lives. Instead she finds herself head to head with high school nemesis Cassandra (newcomer Aja Naomi King) and feeling, basically, 16 all over again.

Catch the critically acclaimed sleeper hit Emily Owens, M.D. a full week before the television premiere at an exclusive free screening — and get the gift bags, snacks, and raffle prizes (a doctor bag-style leather purse, a snuggly blue scarf like the one Emily wears on the show) that go along with it.

It all goes down at The Bristol Room at The Viceroy Hotel (1819 Ocean Avenue) on Thursday, October 4. Go at 7 p.m. for drinks and munchies; stay for the screening from 8 to 9 p.m. But you have to R.S.V.P. — otherwise you’ll be left out in the cold.

Which you always tried to avoid in high school.

R.S.V.P. for the free screening of Emily Owens, M.D. at dailycandy.com.

It's 16 All Over Again

Dedicated: Emily Owens: 10/1: NY

You couldn’t wait for high school to be over. So it came as a shock when you entered the workplace and realized it was the same crap all over again (the cliques, the cliches, the competition).

That’s life at Denver Memorial Hospital for intern Emily Owens (Mamie Gummer; she had a role on The Good Wife, but you might also recognize her as Meryl Streep’s just-as-talented daughter). All Emily wants is to impress her boss (Necar Zadegan, The Event), date her med school crush (Justin Hartley, Smallville, Passions), and maybe save a few lives. Instead she finds herself head to head with high school nemesis Cassandra (newcomer Aja Naomi King) and feeling, basically, 16 all over again.

Catch the critically acclaimed sleeper hit Emily Owens, M.D. a full week before the television premiere at an exclusive free screening — and get the gift bags, snacks, and raffle prizes (a doctor bag-style leather purse, a snuggly blue scarf like the one Emily wears on the show) that go along with it.

It all goes down at the W Hotel (541 Lexington Avenue, between 49th and 50th Streets; map) on Thursday, October 4. Go at 7 p.m. for drinks and munchies; stay for the screening from 8 to 9 p.m. But you have to R.S.V.P. — otherwise you’ll be left out in the cold.

Which you always tried to avoid in high school.

R.S.V.P. for the free screening of Emily Owens, M.D. at dailycandy.com.

Next Video: Reap What You Sow, Then Paint It

Reap What You Sow, Then Paint It

A fall harvest art project

Your little’s relationship with produce is less than fruitful. If it’s not juiced, pouched, or rolled up, she’s not interested.

But we have a way to stamp out the problem once and for all.

It just takes a little creativity — and a lot of paint. Turn apples into lunchtime art, celery into floral masterpieces, and potatoes into just about anything at all. Slice, dip, stamp, and play.

We’re sure they’ll fall for it.

Next Video: Every Booty's a Winner

Every Booty's a Winner

A Rainbow of Options

Denim isn't just blue anymore

When it comes to jeans, it’s not just about the blues anymore. During Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, we saw denim in vibrant colors — orange, red, yellow, you name it — both inside and outside Lincoln Center. In today’s StyleCandy Runway Takeaway, we explore the trend’s staying power.

To see more footage from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, go to stylecandy.com.

Next Video: The Sun Is Shining at Rachel Roy

The Sun Is Shining at Rachel Roy

The color-blocking trend continues

Today’s StyleCandy Runway Takeaway is so bright, you need to wear shades. The color-blocking trend continues to reign supreme, and Rachel Roy takes it up a notch by using prints. Watch the video for her tips and inspiration.

For more StyleCandy Fashion Week coverage, go to stylecandy.com.

Next Video: Chris Benz Brought Us Flowers

Chris Benz Brought Us Flowers

Florals are the new neutral at the designer's presentation

“Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is so calm and relaxing.”
— No one, ever

But despite the lack of sleep, we get a rush when the models start down the runway.

That’s why we teamed up with the Style Network to bring you StyleCandy’s Runway Takeaway videos. Each day, we showcase outstanding styles that we think will evolve into full-blown trends, from one of our favorite designers.

We spotted symmetrical prints at Lela Rose, menswear inspiration at Kaelen, and ’70s florals at Chris Benz (above, and yes, that is Susan Sarandon and her dogs). Plus, each designer gave us styling tips, from shoes you shouldn’t wear with flared pants (Rebecca Minkoff) to advice for wearing statement pieces (Erin Fetherston).

We hope you’ll be inspired to channel these looks now. Spring 2013 feels too long to wait.

You can quote us on that.

Watch all the Runway Takeaway videos at stylecandy.com.

Next Video: DIY Micro Floral Print with Mr. Kate

DIY Micro Floral Print with Mr. Kate

The L.A.-based crafter shows us her easy method

You’ve put one too many birds on it (thanks, Portlandia). What’s next?

Flowers, as inspired by the micro florals on the fall 2012 runways at Suno, Paul & Joe, and Band of Outsiders, to name a few. In today’s Easy Does It video, we asked L.A.-based DIY expert Kate Albrecht (a.k.a. the beautiful Mr. Kate) to show us how.

All you’ll need is fabric paint (in four or five fall-ish colors), a fabric pen, tinfoil, and a surface in need of sprucing up. We did shirts in the video, but feel free to use totes, pillowcases, etc.

We’d never want you to feel pigeonholed.

For more DIY ideas or info on Mr. Kate, go to mrkate.com.

Next Video: It's Time to Reflect at Lela Rose

It's Time to Reflect at Lela Rose

Mirror-image prints are StyleCandy's latest Runway Takeaway

Today we’re starting with the ~~man~~ print in the mirror. The reason? Lela Rose’s spring 2013 show featured at least five pieces with symmetrical designs. Not sure what we mean? Watch the video, in which Rose explains the concept and why you should love it.

For more trends, go to stylecandy.com.

Next Video: A Flair for Flare at Rebecca Minkoff

A Flair for Flare at Rebecca Minkoff

The designer brings back the wide leg

Will skinny jeans finally go the way of mom jeans? Who knows, but Rebecca Minkoff’s spring 2013 collection showcased a flared leg enough to make us hope so. In this video, the designer gives tips for wearing the trend and shares how New York City influences her designs.

For more trends, go to stylecandy.com.

Next Video: Poised and Pretty at Honor

Poised and Pretty at Honor

Feminine skirts light up the runway

Generally speaking, miniskirts look good only on people with minihips. That’s why we were thrilled to see full skirts going up and down the runway at Honor. In this video, we interview designer Giovanna Randall about her feminine, flouncy looks.

For more fashion coverage, go to stylecandy.com.

Next Video: All Buttoned Up at Kaelen

All Buttoned Up at Kaelen

Menswear inspires the designer's latest collection

It’s all in the details. Especially if you’re talking about designer Kaelen Haworth’s most recent presentation, where she amplified simple shapes with shoulder pads and structural collars (buttoned all the way to the top, of course). In this video, she talks about the trends and provides tips for wearing them.

For more fashion coverage, go to stylecandy.com.

Next Video: Ombre Doesn't Fade at Erin Fetherston

Ombre Doesn't Fade at Erin Fetherston

The designer showcases her knack for color

Change is good. Especially when we’re talking about the ombre fabrics at Erin by Erin Fetherston. A luminous orange transforms into a light pink, and a pale yellow turns into sunshine. In this video, Fetherston explains her inspiration and gives styling tips for wearing ombre.

For more trends, go to stylecandy.com.