Cabinet‘s one of those magazines which truly lives up to its name: Every time we open it, our curiosity is rewarded with oddities, keepsakes, treasures, and delightfully well-written junk. This tomato treatise, for example, was so compelling it just sent us into the kitchen craving some wayward ruby fruits.

Paul Laster conducts this interview with editor Sina Najafi about what makes Cabinet, and, more importantly, what makes Cabinet different.