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Pressing Thai, Tahitian, and Balinese Grapes: 5 New Latitude Wines

Welcome to the doldrums of winter. Unless you spend your weekends driving to the mountains, you're probably dreaming of warm, exotic locales to escape to during these blustery months. But don't imagine bland lagers and coconut cocktails -- the old drinks of tropical travels -- because more tourists ... More >>

Koong Chae Nam Pla at Chao Thai Too, Dish #3

Welcome to 100 Dishes to Eat Now, the tasty countdown leading up to our "Best of 2012" issue. Tune in each day (weekends too!) for a new dish from the Fork in the Road team.

Ian Chalermkittichai 'In' at Spot Dessert Bar; Michael Sullivan 'In' at Veselka Bowery

Ian Chalermkittichai, formerly of Kittichai and currently at Ember Room, is taking over at Spot Dessert Bar from Pichet Ong. Chalermkittichai also recently opened a dessert bar in Bangkok. [Zagat Buzz] Dominique Ansel, the ex-pastry chef at Daniel, is opening Dominique Ansel Bakery this October, wh ... More >>

Our 10 Best Things to Eat During the Dog Days of Summer in NYC

​Rock 'n' rollin' with the Wasabi Arctic Surf Clams The dog days of summer started barking prematurely this year, as heat and pollution settled on the city last Friday like a filthy shag carpet. What to eat during this difficult period? A thick steak is probably the last thing you want, the ... More >>

New York Asian Film Fest 2011: As Nuts As Ever

Summer Movie Guide 2011

Superheroes, sequels, and TWO Conans! Summer has arrived.

Open and Closed: Say Hello to Brushstroke, Goodbye to Wai? Café

Restaurants and bars, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and bowing out this week. The East Village's Wai? Café has closed and will be replaced by Sa Aming Nayon, serving "authentic Filipino cuisine." [EV Grieve] Havana Central is closing its Union Square location as part o ... More >>

Soldiers Come Home from Vietnam: Emotion, But No Spitting

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 15, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 7 Home from the war by Joe Shea CLARK AIR FORCE BASE, Philippines -- He was a tall, blond, and heavy man who breezed into the bar around 2 a.m. in a rumpled blue polo shirt. He ordered a Coke and we t ... More >>

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Looks Inward and Outward With His Palme d'Or Winner

Bugging Out: A Dozen Delectable Insect Dishes From Around the World

greenprophet.com​ In a food culture that constantly seeks out the rare and arcane, insects constitute the final frontier. Though you can readily find pig ears, fiddleheads, sea urchins, foie gras, and truffles on menus all over town, season permitting, where would you go to find bugs?

Lotus of Siam Rolls the Dice

The noted Las Vegas Thai joint chances New York City

The Daily Kill Dossier: A Hit List of News Corp's Freshest Poaches

​As it's been noted, News Corp's daily newspaper built just for the iPad -- The Daily -- is on the way. It is Rupert Murdoch's newest child, the Draco Malfoy to his Voldemort. As such, they're hiring or trying to hire every editorial staffer this side of the Bangkok Bugle Tribune, which I just inv ... More >>

Nicole John, U.S. Ambassador's Daughter, Falls From High-Rise to her Death

via the Daily News​The 17-year-old daughter of Eric John, the U.S. ambassador to Thailand, died tragically early this morning after a late night of partying at Tenjune in the Meatpacking District followed by drinks at a friend's Midtown high-rise apartment.

Harold Dieterle to Open Contemporary Thai Eatery in West Village this Fall

Bravotv.comA little something up his contempo Bangkok sleeve....​ Annnd we were right: Former Top Chef winner and Perilla co-owner Harold Dieterle is indeed opening a restaurant in the former Philippe Chow Express space. The Times reports it will be serving "contemporary Thai fare in a casual ... More >>

Pichet Klunchun and Shantala Shivalingappa Embrace Their Traditions With Open Eyes

Talent Thai's Kitsch Kitchen

No pig's blood, but plenty of flavors on 34th Street

My Favorite Things

​Hollywood's voyage to the Third Dimension is continuing apace with announced plans to re-release newly 3-D-ized versions of 2001, Star Wars, and The Passion of the Christ, but the first 3-D musical -- an all-star remake of The Sound of Music -- is proving to be more difficult than anticipated ... More >>

Has Kurve Changed Its Name?

​ In October, it was noted that Kurve, Andy Yang's infamously nonsensical neon Thai restaurant on Second Avenue, had altered its service to include a daily, $7.95 all-you-can-eat buffet. But now, it looks like it's altered its name.

Get Pummeled by Global Guilt-Tripping with Mammoth

Our 10 Best: Food Shops

​ One of travel's greatest pleasures is wandering in food shops frequented by locals--whether it's a supermarket, a cheese shop, or a spice merchant. A busy market is a reprieve from the tourist's whirlwind of restaurant-eating, where you can catch a glimpse of people's everyday food lives. ... More >>

A New Crop of Thais Pops Up in Woodside and Astoria

David Carradine Sex Strangle Theory Deeply Disturbing to Some

Hmm. The presumption was suicide, but now it is being suggested that David Carradine's death might be homicide, or just a good time gone wrong. Police in Bangkok say the now-famous curtain cords were tied around Carradine's neck and genitals, suggesting auto-erotic asphyxia. A Thai forensics specia ... More >>

Keep Your Eyes on MaiThai

The next threat to the Queens hegemony

TLA Releasing Presents: 6 Gay Films

Blissfully His

Apichatpong's rarely screened short films, and the man himself, come to Anthology

Live Earth

On the mysterious, mesmerizing, and politically defiant globe-trotting record label Sublime Frequencies

Yellow Fever

They got it bad, and that ain't good.

Festival Express

More Toronto highlights, from Nazis to anarchists

Postmodern Pioneer: The Next Generation

Bokaer gets physical, digital, and naked

NY Mirror

Rack Focus

The Haves and Have-Nots All Sustain Injuries in New Novel

The Price of Convenience

Shopping ethnic: Chinatown vs. Whole Foods

'Asian City Films'

Suicidal Librarian, Chain-Smoking Slob Discover Life's Elusive Symmetries

Downtown Express

25 movies to catch at the Tribeca Film Festival

The Grand Tour, or What Dad Learned on Our Family Vacation

Too Sprung to Die

Ko Girls, Paddle Battles, and Talking Guns

Cross Purposes

Federally Funded Missionaries Threaten a Southeast Asian Culture

Horoscope

Beating the Brokers

Finding the Real Deals in the Best Neighborhoods

Time, Worn

The Lure of Vintage Clothes

Sweatshop Blues

Garment Workers Face Down Cops in Slave-Labor Uniforms

Make Noise Not War

A Peace Movement Grows in New York and Beyond

Lifestyles of the Rich and Heinous

The Fall Fashion Magazines

As Tears Go By

With In The Mood For Love, Art-House Auteur Wong Kar-Wai Goes in Search of Lost Time

Athletes in Action

Building Toward a Political Sports Movement

Nation

NY Mirror

''At Kurfew, the revelers sloppy-kiss as if their only romantic experience was from watching Freddie Prinze Jr. movies.''