Two yogis battle over the fate of a tradition (and a pile of money)
Aren't they unspeakably cute? -- and they protect the finish on your fine furniture, too. Drink coasters are something of a retro-phenomenon. While our moms had several sets with different themes in neat stacks under the bar -- to protect her good finish from dad's sloppy drinking habits -- ... More >>
The four-cheese mac-and-cheese at Macaroni, Macaroni is engagingly crunchy. If you haven't been on the stretch of MacDougal Street between Houston and West 4th in a while, you need to pay a visit. This student haunt and historic refuge of Bohos from John Reed to Bob Dylan has lately become ... More >>
For a month at MOMA, digital is not the savior of cinema
Lauren ShockeyOutside ThelewalaMacDougal Street has seen a bunch of new cheap eats recently, first with Saigon Shack and then Artichoke Pizza and, most recently, Macaroni Macaroni. Now comes Thelewala, a tiny cubby selling Indian street foods. A bit of a gamble since Kati Roll Company is lo ... More >>
Amol MhatreToasting chiles in Mumbai I've often wondered why there aren't more successful high-end Indian restaurants in New York--legit Indian or Indian-influenced places that are not better than the best down-home spots, but which show subcontinental cooking from a different perspective. (N ... More >>
The doyenne of French letters and her own industry of trance-y movies
Above all, a cookbook should be useful and accurate, but that's not why we love them. A great cookbook isn't just a compendium of recipes; it takes you somewhere--into a cook's kitchen, to the South of France, or the South Pacific, or back in time. Following a 1961 recipe for Chateaubriand do ... More >>
Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Male Annual Date: 1971 Discovered at: Antique mall The Cover Promises: ... More >>
The immigrant experience meets generation gap in Mira Nair's The Namesake
Mike Judge's much ballyhooed but rarely seen Idiocracycoming soon to your idiot box!
Stir fries and gutter lollipops at new Curry Hill Chinese
A former Mother Teresa volunteer brings us her sister act
Brothel doc makes a difference for Calcutta's red-light kids
Docs about Calcutta slums, 9-11 detainees, and gay marriage evoke the power of images
Seven Troupes Rise to the Occasion
The atrocity that inspired Tennessee Williams's Not About Nightingales
