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May 20, 2011
Food Trucks Get Their Own Book; Mickey D's CEO Defends Ronald McDonald
Sbarro, which recently announced it might file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is now considering a sale instead. [Nation's Restaurant News] Prague is getting on the foodie bandwagon, as it gears up for the Prague Food Festival, which will feature cuisines from around the world. [NY Times] A new ... More >>
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May 17, 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn In Handcuffs Is Not Okay, But Revealing Rape Accuser's Name Is?
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the IMF, is currently in a Rikers Island cell awaiting his next court date after being accused of rape by a 32-year-old maid in the Sofitel hotel near Times Square, where Strauss-Kahn was staying last weekend. Since the dramatic arrest, the media whirlwind has ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Bus Driver Steers With Elbows While on Two Cell Phones, Could Not Give Less of a Shit
The good sir has been suspended from his job in Rome, so might we suggest a move to New York City? It's illegal here, too, but at least we appreciate a badass.
Blogs
April 29, 2011
It's Now Time to Eat the Royal Wedding Pizza
Fork in the Road salutes the royal couple, and hopes the Tea Party types here will forget their hatred of England long enough to have a slice. The pizza was a promotional stunt of Papa Johns, and probably isn't very good. Is wedding food ever good? (Kate's neck looks kinda gross, and her tur ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Academic Journal Deems the Term "Pets" Derogatory
The Journal of Animal Ethics, a publication edited and compiled by a group of university professors from America and Great Britain, has stated that "pets" is not an acceptable moniker for domesticated animals. The Telegraph reports that words such as "owners" and "wildlife" are also determine ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 27, 2011
SWEDISH SOUND SYSTEM
Swing, hip-hop, and the kitchen sink
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April 11, 2011
France's Burqa Ban Goes Into Effect; Two Women Are Arrested
In the fall of last year, France's Senate overwhelmingly passed a law banning the wearing of the Islamic full veil in public. That law went into effect today, with two veiled women arrested soon after -- not for wearing the garments but for participating in an unauthorized protest, reports CN ... More >>
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March 29, 2011
EU Aims to Completely Remove Fuel-Driven Cars From European Cities
via SirsnapsalotThe EU Commission published a transportation plan today that may radically change how Europeans get around in the future, the Independent reports. Included in the proposal, which seeks to cut carbon emissions by 60%, is a plan to remove all conventionally fueled cars from Euro ... More >>
Columns
March 23, 2011
Ask a Hispanic!
Not every Mexican is a Mexico Mexican
Blogs
March 4, 2011
England and Ireland Are Friends Again!
It's been 100 years since a British royal set foot upon the Republic of Ireland -- in 1911 King George V spent 6 days in Dublin -- but the Queen of England is taking that leap because the longstanding bad blood between the two countries has started to seem a bit silly, and what were they figh ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Beaumarchais Chef Nicolas Cantrel on When He First Wanted to be a Cook and Why Bananas are Good Substitutes for Endives: Interview Part 2
Photo courtesy Nicolas Cantrel Yesterday we spoke with Beaumarchais chef Nicolas Cantrel about the shuttering of brunch hotspot Bagatelle. Today he tells us about how he got into the cooking business and why he's a gruyere master.
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March 1, 2011
Yellow Tail Sues Little Roo For Marsupial Label; Aussies Create First Space Beer
The producer of Yellow Tail, the country's best-selling imported wine, is suing the maker of Little Roo for trademark infringement. Apparently, Little Roo's kangaroo logo is too similar to Yellow Tail's wallaby. [Wall Street Journal] Ireland's struggling economy has devastated sales of Guinn ... More >>
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March 1, 2011
Moombahton Star Munchi Hospitalized In Hawaii; NYC DJs Flock To His Aid
The Netherlands-based DJ, producer, and "moombahton" guru known as Munchi is a recent obsession in some corners of SOTC -- hear lots of examples of his adventurous, omnivorous style here -- which makes news of his recent medical trauma all the more disturbing. Per NYC's own DJ Ayres comes new ... More >>
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February 28, 2011
What's Happening This Week: Sake Tasting, Natural Winemakers' Week
As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Sake Tasting EN Japanese Brasserie Wednesday, March 2 at 6 p.m. The Sake Export Association is hosting an evening of rice wine in the West Village for $50 ($40 in a ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 23, 2011
'Berghain and Panoramabar at the Bunker'
As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Sake Tasting EN Japanese Brasserie Wednesday, March 2 at 6 p.m. The Sake Export Association is hosting an evening of rice wine in the West Village for $50 ($40 in a ... More >>
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February 18, 2011
Eataly Has "The Caper Problem"
shoppingblog.comIt's Eataly, not ItalyGrist has a really interesting article about Eataly, noting that it embodies "The Caper Problem," which occurs after all the ingredients on one's shopping list have been placed in the shopping cart and the customer realizes he has forgotten the capers (or ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 16, 2011
'Blkmarket Presents Ben Klock+DVS1'
shoppingblog.comIt's Eataly, not ItalyGrist has a really interesting article about Eataly, noting that it embodies "The Caper Problem," which occurs after all the ingredients on one's shopping list have been placed in the shopping cart and the customer realizes he has forgotten the capers (or ... More >>
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February 7, 2011
Stream PJ Harvey's Let England Shake, And Hope She Adds Another Terminal 5 Show
James Blake has probably got Album Everyone Will Be Talking About This Week honors all sewn up for now, but roundabout next Tuesday a nation's fawning eyes will turn to PJ Harvey's fantastic Let England Shake, far from the screamiest entry in her 20-year catalog (!), but among the bleakest, h ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
Happy Birthday, New York!
Manu_HDear New York, On this date in 1653, you (then named New Amsterdam -- you never really looked like a New Amsterdam) were incorporated. You've had your ups, your downs and even that weird phase in the '80s when you got heavy into drugs and synth music.
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January 31, 2011
The Box Is Opening In London
Yes, oversized vaginas are dancing their way all the way to the UK! Simon Hammerstein's The Box -- the Chrystie Street haunt filled with vaudeville acts, sometimes even onstage -- is branching out to London's Soho district, where transsexuals will faux-pee on real celebrities just like here.
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January 31, 2011
PJ Harvey Is Playing Terminal 5 In April
Good news for all you Foursquare enthusiasts who can't get enough of Terminal 5: On April 20th the cavernous Midtown spot will host none other than PJ Harvey, supporting her new record Let England Shake and possessed of a terrifying intensity perfect for making large places feel uncomfortably ... More >>
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January 29, 2011
Twenty-Nine-Year-Old Becomes U.K.'s Youngest Grandfather
A 29-year-old man in South Wales has become the United Kingdom's youngest grandfather after his 14-year-old daughter gave birth. Everyone in the family had kids young, so there are six generations alive at once. "I don't feel like a grandad -- I've not got grey hair and my hearing is top notc ... More >>
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January 24, 2011
Moscow Cops Find Suicide Bomber's Head in Airport Rubble
Cops in Moscow think they've found the head of the suicide bomber who blew up the city's busiest airport today, killing 35 people and wounding at least 168 others. As a Russia Today talking head puts it, it's "the head of a man wth an Arabic appearance." The mid-afternoon (Moscow time) attack "spr ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Dine and Dash Not Just Popular in NYC
physicslessons.comRun!A few weeks ago we mentioned that dining and dashing (i.e., skipping out on one's restaurant bill) had become popular in New York City, with a 20 percent increase in incidents over last year. Guess what? Gothamites aren't the only ones down on their luck, as the trend ha ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Hear the Mountain Goats' Score to Sir Arne's Treasure
Sir Arne's Treasure still via sixmartinis and the seventh artWhen, in December, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle announced that he'd be doing a live score for a screening of the silent 1919 Swedish film Sir Arne's Treasure at the San Francisco Film Society, he described his plan like so ... More >>
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December 29, 2010
Gelato University Lures Dairy Fanatics and Unemployed
Flavio/FlickrJust as the commercial kitchens of Long Island City may provide a measure of respite for the laid-off, it seems that Italy is also doing its part for the newly unemployed.
Voice Choices
December 29, 2010
MIME ZONE
A Swiss treat
Blogs
December 10, 2010
Your Fave Dance Cuts From The Seventies
If you remember dancing through the '70s, then you were definitely there. And DJ/journalist Paisley Dalton--who surely wasn't even alive then--has just the new CD for you. It's My Chiffon Is Wet, Darlin, which consists of "kunty kuts from NYC underground discotheques, '73-'78." Well, I jus ... More >>
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December 9, 2010
Has-Beens Lip-synching to "Let It Be" (Video Below)
Leave it to Norway. They have united every single fame-challenged celebrity whoever lived, and who wasn't busy at the autograph convention I recently went to in Parsippany, and shot them synching to "Let It Be" as a promo for some TV show or the other. Stick with this amazing clip and you'l ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Britain's Smaller Wine Bottles Won't Curb Drinking
free-extras.com A supermarket chain in Britain is beginning to sell smaller wine bottles to encourage people to drink less at home. Which seems like the stupidest idea ever.
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December 2, 2010
World Cup 2018 Goes to Russia, 2022 to Qatar, Psychic Octopus TBD
Russia has been chosen to host the 2018 World Cup, via a secret ballot vote by Fifa's executive committee today. Condolences to England, Spain and Portugal, and Belgium and the Netherlands, (the latter two in joint bids), who were all finalists.
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November 30, 2010
Hear A New PJ Harvey Song, "Written On The Forehead"
The indomitable PJ Harvey has a new record, Let England Shake, due out in mid-February; head to her website right now to hear "Written on the Forehead," a soft, elegiac, reggae-sample-driven drifter, Harvey singing "Let it burn/Let it burn/Let it burn burn burn" in a high, wistful, far-less-t ... More >>
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November 5, 2010
Didier Elena of Adour Explains the French and Their Chickens
But he likes him some pastrami sandwiches Didier Elena, executive chef of Alain Ducasse's Adour, began work at the St. Regis Hotel's famed restaurant this summer, but is constantly keeping his eyes peeled for seasonal eats with the onset of fall. Yesterday, we got Elena's take on champagne ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Bizarre 'Face Your Food' Campaign Hopes to Raise Awareness by Showing People Un-Eating
Ever wonder what it looks like to eat a doughnut in reverse? Well, now's your chance to find out. This somewhat icky campaign was spawned by FairFood.org, a mysteriously "global" initiative to promote sustainable eating by pushing big food corporations to adopt more ethical practices. It appears t ... More >>
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October 27, 2010
Wouldn't You Know, Falling in Love Is the Crack Cocaine of Nature
Just in case you doubted it, scientists have now confirmed that falling in love basically generates the same "euphoric" feeling as using cocaine. It also stimulates intellectual areas of the brain as well as the stereotypical areas of the heart...and it only takes a fifth of a second to get y ... More >>
Film
October 20, 2010
Wanna Buy a Lung? Making a Mockery of Organ Trafficking in Inhale
Just in case you doubted it, scientists have now confirmed that falling in love basically generates the same "euphoric" feeling as using cocaine. It also stimulates intellectual areas of the brain as well as the stereotypical areas of the heart...and it only takes a fifth of a second to get y ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 20, 2010
NYC NOISE
A look back at No Wave
Blogs
October 15, 2010
Giveaway: Five Pairs Of Tickets To See Phoenix At Madison Square Garden Next Week
Oh, indeed. The gala Phoenix/Dirty Projectors/Wavves show hitting MSG Wednesday, October 20th is a big we-made-it moment for the maximalist, SOTC-beloved French pop-rockers; we think it'd be great if you got to see it in person. We have five pairs of tickets. And since is this is a bigger dea ... More >>
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September 29, 2010
Germany Will Finally Pay Off That Nagging Old World War I Debt
This weekend is a big one for Germany. The country will finally pay off its debt from World War I, 92 years after their defeat, with a final installment of almost £60 million, or nearly $100 million U.S. (This makes our little credit card situation seem like nuthin'.)
Blogs
September 28, 2010
Italy's CampariSoda Eliminates Mixing Campari and Soda
Chantal MartineauJust pour.Spotted in the hotel minibar in Italy: CampariSoda, a bottled cocktail of Campari and soda that requires nothing more than a bottle opener to access and enjoy.
Blogs
September 18, 2010
The Street Food of the 2010 San Gennaro Festival, NYC -- A Visitor's Guide
Patron saint of Naples, San Gennaro casts his eyes heavenward, in despair over the preponderance of fried food at his festival. San Gennaro (English: Saint Januarius) is the patron saint of Naples, Italy, a Catholic bishop who was martyred in the Diocletianic Persecution of 305. The festival ... More >>
Film
September 15, 2010
The Cream Puff of Food Docs, Kings of Pastry
Patron saint of Naples, San Gennaro casts his eyes heavenward, in despair over the preponderance of fried food at his festival. San Gennaro (English: Saint Januarius) is the patron saint of Naples, Italy, a Catholic bishop who was martyred in the Diocletianic Persecution of 305. The festival ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
New Device Dispenses Bulk Wine in French Supermarkets
www.drvino.comThis self-serve wine-vending machine has been installed in eight supermarkets in France. Dr. Vino reports that French supermarkets have begun selling jug-quality wine from 500- and 1,000-liter kegs, using a nifty machine that allows you to fill up your own bottles.
Voice Choices
September 8, 2010
STRING SEMINAR
The beauty of classical bows and plucks
Blogs
August 28, 2010
Sweden's High Court to Worshippers of Orgasm God: "Where Do You Get Off?"
The Madonna of the Orgasm cannot even get a quickie with Sweden's highest court. Struggling to be recognized as a faith community in Sweden, the organization was rejected again this week by The Man, who said "there were no serious errors in the appeal court's judgement and the case did not in ... More >>
Blogs
August 26, 2010
Germany Plans to Turn a Blind Eye to Job Applicants' Facebook Antics
If you're in Germany, you may soon get a job even with Facebook photos like this.Tuesday, the German government proposed a law that places restrictions on employers' uses of Facebook to protect workplace privacy. But the law, a nice gesture of respect for future employees, ignores Facebook's exis ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2010
The Mediterranean Diet May Be Given UNESCO 'Heritage' Status
snowpea&bokchoi/FlickrIn need of the world's protection?To the list of chefs, dietitians, and people who want to sell you things who extol the Mediterranean diet, we may be able to add UNECSCO.
Blogs
August 19, 2010
Bull Escapes Ring, Briefly Extracting Revenge for Years of Humiliating "Red Cape Incidents"
Here is video of a bull at a bullfight in Tafalla, Spain, as the animal escapes from the ring and into the crowd, resulting in injuries to some 40 people. This comes right at the time Spain is considering whether or not to outlaw bullfighting. Political stunt? Or just a bull pulling his versi ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
This Week's Voice: Camu Tao, Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, and More
Camu Tao: Doing good, even if he's not here to see it. Photo by TONE.In this week's Village Voice, Phillip Mlynar remembers the departed underground rapper Camu Tao, Francis Davis reviews spectacular new works from Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor, Mikael Wood hangs with Bruno Mars out in Los A ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 11, 2010
Wings of Desire
Camu Tao: Doing good, even if he's not here to see it. Photo by TONE.In this week's Village Voice, Phillip Mlynar remembers the departed underground rapper Camu Tao, Francis Davis reviews spectacular new works from Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor, Mikael Wood hangs with Bruno Mars out in Los A ... More >>
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