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June 30, 2011
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Classic American Dishes and Where to Find Them
Will fried chicken make our list of 10 Best Classic American Dishes? Here is Riverpark's rather fussy rendition. This weekend is the Fourth of July, our most sacred secular holiday, and now is the time to celebrate iconic American foods. While our favorite national dishes don't quite have t ... More >>
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April 21, 2011
Your iPhone Records Where You've Been; What Are You Going To Do About It, Chump?
The tech world is having itself a little freak-out over the news that iPhones using iOS4 (the latest operating system) have been saving users' location data whenever they make a cell call. Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden discovered a hidden file in the phone's operating system that keeps track ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
Parents Do Not Find "Kid in the Overhead Compartment" Joke Funny, Not One Little Bit
This baby seems okay with it. [via frohrn/flickr ]Say you're a flight attendant. Say there's a kid, and his dad, and they're on your plane playing a fun little game of peek-a-boo. And so you try to help out, putting the kid in the overhead compartment, because that's what you do, put things i ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Bordeaux Makes a Comeback Among Wine Hipsters; Fiji Shifts from Water to Wine
In the era of the "hard shake" and big, dense ice, craft bartenders risk injury when shaking up a cold, frothy cocktail. [NY Times] Making your own wine is all the rage with City Winery in Soho, Brooklyn Winery in Williamsburg, and other DIY winemaking operations on Staten Island and in New ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Fiji Water to Pull Out of Fiji; Bees in Red Hook Caught Red-Bodied
Fiji Water is shutting down its operations on the island due to a tax hike imposed by Fiji's government. The company is owned by billionaire investors Lynda Resnick and Stewart Resnick, who also own POM Wonderful. [Wall Street Journal] Burger King's monthlong "King of the Road" bus tour has ... More >>
Blogs
September 27, 2010
How Angry NYT Editors and HBO's Bored to Death Make the Case for Media Reporting
Well, it's media reporting day-a-palooza here, which means that seven more people are reading this blog than they are on the average day. So while we're at it, here's how to explain the relevancy and case for a great media reporter like John Koblin, which involves two angry, high-level New Yo ... More >>
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September 12, 2010
Fashion Week: Cynthia Rowley Dots the Scene
Fashion Week and food do not often intersect--the grand Lincoln Center lobby is overrun with editorialistas sipping free Fiji water and 100-calorie Frappuccinos, but try to find one gnawing a turkey sub--yet Cynthia Rowley's Saturday morning runway presentation left me with an insatiable hung ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Vegetarian Delights of NYC: Bouchon Bakery's Butternut Squash Sandwich
In light of the news that Bouchon Bakery will be opening a second location, now seems a good time to celebrate the attributes of its butternut squash sandwich.
Blogs
June 2, 2010
Keith Kornfeld Takes Over at Pranna
A little more than a year after Gavin Portsmouth was hired to share chef duties with Chai Trivedi in the kitchen of Pranna, the Murray Hill Southeast Asian restaurant has announced that it has a new executive chef. Per a release, Keith Kornfeld is now the man in charge. He previously worked at resta ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
'Mother Jones' Exposes Fiji Water
If you saw the documentary Tapped, then you know all about how the billion-dollar bottled water industry is polluting the planet (and our bodies). An article in the latest issue of Mother Jones takes a look at one bottled water company in particular: chic, "artisanal" Fiji. Government threat ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2009
Strange Snacks of the World: Chakri
Chakri is the Gujarati name for an extruded snack made from rice flour, and available widely at South Asian groceries stores. Sometimes it contains urad (dal) flour, as well. The snack was supposedly invented in Tamil Nadu, in the small town of Manapparai, where it's known as muruku or ... More >>
Film
November 26, 2008
Witherspoon and Vaughn's Yuletide Carol Is Four Christmases Too Many
Chakri is the Gujarati name for an extruded snack made from rice flour, and available widely at South Asian groceries stores. Sometimes it contains urad (dal) flour, as well. The snack was supposedly invented in Tamil Nadu, in the small town of Manapparai, where it's known as muruku or ... More >>
Dining
October 15, 2008
Modern-food fads we wish would go away
Chakri is the Gujarati name for an extruded snack made from rice flour, and available widely at South Asian groceries stores. Sometimes it contains urad (dal) flour, as well. The snack was supposedly invented in Tamil Nadu, in the small town of Manapparai, where it's known as muruku or ... More >>
Film
July 29, 2008
America the Beautiful a Well-Intentioned, Scattershot Look at the Image Conscious
Chakri is the Gujarati name for an extruded snack made from rice flour, and available widely at South Asian groceries stores. Sometimes it contains urad (dal) flour, as well. The snack was supposedly invented in Tamil Nadu, in the small town of Manapparai, where it's known as muruku or ... More >>
Columns
April 15, 2008
Free Will Astrology: April 15 to 21
Chakri is the Gujarati name for an extruded snack made from rice flour, and available widely at South Asian groceries stores. Sometimes it contains urad (dal) flour, as well. The snack was supposedly invented in Tamil Nadu, in the small town of Manapparai, where it's known as muruku or ... More >>
Film
February 19, 2008
Doug Liman's Jumper
Chakri is the Gujarati name for an extruded snack made from rice flour, and available widely at South Asian groceries stores. Sometimes it contains urad (dal) flour, as well. The snack was supposedly invented in Tamil Nadu, in the small town of Manapparai, where it's known as muruku or ... More >>
Dining
February 19, 2008
Iron Chef Boyardee
Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms
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December 7, 2006
Eldridge—Also Known as ‘Fuzhou Street’
Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms
NYC Life
November 7, 2006
The Stuffing Dreams Are Made Of
Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms
Film
August 16, 2005
PG-Fiji: A Pacific Whim Leads to a Remote Movie Theater
Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms
Blogs
May 5, 2005
Whodunit: The British Consulate Bomb
Our man Sietsema opens up a can of worms
News
December 9, 2003
Rumsfeld Watch
Secretary of Defense Aims to Privatize the U.S. Military
News
May 20, 2003
The Race That Never Ends
How an FBI Agent Works Out Her Life
Art
April 29, 2003
Upstairs, Downriver
Starchy Brits and Jungle Wits
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February 12, 2002
Nation
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October 16, 2001
Listings
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March 27, 2001
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June 13, 2000
Rewiring the World
Technology Sparks Debate at Beijing+5

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