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  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Cream-Nut Peanut Butter Debuts in NYC

    Goober lovers will want to check this new old brand out. One of the best parts of the Age of Foodism is the way that diverse odd products come sailing our way when we least expect them. A case in point is the smirkingly named Cream-Nut Peanut Butter.

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    I'm So Over the Marilyn Hagerty Phenomenon, But Welcome to NYC Anyway, Lady

    I've got to admit I was charmed when the Marilyn Hagerty story broke, and she was interviewed by our own Camille Dodero. Then Lauren Shockey revealed Hagerty intended to visit our city. The so-called critic from Great Falls, Montana Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Forks, North Dakota, prominently paste ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 9, 2011

    Mustard Plug

    I've got to admit I was charmed when the Marilyn Hagerty story broke, and she was interviewed by our own Camille Dodero. Then Lauren Shockey revealed Hagerty intended to visit our city. The so-called critic from Great Falls, Montana Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Forks, North Dakota, prominently paste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2011

    Grand Rapids Morning News Teaches You How to Roll With the Punches

    Fox 17 Morning News in Grand Rapids, Michigan looks like a fun place to work. In the above clip, the camera operator swings to the anchor desk about 20 seconds too early. Instead of freaking out, Tamara Johnson finishes her report and Anchor Mike Avery smiles and waves at the misguided camera. Peopl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    Did You See a Giant Banana Driving Around NYC Today?

    Behold! A car shaped like a banana, seen driving about the streets of New York City. Steve Braithwaite and his brother Spade (a/k/a "The Dirty Brothers") are the proud owners of the Big Banana Car, inspired when Steve glanced at a bowl of bananas at a gas station and thought, "I could build a banana ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 9, 2011

    The Postelles

    Behold! A car shaped like a banana, seen driving about the streets of New York City. Steve Braithwaite and his brother Spade (a/k/a "The Dirty Brothers") are the proud owners of the Big Banana Car, inspired when Steve glanced at a bowl of bananas at a gas station and thought, "I could build a banana ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2011

    Don't Cheat in the Marital Bed, Lest Your Spouse Get Really Mad

    via​The New York Times gets all Closer with a huge feature on the front page of the Home section today, the subject of which is not just cheating, but cheating in the "marital bed," and how maybe that's the worst thing you could ever, ever, ever do to a partner (if you're wealthy and/or white) ... More >>

  • Music

    November 10, 2010

    The Books Get to Carnegie Hall

    Creepy collage artists head uptown, and further underground

  • Music

    September 8, 2010

    Detroit Rap City: Jay-Z and Eminem Kick-Start A Hometown Recovery

    Creepy collage artists head uptown, and further underground

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Studies in Crap: "When you see those hot love pictures, it makes you feel like having sexual relations."

    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. ​ Hell Over Hollywood: The Truth About the Movies! Author: Jitterbug-hating revi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Our 10 Best Beers

    ​ When we got the idea to do Our 10 Best Beers, little did we realize what a shark tank we were jumping into. While wine drinkers, cocktail swillers, and those that drink their spirits neat are a very vocal and cantankerous bunch, the vast majority of beer fanciers just sit back, foamy quaff i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Chatting with a signer of the 'Manhattan Declaration'

    ​This week, 150 Christian religious leaders unveiled the Manhattan Declaration: A Call to Christian Conscience, named after our very own borough. It's a manifesto signed by prominent Christian leaders that calls for staunch opposition to things like abortion, gay marriage, and other satatanic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2009

    At Joseph Leonard, Drinking Outside of the Box

    ​When Gabriel Stulman opens Joseph Leonard, his so-called "bar with serious food," next week, he'll be the first New York purveyor of Boxed Water Is Better. As its name suggests, this is water with a purpose: according to its website, it's "part sustainable water company, part art project, part ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2008

    Times Reports Palin "Unscripted," in No Need of One, in MI

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    USLBS Survey: NYers Make More Money

    While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

  • Music

    December 25, 2007

    Up to the Wire

    It takes an intrepid listener to dig out of this year's jazz avalanche

  • Music

    December 25, 2007

    2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

    New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks

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    June 14, 2005

    Letters

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  • News

    February 22, 2005

    God Is a Centrist Democrat

    Hillary Clinton moves self, whole party into the religious middle

  • Film

    February 1, 2005

    Film

    Hillary Clinton moves self, whole party into the religious middle

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    November 11, 2003

    Letters

    Hillary Clinton moves self, whole party into the religious middle

  • Columns

    September 12, 2000

    Trouble in Utopia

    Hillary Clinton moves self, whole party into the religious middle

  • News

    October 13, 1998

    Trapped in Bad Schools

    'If a Teacher Is Doing a Good Job, I Don't Care If He or She Is Green'

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