Honduras

Six Months' Worth of Coffee Beans

Bag numbers 19 (left) and 18 (right) were, respectively, Blue Bottle's Guatemala Maya Ixil, roasted in Brooklyn, and Four Barrel's Guatemala Antigua Santa Cruz, roasted in San Francisco. I drink a lot of coffee at home, ground from beans right before being deposited in a French press. I saved the ... More >>

Wake Up and Watch This Trailer for A Film About Coffee

San Francisco filmmaker Brandon Loper has released a trailer for his latest project, A Film About Coffee, which focuses on the current bean and brew obsession existing on the West Coast.

Free Will Astrology: September 26 - October 2, 2012

Q&A: The Chipped Cup's Karen Cantor and Andrew Ding on the Coffee House Scene in Harlem, Part 2

[See More Interviews: Bitchin' Kitchen's Nadia G | Runner and Stone's Peter Endriss] Yesterday, Fork in the Road ran the first installment of this interview with owners Karen Cantor and Andrew Ding of the Chipped Cup, a new coffee shop in Harlem. Today, we follow-up and chat about the neighborhood ... More >>

Blue Bottle, Part Two

​Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble! Yesterday, I wrote about my first experience at West 15th Street's new Blue Bottle Coffee. I apologize for having been so interested in the pour-overs that I missed the espresso machine. The other observations and criticisms still stand, including my belie ... More >>

U.S. Seizes $180 Million Worth of Cocaine From "Semi-Submarine" off Honduran Coast

Cocaine, but not this cocaine.​The Coast Guard announced they intercepted and seized a semi-submersible vessel, its five-man crew and 7.5 tons of cocaine. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection airplane spotted the fiberglass semi-submarine and a Coast Guard cutter caught up to it off the Caribb ... More >>

Peach War Breaks Out Down South; Man Arrested for Bribing Restaurant Inspector

​There is a veritable peach war going on between Georgia, the peach state, and South Carolina, a growing peach market. [NY Times] The Rockefeller Center Greenmarket is back, bringing fresh, local fruits, vegetables, honey, and more to midtown. [DNA Info] A new survey of dining trends conclu ... More >>

'Afrolicious: Pleasuremaker+Señor Oz'

Mocha Mix

Mexicans and the dark side

Eat the Rich

The rich are richer than ever, but don't ask them for help

Download Bootlegs Of All 13 Sets From globalFEST 2011

Kinda makes you wonder what the Pedrito Martinez Group sounds like. Pic by Ben Jay.​Last week's globalFEST 2011 blowout at Webster Hall packed 13 acts from Brazil, India, Cuba, Mali, Sengal, Hawaii, Honduras, France, Egypt, Colombia, Peru, the Congo, and New York City onto three stages, a stag ... More >>

Photos: globalFEST 2011, Starring Red Baraat, La-33, And Orquestra Contemporânea de Olinda

Say hello to the Rhythm of Rajasthan. All pics by Ben.​What do you get when you take a dozen or so internationally hailed acts and dump them all in the East Village? The annual mind-expanding musical fete known as globalFEST. Thirteen acts from places as far afield as India and the Congo conve ... More >>

New York Incomes Disparity Still Maddeningly Out of Control

​In case you were feeling a little too cheerful this holiday season, the Fiscal Policy Institute has a new report [pdf] to remind you about New York City's ever-widening income gap. According to the report, "if New York City were a nation, it would rank 15th worst among 134 countries with res ... More >>

Ronnie's Kids: The Bright Side of "Amnesty"

So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

Download MiniBoone's New-Waving, Arcade Fire-Vibing "Devil In Your Eyes"

Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Marielle Solan​Taut New York five-piece MiniBoone are an enchanting mesh of old-school energy and new-school melody. The band mixes the dervish energy of '78-era post-punk with the super-hooks of mod ... More >>

Cablevision Drops Food Network; Quarter Pounder Inventor Dies

​Celebrity chef Bobby Flay is up in arms about Cablevision dropping HGTV and Food Network. He recently twittered: "Bang away at Cablevision... can't believe there [sic] not showing Food Network," after the channels were dropped in a fee dispute with owner Scripps Network. [NY Post] An upstate ... More >>

Reverend Billy Campaign Update: Recuperates from "Palpitations," As Mayor Will Fire Ray Kelly

Photo by Brennan Cavanaugh We caught up with Reverend Billy, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of New York we interviewed in April, and asked how the campaign was going. We're in the third act of this drama. The opening act was orientation -- the whole world of politics, a steep learning cur ... More >>

Cop Who Shot Unarmed Drunk Driver Guilty of Manslaughter

It's rare that a New York City cop is found guilty of shooting a civilian. Officer Rafael Lora shot Fermin Arzu, an immigrant from Honduras, in the Bronx in May 24. Lora, a resident of the neighborhood, had been told that a man was driving his van erratically and smashing into cars; the officer, in ... More >>

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New Albums From Elsewhere

Four endangered cultural traditions rave on anyway

Dreaming About the Pope: Reflections on Benedict XVI's Visit to New York

Coney Est Mort, Vive Coney!

Ball Field Baleadas Live on at Honduras Maya

Sunset Park Mexican: Where to Eat when the Ball Fields are Empty

More than Pupusas at Uptown Salvadoran

Our Man finds the "entire peasant diet of El Salvador" in Washington Heights

Last Ride at Astroland

Rally Sunday to Save Astroland

History Lessons

Brazil, Beliz, San Antonio, Soho, Mother Africa—all journeys into paradise

Morning Report 4/13/05
Bush's Papal Bull

No Hard Hats Worn Here

Labor organizers shine a light on nighttime office-demolition abuses

Smoke and Mirrors

Protesters of Torture—and Vice Versa

No Lambi Today

Haitian café in Kensington goes easy on the national dish

Close-up on Hunts Point

The Unkindest Cuts

Lost Jobs Tough to Recycle

Blacked Out

Hip-Hop and R&B Artists MIA in Music Industry Struggle

Some Like It Hotter II

Checking in for Waldorf Hysteria

Free Traders and Fair Traders in Stalemate as CEOs Converge on New York

Shirts Off Their Backs

The Global Economy, as Told Through a Tee

Journey Through Debtor’s Prison

Stephanie Black Chronicles Jamaica’s IMF Woes

Nation

Immigrant Minors

Despite public and political outcry for one child, thousands of others face detention

Ethnic Mysteries Revealed

Giant Steps

The New Monicagate?

East of Eden

Burning Issues

Kosovo Crisis

Banana Flackery

Hyde & Seek

Wider probe could burn judiciary chair

That Girl

New York Senator Hillary Clinton?