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  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Make Chef Yuhi Fujinaga's Wild Mushroom Croquetas

    Yuhi Fujinaga​Filled with savory ham, chicken, beef, veal, or vegetables -- and often made creamy with a healthy helping of bechamel -- croquetas have long been a popular plate, whether served on the Iberian peninsula or as far away as Indonesia. At Bar Basque (839 6th Avenue), Chef Yuhi Fuj ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Foreign Diplomats Owe New York City $17 Million in Parking Tickets

    ​As we freak out over possible $16 muffins purchased by the Justice Department -- how could they? Muffins? Muffins aren't even good -- and the overall implosion of the U.S. economy, let us freak out more, about something with some pretty egregious dollar signs. Back in May, Representatives Mic ... More >>

  • Film

    September 14, 2011

    As One Indonesian Family Goes, So Goes the Nation in Position Among the Stars

    ​As we freak out over possible $16 muffins purchased by the Justice Department -- how could they? Muffins? Muffins aren't even good -- and the overall implosion of the U.S. economy, let us freak out more, about something with some pretty egregious dollar signs. Back in May, Representatives Mic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2011

    Daniel Bobis, Missing Long Island Surfer, Found Dead in Indonesia

    ​Sad news: Daniel Bobis, the 32-year-old Long Island high school math teacher and surf coach who went missing this weekend while surfing in Indonesia, has been found dead. The Facebook page dedicated to alerting attention to the search and rescue efforts has now become a memorial page, with hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Daniel Bobis, Long Beach High Math Teacher, Goes Missing While Surfing in Indonesia

    Facebook​Daniel Bobis, a 32-year-old math teacher and surf team coach at Long Beach High, has gone missing while surfing in West Lampung, Indonesia, on Sunday morning. Rachel, Bobis' wife of five years, remains in Indonesia, and says that the U.S. Consulate has "been no help thus far." His boa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    New York City Loses Yet Another Food Plant; Scientists Create 'Super Wheat'

    ​Maramount Corp., a Sunset Park food production plant responsible for school lunches and homeless shelter meals around the city, is moving to Pennsylvania, leaving more than 140 workers unemployed. [NY Daily News] McDonald's and Wendy's are among fast-food chains that have added new summer sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    Wax Jamboo and Five Other Unusual Fruits and Vegetables at NYC Chinese Supermarkets

    ​1. Celtuce is an extreme variety of lettuce native to southern China. It's also known as stem lettuce, celery lettuce, asparagus lettuce, wo ju, and kaki-jisha. Though the leaves are edible, the cooked stem is the whole point of the vegetable. In addition to steaming and sauteeing, pickling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Lay Off My Body, Girls: Xaviera Hollander

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 9, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 10 Lay off my body, girls By Xaviera Hollander When I read about prostitution being "degrading," I think back to a time when many women went through a process known as an "illegal operation." For many wom ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 5, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: January 5-11, 2010

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. March 9, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 10 Lay off my body, girls By Xaviera Hollander When I read about prostitution being "degrading," I think back to a time when many women went through a process known as an "illegal operation." For many wom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Smoking Baby Now Just Boring Old Do-Nothing Baby

    ​We guess everyone has to grow up sometime. (Sadface.) Two-year-old Ardi Rizdal, or Aldi Suganda, depending on who you ask, had the shockingly awful -- but somehow exceedingly debonair -- habit of dragging on some 40 ciggies per day. But after the Indonesian child-man was forced into governme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Deer Prefers Beer (Video)

    ​While we wait for more information on the Discovery Channel gunman situation...um...there's this: There is a deer in China that, apparently, likes to drink beer. Which is slightly less horrifying than a baby in Indonesia who smokes a pack or 10 a day -- maybe?

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Smoking Baby Returns Via Special CBS Investigative Report (Video!)

    Just in case you thought the smoking baby (you know, the 2-year-old Sumatran boy with the practiced inhale) was a scam played upon us by video pranksters, CBS News has tracked him down in Indonesia, where they found him -- just before midnight, lit ciggie in hand -- and spent two days witnessing and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    BP Tries, Tries Again...and Again We Wait

    ​Good morning! Today in your BP oil spill update: After cutting the pipe at the wellhead (with 20-foot shears), officials have placed a cap over the well to funnel oil to a ship at the surface. But, as usual, "it will be some time before we can confirm that this method will work and to what ... More >>

  • Dining

    May 25, 2010

    Bromo Satay House Serves up East Java

    Queens now tastes a little more like fermented shrimp paste

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    New Aperitifs to Hit the U.S. Market; Wine Grapes Warn That the Planet is Heating Up

    ​If you agree that red wine glasses have big, flat bowls to maximize exposure to air and white wine glasses are narrower to keep the wine cold longer, then you know you don't have to be a snob to buy into fancy glassware. [Salon/Food] Bonal from France and Cocchi Aperitivo Americano from Ital ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2009

    Let Us Now Praise Stinky Foods: Taiwanese Stinky Tofu

    ​It looks so innocuous sitting on the plate, doesn't it? Southeast Asians have their durian, Scandinavians sometimes love lutefisk (especially at Christmastide), but the Taiwanese insist on stinky tofu when it comes to scarfing something really fetid.

  • Dining

    November 10, 2009

    Dodge the Sake Bombs at Laut

    A fine Malaysian joint hides near Union Square

  • Film

    September 8, 2009

    Off-Putting Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly Explores Minority Identity

    A fine Malaysian joint hides near Union Square

  • Dining

    March 18, 2009

    Spring Guide: Slurp Through the Recession

    A fine Malaysian joint hides near Union Square

  • Dining

    February 11, 2009

    Warung Kario's Dutch Treat

    Making do with what was available in South America

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    The Early Word--Danku

    Two krokets and a side of mie dan (fried noodles)Danku, a Dutch-Indonesian "all-natural" fast food joint, recently opened its only US outpost on 57th Street. The chain's other location is in Antwerp, Belgium. The menu runs from ordinary paninis and baked goods, to krokets (Dutch croquettes) and Ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Babi Guling--Balinese Pork DIY

    Two krokets and a side of mie dan (fried noodles)Danku, a Dutch-Indonesian "all-natural" fast food joint, recently opened its only US outpost on 57th Street. The chain's other location is in Antwerp, Belgium. The menu runs from ordinary paninis and baked goods, to krokets (Dutch croquettes) and Ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2008

    The Traveling Omnivore's 20

    Two krokets and a side of mie dan (fried noodles)Danku, a Dutch-Indonesian "all-natural" fast food joint, recently opened its only US outpost on 57th Street. The chain's other location is in Antwerp, Belgium. The menu runs from ordinary paninis and baked goods, to krokets (Dutch croquettes) and Ind ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    4 Questions: James Oseland Dreams of Montana

    Two krokets and a side of mie dan (fried noodles)Danku, a Dutch-Indonesian "all-natural" fast food joint, recently opened its only US outpost on 57th Street. The chain's other location is in Antwerp, Belgium. The menu runs from ordinary paninis and baked goods, to krokets (Dutch croquettes) and Ind ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 18, 2008

    EASTERN EPIDEMIC

    A week-long celebration of Asian art

  • Columns

    November 13, 2007

    Horoscope

    A week-long celebration of Asian art

  • Film

    October 30, 2007

    World Beat

    Margaret Mead doc fest takes pulse of the global music scene

  • Film

    January 9, 2007

    'Global Lens, 2007'

    Margaret Mead doc fest takes pulse of the global music scene

  • News

    January 10, 2006

    Report: U.S. Should Pay for Genocide in East Timor

    Commission blames American-backed Indonesian military

  • Music

    March 29, 2005

    Music

    Commission blames American-backed Indonesian military

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2005

    The Gods Must Be Crazy

    Commission blames American-backed Indonesian military

  • News

    March 8, 2005

    Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolfowitz

    He Bungled Iraq, the Pentagon, and East Timor. Look Out, World Bank—Here He Comes

  • News

    March 8, 2005

    New China Much More Sturdy

    He Bungled Iraq, the Pentagon, and East Timor. Look Out, World Bank—Here He Comes

  • News

    January 4, 2005

    Bush Has Pain on Right

    Hey, big spender, the Heritage Foundation is no longer happy with you

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2004

    Morning Report 12/30/04
    Bush Misoverestimates It

    Hey, big spender, the Heritage Foundation is no longer happy with you

  • News

    December 28, 2004

    Indonesian Army Said to Block Tsunami Aid

    Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil finds an extra $5 million for victims

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2004

    Morning Report 12/27/04
    Disasters Natural and Unnatural

    Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil finds an extra $5 million for victims

  • News

    October 22, 2002

    Uncle Sam's Crude Solution

    Our Expensive, Deadly Role as Global Oil Police

  • News

    October 22, 2002

    Blame It on Al Qaeda

    Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

  • Dining

    January 8, 2002

    Black Curry Sour

    Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

  • Theater

    October 23, 2001

    Pooting in the Shadows

    Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

  • Books

    August 7, 2001

    Riot Boys and Girls

    Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

  • Music

    July 31, 2001

    Rock 'n' Rai

    Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

  • Specials

    October 17, 2000

    Letters

    Media Hypes Sniper Conspiracy Theory

  • News

    October 3, 2000

    Standing Up to the Swoosh

    One Man's Crusade Against Nike

  • Long Island Voice

    December 14, 1999

    Roots Music Ping Pong

    One Man's Crusade Against Nike

  • Music

    December 7, 1999

    Roots Music Ping Pong

    One Man's Crusade Against Nike

  • News

    September 14, 1999

    Timor Ease

    Clinton Makes Hay in Asia Mess

  • Film

    March 23, 1999

    World in Motion

    Clinton Makes Hay in Asia Mess

  • News

    March 9, 1999

    Machine Age

    Clinton Makes Hay in Asia Mess

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