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London: The Modern Babylon, One Long Music Video

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Curtis Stone Talks Around the World in 80 Plates, Filming All Over the World Part 1

He has a new Bravo show and a recently born son, so it's a miracle that we got Curtis Stone on the line. Despite a whirlwind media day, the Top Chef Masters host gave us the scoop on Around the World in 80 Plates, traveling the world, and some destinations he'd like to re-visit. You have a new show ... More >>

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Q&A with Chef Ho Chee Boon of Hakkasan New York: Flavors Around the World Chinese Fine Dining

We caught up with Chef Ho Chee Boon, the executive chef of Hakkasan New York, who talked about his 24 years of experience at several of the world's most renowned Asian restaurants. Chef Ho has been with the Hakkasan brand since its conception, and was the chef behind the original Michelin star rated ... More >>

'Mr. Saturday Night' w/ Jacques Greene

The U.K. Way: A Week of London Theater

From rebelling tots to rocking Shakespeare

Junoon's John Filby On Indian Cocktails, Unruly Customers and New York's Drinking Scene v. London's

Junoon's John Filby​If you thought fancy cocktails were something to be sipped only with housemade charcuterie, local cheese and other dressed-up bar bites, you were sorely mistaken. Junoon, the nouveau Indian that opened off Madison Square Park last December, has just re-launched its bar as a ... More >>

For Peels' Shuna Lydon, Baking Consistently Is Only a Small Part of the Job

Shuna Lydon​ When we spoke with Shuna Lydon last week, the Peels pastry chef was in the midst of planning her Thanksgiving menus. Premature as that might sound to those outside her profession, Lydon told us that dedicated bakeries - as opposed to restaurants that happen to sell baked goods - ... More >>

All's Fare in Bluebird

Simon Russell Beale drives Simon Stephens's play at the Atlantic

New York Has Lost Its Spot as the World Fashion Capital Because of Kate Middleton

​A number of confusing metrics have been recalculated and re-algorithmed (sp?) and numbers have been crunched and lo and behold, New York has lost its spot as the number one fashion city in the world -- to London. London! And it's all because of Kate Middleton's unprecedented popularity. The G ... More >>

Rightbloggers Find the Cause of England's Riots: Gun Control and Black People

Riots broke out in London and other parts of England last week. The evident catalyst was the controversial killing by police of Mark Duggan; but, as with the Rodney King beating that sparked the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, it's unlikely that one small event could have caused so much fury and violence. ... More >>

Free MetroCards; Gil Scott-Heron Dead at 62; Brooklyn Boy Mauled By Pit Bull

​Free MetroCards at Prospect Park and the Red Hook Park baseball fields today! Free shitty single rides, that is. Call me when someone will pay for my monthly unlimited. Oh, and a bunch of subway lines will be all messed up this weekend. [Gothamist] Spoken-word artist, poet, and musician Gil Scot ... More >>

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.

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 >>

Romulus Linney (1931-2011)

The theater loses a true American playwright

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 >>

Things We Don't Need at All: High Heels for Men

​The perennial fashion question -- "Should I wear heels or flats with these pants?" -- isn't just for women anymore, reports the Daily News. Oh yay. (Is that really the perennial fashion question? We always thought it was "Does my butt look fat in these jeans?" But moving on to the horror in q ... More >>

Umami, Now in Tube Form

Now in squeezable form.​After a recent study confirmed its existence, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a way to market straight-up umami to the masses. And what better way to do that than by stuffing it in a tube?

Boulud Continues Worldwide Expansion; Blumenthal Moves on from Bad Fish Fiasco

​Just weeks after announcing a Singaporean outpost of DB Bistro Moderne, Daniel Boulud reveals plans to open a Bar Boulud in London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park next spring. Bloomberg reports that Gilles Verot, known for his charcuterie in Paris, will helm the kitchen. Boulud said in a statem ... More >>

Gearing Up for the New Amsterdam Market

artichokeheart.wordpress.com​Fork in the Road has been eagerly awaiting the return of the New Amsterdam Market, Robert LaValva's labor of locavore love. The market, which comes to the South Street Seaport this Sunday, will run once a month through December, and feature some 80 regional artisan ... More >>

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Dans Le Noir? to Broaden List of Acceptable Things to Do in the Dark in Public

Darco TT/flickr​The Post reported yesterday that Dans Le Noir?, the Paris-based restaurant chain that hires blind waiters to serve "surprise" menus to diners under the veil of total darkness, is planning to open a New York outpost. The chain, which was founded in 2004 with funding from the Pau ... More >>

Ghosts and Spirits Roam the British Summer Stage

UP IN ARMS

The boys are back for a Weekend in the City

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LITTLE AMBITION

World domination, the second attempt

LET’S GET BOLLOXED!

Three nights of Irish rowdiness with the Pogues

The London Blitz

Plague! Arson! Smut! A visit to Britain’s classy theater.

Rave On!

Get your glow sticks out of storage, everybody—you're going to the Ruff Club

London Fog

Woody Allen's second straight English excursion is a failed return to comedy

Christgau vs. the Contortions: Reynolds's Stirring Postpunk History

London Calling?: Relationship Flick Actually Set in NYC

London Calling: An Aesthetic Manifesto

Live G8

The fury of popular agitation finds an outlet undeterred by bombs in London and bums in Washington

New York Subways and Terror: What, Us Worry?

London bombings raise questions about Gotham's transit system

Terrorists Hit Hard-Target London

Washington Snoozes as London Shudders

No sign of emergency in nation's capital after U.K. terrorist attacks

Our London Coverage

How London Got That Stiff Upper Lip

Forging ahead stoically through 60 years of bombs

After the London Bombings: 'Our Dead Have Names Too'

Messages from a Muslim e-mail list

The Power and the Fury

No more media softballing: London stages offer sharp rebukes to Blair and Bush

British Ballyhoo

Another opening, another onslaught of hype: Everything's right as rain in Londontown

After Shock

Just back from London, our critic has an optimistic reassessment of the British art scene

World in Motion

Following Refugees From Peshawar to London, Director Michael Winterbottom Finds His Personal Velocity

London Kills Me

Underground Organ Traders and Francophobic Secret Agents

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