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May 23, 2012
New York Holds Demonstration In Solidarity With Montreal's Student Strike
Yesterday marked the hundredth day of Quebec student's strike, the fourth day since the Quebec government passed an oppressive law intended to break the strike, and, as hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets in defiance of the law, possibly the single largest act of civil disobedience in ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2012
Matzo Balls And Disco Balls: Pairing Great GoogaMooga's Food And Music Offerings
This weekend Prospect Park will host Great GoogaMooga, a festival that brings together some of New York's best restaurants and musicians from New York (disco technicians Escort; bouncy Brooklyn rockers Fort Lean) and outside the city (Saturday's headlined by the hip-hop polyglots The Roots, while Su ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
David Edgar Love: "I Think I Have Scientology By The Balls"
When I talked to David Edgar Love by Skype at his Montreal apartment Wednesday evening, he sounded exhausted -- he'd had only an hour of sleep in the past two days. "I'm pretty tired. I was up until about 5 this morning, then I had mnql1 wake me up at 6 and had that radio interview," he says, cred ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2012
My Dinner at Daniel
Wait! Where's the letter grade? From the outside, it looks like a hotel, with potted plants on either side of the door. But once inside the solemnity of the place overwhelms you, as you traipse past a bar on one side, small flock of cocktail tables on the other, then up to a reservations desk that ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2012
Take Cover from the Space Storm! Two Solar Flares Hit Earth, NASA Says
Today's space-weather report tells of a different kind of sunny sky: Two flares, including the second biggest of the Sun's 11-year solar cycle, hit earth early this morning and could cause the biggest solar storm in five years, NASA says. Now, what the hell does this mean, exactly? Every so often, ... More >>
Blogs
December 5, 2011
Live: Gene Ween Gets Somber And Silly At Brooklyn Bowl
Gene Ween Brooklyn Bowl Saturday, December 3 Better than: An acoustic show directly under the J train. They don't come much more underrated than Aaron Freeman, who performed a solo show under his usual nom de plume, Gene Ween, amid the clatter of falling pins at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturda ... More >>
Blogs
November 17, 2011
Did You Use a Chase ATM Near Union Square in January or May?
Not a Chase ATM, though we'd probably avoid this one.Two men have been arrested and face charges "including burglary, criminal possession of forgery devices, and larceny," reports the New York Times, for installing devices in card slots of 11 ATMs at four different Chase locations around Unio ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2011
M. Wells To Sell Tourtières for Thanksgiving
Doesn't this look better than a dry turkey? Though M. Wells, the Long Island City diner, is now a memory, some of its traditions live on. One is the making of rustic Quebec seasonal pies come holiday time. These were at one time one of the more spectacular entrees on the M. Wells menu. Par ... More >>
Film
July 27, 2011
Do Not Ask to Borrow Sugar: Danger Around Every Corner in Good Neighbors
Doesn't this look better than a dry turkey? Though M. Wells, the Long Island City diner, is now a memory, some of its traditions live on. One is the making of rustic Quebec seasonal pies come holiday time. These were at one time one of the more spectacular entrees on the M. Wells menu. Par ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 4, 2011
Malajube+Pretty & Nice
Doesn't this look better than a dry turkey? Though M. Wells, the Long Island City diner, is now a memory, some of its traditions live on. One is the making of rustic Quebec seasonal pies come holiday time. These were at one time one of the more spectacular entrees on the M. Wells menu. Par ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2011
Today in El Diario: New Yorkers Shafted by Con Ed on "Green" Fund
Green flight: Energy fund leaves city Con Edison clients in New York have been billed for $342 million since 2004 to subsidize renewable energy. But less than 1 percent of that money -- $ 8 million -- has been used for area green electricity projects, the Spanish-language daily reports. New ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
Study Finds Foods Labeled 'Organic' Seem Tastier; Parents Parade Their Foodie Tots
A recent study suggests that consumers thinks foods labeled 'organic' are tastier, higher in fiber, and lower in fat and calories. [LA Times] Wendy's is hoping its natural sea salt fries will take a bite out of McDonald's market share. It reported that in a blind taste test, 56 percent respo ... More >>
Film
January 12, 2011
Lesser Version
Mordecai Richler gets a downgrade
Blogs
December 28, 2010
Hugue Dufour Wants You to Eat His Tourtière
Dessert enthusiasts may insist that 2010 was the year of the pie, but M. Wells' Hugue Dufour would like you to know that the meat pie is eternal. Called the tourtière and a fixture of menus throughout Québec during the winter months, it's currently being served at Dufour's Long ... More >>
Blogs
November 10, 2010
French-Accented Cocktail Bar, 1534, Debuts in Nolita Tonight
Jacques, looking thirsty.For those who don't know the significance of the year 1534, it marks the date French explorer Jacques Cartier set out to discover a Western passage to Asia and instead landed in Canada -- specifically, in what is now known as the province Quebec. A new cocktail bar, l ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2010
Tourtières & Nuns' Farts at M. Wells Ce Soir
What is that heavenly scent?Here in America, November is all about Thanksgiving. We spend the whole month talking about that big turkey dinner we're going to have at the end of it. But in Quebec, Thanksgiving is already over and done with. November instead marks the beginning of tourtière se ... More >>
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October 21, 2010
M. Wells Will Open for Dinner Tonight to Serve a Mushroom Menu
CHOW.comThe lovely lobster mushroom.Although there's still no sign that M. Wells will be opening for dinner anytime soon, the restaurant will be extending its hours tonight in order to serve its customers a menu featuring mushrooms harvested from the Gaspé peninusla, Québec, and ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2010
Pumpkin Ale Taste-Off
"It's like every brewer has to make a pumpkin ale now," said the bearded fellow at Whole Foods' beer shop. "But if you don't like any of these," he continued, gesturing to my shopping bag, "I think you should probably just give up on pumpkin ales." Pumpkin ales start popping up everywhere i ... More >>
Blogs
July 14, 2010
M. Wells, a Diner in Long Island City, Queens: Report from the New Culinary Frontier
A tasty Quebecois mutation of eggs benedict featuring fresh peas and salt cod. There's really nothing visually arresting about the down-at-the-heals diner at the corner of 21st and 49th Avenue in Long Island City, which sits at the head of the Sunnyside Yards -- formerly the world's largest ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Four New Tracks You Haven't Heard from Arcade Fire's The Suburbs
The four tracks that already leaked from The Most Anticipated Album Drop of the Third-Quarter of 2010 -- the Arcade Fire's The Suburbs -- have been met with mostly unmitigated, exuberant joy (also matched by the city at-large, who got an extra MSG date added recently). There's the waning folk ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2010
This Week in the Voice: The 2010 Summer Guide
As you emerge from the schvitzy oven that is New York's subway system today, indulge in that new heat and sunshine with the help of the Voice's special pull-out 2010 Summer Guide. Keep yourself busy above ground during the three-month sweat-stained shitshow that is a summer in New York City, ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2010
Battle of the Dishes: Bark Disco Fries v. Poutine from TPoutine
Curd is the word in TPoutine's gravy-soaked Classic Poutine. New York is no stranger to the seemingly clandestine combination of french fries, gravy, and cheese. Disco fries migrated to the city from their native New Jersey years ago, and establishments serving the French Canadian version of ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2009
Health alert issued for mumps outbreak in Brooklyn
The city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has issued an alert (pdf) to healthcare providers in response to a record mumps outbreak in New York and New Jersey. The CDC traced the path of infection back to an asymptomatic 11-year-old boy who carried it from an epidemic in England to an ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2009
Blame French Canada: New York's Maple Syrup Rival
frostnova/flickrSyrup: a sweet boon for the state? First, it taunted us with its poutine and smoked meat sandwiches. Now, Quebec has become the target of Senator Charles Schumer's new maple syrup scheme. According to a Times opinion piece, he hopes to have New York eclipse French Canada as th ... More >>
Theater
September 29, 2009
Lipsynch—Robert Lepage’s 8½-Hour Flight—Touches Down at BAM
frostnova/flickrSyrup: a sweet boon for the state? First, it taunted us with its poutine and smoked meat sandwiches. Now, Quebec has become the target of Senator Charles Schumer's new maple syrup scheme. According to a Times opinion piece, he hopes to have New York eclipse French Canada as th ... More >>
Columns
September 29, 2009
¡Ask a Mexican! Canada Goosed
Questions from the Great White North
Blogs
September 11, 2009
Where Ice Cream Vendors Go for the Winter
edkohler/flickrIce cream trucks, hibernating.If today's weather is any indication, summer is well and truly over, which makes Fork in the Road think about all of those frozen treat purveyors who spoiled us so thoroughly over the past few months. This may have been the Summer of Street Food, b ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2009
How Do You Spell G-U-T-B-O-M-B in Spanish?
Spotted in Valparaiso, Chile: chorrillana at local favorite greasy spoon J Cruz. This mess of fries, chunks of steak, onions and melting cheese is like Quebec poutine's fatter, sexier and sluttier cousin. Not for the prudish nor the faint of heart.
Voice Choices
February 11, 2009
Black Names+Hollerado
Spotted in Valparaiso, Chile: chorrillana at local favorite greasy spoon J Cruz. This mess of fries, chunks of steak, onions and melting cheese is like Quebec poutine's fatter, sexier and sluttier cousin. Not for the prudish nor the faint of heart.
Blogs
October 6, 2008
POP Montreal Interview: Poster Boy Jack Dylan
Spotted in Valparaiso, Chile: chorrillana at local favorite greasy spoon J Cruz. This mess of fries, chunks of steak, onions and melting cheese is like Quebec poutine's fatter, sexier and sluttier cousin. Not for the prudish nor the faint of heart.
Blogs
October 2, 2008
POP Montreal Day 1: Winter Gloves, Vetiver, The Clips, Woodhands, An Orgy of Keytar
Spotted in Valparaiso, Chile: chorrillana at local favorite greasy spoon J Cruz. This mess of fries, chunks of steak, onions and melting cheese is like Quebec poutine's fatter, sexier and sluttier cousin. Not for the prudish nor the faint of heart.
Film
April 22, 2008
Up the Yangtze's Beautifully Observed Struggle
A Chinese flood zone documented
Blogs
February 12, 2008
Tabloided: The News Says 'Burn in Hell'
A Chinese flood zone documented
Dining
June 5, 2007
Pouting for Poutine at The Inn LW12
Does Canada really have its own cuisine?
Film
May 1, 2007
'Disappearances'
The story of Wild Bill, who isn’t wild, and Quebec Bill, who isn’t from Quebec
Film
November 15, 2005
Fashionistas and Soul Men Highlight Diverse Festival
The story of Wild Bill, who isn’t wild, and Quebec Bill, who isn’t from Quebec
Specials
July 5, 2005
Letters
The story of Wild Bill, who isn’t wild, and Quebec Bill, who isn’t from Quebec
Film
August 17, 2004
Three More Political Docs Prepare New York City for the RNC
The story of Wild Bill, who isn’t wild, and Quebec Bill, who isn’t from Quebec
Film
June 8, 2004
Physician, Steel Thyself: Quirky Quebec Villagers Set a Trap
The story of Wild Bill, who isn’t wild, and Quebec Bill, who isn’t from Quebec
NYC Life
February 24, 2004
Vive la Danse
From Paris in the spring to a Delancey Street parking lot, the French make their move
Theater
June 10, 2003
North to the Avant-Garde
The Festival de Théâtre des Amériques in Montreal
Theater
October 2, 2001
Headin’ South
The Festival de Théâtre des Amériques in Montreal
NYC Life
September 4, 2001
Dance Track
From Brooklyn to Australia, Choreographers Are on the Move
News
July 17, 2001
First Tear Gas, Now Bullets
Activists Weigh the Cost of Confrontation
News
April 24, 2001
Tearing Down the Wall
Two Views of Democracy Battle in Quebec City
News
April 24, 2001
Hemisphere A-Go-Go
Toking on Free Trade, Rich Americans Party On
News
January 2, 2001
Our Year in Sports
Toking on Free Trade, Rich Americans Party On
Film
April 11, 2000
SINCE CANADA CAME ALONG
Toking on Free Trade, Rich Americans Party On
Film
April 20, 1999
Trip Teases
Toking on Free Trade, Rich Americans Party On
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