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    May 22, 2012

    The Ten Most Fashionable Asian-Americans In NYC

    I've met them all and narrowed it down to these 10 amazing A.A. specimens:

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    Designers of Planned Twin Towers Look-Alike in Seoul 'Regret Deeply' Resemblance

    A Dutch architecture firm has designed a building in Seoul that has offended some because of its uncomfortable resemblance to the World Trade Center in a cloud of dust and smoke: MVRDV​ The project, called "The Cloud," is the work of MVRDV, a firm in Rotterdam. It's intended to be luxury hi ... More >>

  • Film

    August 17, 2011

    Escaping North Korea, But Not Hard Times in The Journals of Musan

    A Dutch architecture firm has designed a building in Seoul that has offended some because of its uncomfortable resemblance to the World Trade Center in a cloud of dust and smoke: MVRDV​ The project, called "The Cloud," is the work of MVRDV, a firm in Rotterdam. It's intended to be luxury hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday

    Welcome to The Best Thing I Ate Yesterday, where we endeavor to remember the very best thing we stuffed down our gullets over the past 24 hours. Why? Because the only thing better than enjoying a meal is wallowing in the memory of one savored in the recent past. Today's fond reminiscences ...

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    More on Korea's Kimchi Shortage; Latin Food is All the Rage

    ​The U.S.'s findings about the dangers of BPA have so far been inconclusive. But in Canada, it's official: Bisphenol A is toxic. [Time] Kimchi has become so expensive in Korea that some restaurants in Seoul no longer offer it free as a banchan before the meal. [NY Times] According to Men's H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Eleven Madison Park Debuts Coffee Cart; Chock Full o'Nuts Makes a Comeback

    ​As part of a minor overhaul of the restaurant, Eleven Madison Park has launched a coffee cart manned by a dedicated barista that will offer diners tableside coffee service prepared on a siphon or Chemex set. [T Magazine] The Seoul-based Bibigo chain, which hopes to become "the McDonald's of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Typhoid Outbreak Linked to Smoothies; More on Foraging Chefs

    ​A rare outbreak of typhoid fever has been linked to smoothies made with frozen mamey fruit pulp made by Goya. [AP] Molecular chefs in Scandinavia and elsewhere focus on terroir and local ingredients, often gathered by teams of foragers, rather than flavors made in a lab. [Wall Street Journal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Today in Things Rihanna Has Stuck Knives Into

    Image via The Rap-Up​Well, a birthday cake for one. M.I.A.'s heart for another. The former act of swordsmanship came on a tour stop in Korea, where she celebrated turning 22 (almost, anyway; the official date is February 20) at the InterContinental Hotel in Seoul. The latter came with her new ... More >>

  • Film

    December 29, 2009

    Hectic Humor Undercuts The Chaser's Gloomy Worldview

    Image via The Rap-Up​Well, a birthday cake for one. M.I.A.'s heart for another. The former act of swordsmanship came on a tour stop in Korea, where she celebrated turning 22 (almost, anyway; the official date is February 20) at the InterContinental Hotel in Seoul. The latter came with her new ... More >>

  • Film

    November 17, 2009

    The Dryly Comic My Dear Enemy at MOMA

    Image via The Rap-Up​Well, a birthday cake for one. M.I.A.'s heart for another. The former act of swordsmanship came on a tour stop in Korea, where she celebrated turning 22 (almost, anyway; the official date is February 20) at the InterContinental Hotel in Seoul. The latter came with her new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Open & Closed: Say Hello to Bar Celona; Goodbye to Bungalow 8

    Bar Celona, a stylish tapas bar owned by fashion consultant Cynthia Diaz, has opened in Williamsburg. Chef Jordy Lavanderos is serving not-quite-Spanish pan-Latin small plates, such as scallop ceviche, mackerel pate, and mushroom tostones. [NY Times] Cafe Boulud has reopened and, with it, Bar Pleia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    Hello, and welcome to Friday afternoon. Here are our favorite posts from the week that was. We tried our hand at making our own Scotch, alongside folks from Angel's Share and Apotheke We were inducted into the Secret Sherry Society at wd-50 We sampled New York's first Korean tacos at Seoul Stati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2009

    Korean Tacos at Seoul Station

    Earlier today, Eater reported that Seoul Station has started selling Korean tacos, along similar lines as the ones sold at the cultish Kogi trucks in LA. Kogi is supposedly opening a truck or stand in New York at some point, but I thought I'd run over to Seoul Station to see what was what. (Mean ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2009

    The Blogroll Gazette

    This week in blogs... When it isn't wearing meat, Eat me daily is taking in meaty portraits. Han Hyo-seok's Zeitgeist exhibition recently ran at the ARTSIDE gallery in Seoul, Korea. [Eat me daily] Astronaut Sandra Magnus and her orbital cooking adventures have been documented on the NASA website. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    The Early Word--Seoul Station

    This week in blogs... When it isn't wearing meat, Eat me daily is taking in meaty portraits. Han Hyo-seok's Zeitgeist exhibition recently ran at the ARTSIDE gallery in Seoul, Korea. [Eat me daily] Astronaut Sandra Magnus and her orbital cooking adventures have been documented on the NASA website. ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 19, 2008

    STARRY NIGHT

    Rolling out the red carpet for Korea

  • Film

    July 23, 2008

    No Regret

    Rolling out the red carpet for Korea

  • Music

    January 17, 2006

    Music

    Rolling out the red carpet for Korea

  • NYC Life

    December 27, 2005

    New Again

    Dirty Martini, Angie Pontani, and members of Caribou, Underworld and Grandaddy make promises.

  • Screens

    November 29, 2005

    Remote Patrol

    Dirty Martini, Angie Pontani, and members of Caribou, Underworld and Grandaddy make promises.

  • Film

    August 9, 2005

    'Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'

    Dirty Martini, Angie Pontani, and members of Caribou, Underworld and Grandaddy make promises.

  • NYC Life

    June 21, 2005

    Diversity, Equality

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Dance

    March 1, 2005

    Spreading the Balanchine Gospel

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • People

    January 18, 2005

    Hot Spot

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Film

    November 9, 2004

    O Brother, Where Art Thou?: A New Look at the Old South Korea

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Film

    November 2, 2004

    A Korean New Wave Copes With the Burden of History

    Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...

  • Books

    October 26, 2004

    Soul to Seoul

    Margaret Drabble remixes tragedy, thinks outside the box

  • NYC Life

    August 31, 2004

    Listings

    Margaret Drabble remixes tragedy, thinks outside the box

  • Dining

    June 22, 2004

    Scrape and Eat

    From blood to blog in Northern Boulevard's Koreatown

  • NYC Life

    April 13, 2004

    Seoul Food: The Korean Vodka Soju Replenishes the Spirit

    From blood to blog in Northern Boulevard's Koreatown

  • News

    November 18, 2003

    Fine Young Communists

    Uncle Sam Is Losing the War for Students in South Korea

  • Film

    October 28, 2003

    Reunification Blues

    Two halves do not make a whole: a Korean director charts his nation's psychic divisions

  • Dance

    October 14, 2003

    Dance

    Two halves do not make a whole: a Korean director charts his nation's psychic divisions

  • NYC Life

    September 2, 2003

    Listings

    Two halves do not make a whole: a Korean director charts his nation's psychic divisions

  • Film

    August 12, 2003

    Korea Directions

    Yesterday's Asian Cinematic Renaissance Works Out Its Kinks (and Rape Fantasies)

  • NYC Life

    August 5, 2003

    Listings

    Yesterday's Asian Cinematic Renaissance Works Out Its Kinks (and Rape Fantasies)

  • Art

    June 24, 2003

    World of Interiors

    In the House With Do-Ho Suh

  • NYC Life

    February 18, 2003

    Listings

    In the House With Do-Ho Suh

  • News

    November 19, 2002

    View From the DMZ

    The Human Cost of the U.S. Response to North Korea

  • Home

    August 20, 2002

    Money for Nothin'

    And The Perks For Free

  • News

    May 28, 2002

    Disc Continued

    And The Perks For Free

  • Film

    February 5, 2002

    Blood Simple

    And The Perks For Free

  • Specials

    November 6, 2001

    Letters

    And The Perks For Free

  • Dance

    August 14, 2001

    Ballet Is (Dead) Woman

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • NYC Life

    February 13, 2001

    Listings

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • Film

    July 18, 2000

    This Is Hardcore

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • Dining

    October 12, 1999

    Noodle Diplomacy

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • Dining

    July 6, 1999

    Hey Joe, Where Ya Goin’ With That Noodle in Your Hand?

    Expiring for Love Is Beautiful but Stupid

  • News

    September 29, 1998

    Betting the Pharmacy

    Rx gains in the race against drugs in sports

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