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  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Under the Toque: Olympic Menus, New Chefs at Jean Georges

    ​ Simon Hulstone and Heston Blumenthal have teamed up to create the menus that will be served to British Airways customers during the Olympics. [Eat Out] Chef shuffles at Jean Georges: Mark Lapico is now executive chef; the new chef de cuisine is Erik Battes; Joe Murphy is in charge of pastries ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Gail Simmons on Being a Top Chef Judge

    Photo courtesy Gail SimmonsGail Simmons, television star and now author​Gail Simmons has worn many hats in the culinary world, having begun her career as a cook and journalist before working her way to Food & Wine, a position that nabbed her a role as a regular judge on the hit television show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 24: David Touretzky

    ​On Friday, we started a countdown that will give credit -- or blame -- to the people who have contributed most to the sad current state of Scientology. From its greatest expansion in the 1980s, the church is a shell of what it once was and is mired in countless controversies around the world. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2011

    A Look at Who Is Really Responsible for All These Food Trucks; Oscar Mayer Sued for False Health Claims

    ​The Shanghai Stainless Product & Design Company on Gerry Street in Brooklyn is the place to go for your brand new haute food truck. They've done trucks for Korilla BBQ, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Treats Truck, and Van Leeuwen. [NY Times] Colicchio & Sons will run a beer garden on the forthcomin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Veggie Mag Uses Meaty Models; Daniel Boulud Plans Montreal Resto

    ​A food blog has introduced a food-cart walking tour, charging $40 to take participants to some of the city's most talked-about mobile vendors. [NY Post] Underground food markets are cropping up around the country, allowing vendors to avoid hefty fees for health permits and insurance. [NY Tim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Hard-Nosed Chefs Say The Customer Can Be Wrong; David Chang Heads to Canada

    ​The customer is not always right at restaurants like Zucco: Le French Diner, Spotted Pig, and Momofuku, where the house insists its food is served a certain way, no substitutions or alterations allowed. [NY Times] A new bill in California would ban the sale and possession of shark fins, incl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Study Shows That Vegans Are at a Greater Risk for Heart Disease

    vegancookalongIs being vegan bad for your heart?​As the Globe and Mail points out, you'd think that abstaining from all foods containing animal fats would keep your heart healthy. But a new study suggests that restricting one's diets to plants could mean missing out on certain nutrients vital ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Hijacking Alert Issued Over Spilt Airplane Coffee

    ​Perhaps the most disturbing part of this story about an in-flight cockpit coffee spill is this: Pilots are allowed to drink coffee while piloting commercial airliners!? Because it seems that a coffee spill could do far worse than simply triggering a hijacking alert and forcing a United Airlin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Sam Hazen is Taking Over Veritas; Seamus Mullen Will Pop Up at The Feast

    ​Michael Romano of Union Square Café recently showed off his poetry slamming skills in several haikus he penned for the restaurant's newsletter. [Zagat] Sam Hazen, formerly of Tao, will take over at Veritas, which recently closed and fired its staff. He plans to reopen the restaurant in Nove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    Sex and the City 2 Reviews: The 10 Best Slams

    ​If you're the kind of person who sometimes asks themselves why some people hate Sex and the City so much, you are either (A) not living in New York or (B) one of the imported creatures or various changes in New York City that Sex and the City is responsible for. Well, in the new movie, Carrie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Crystal Head Vodka Banned in Ontario; Shocker: French Study Shows Wine is Good

    ​Dan Aykroyd's Crystal Head Vodka has been banned in Ontario because the bottle looks like such a lifelike skull. Oddly, Canadian-born Aykroyd thinks the decision "kind of makes the product more appealing." [Globe and Mail] Meanwhile, Crystal Head Vodka has reached the one millionth bottle ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    FreshDirect Moves Into the Suburbs; Five Guys Close to Being Billionaires

    ​A recent report shows that 41 percent of apples in supermarkets are Red Delicious. The cultivation of heirloom apples, however, is slowly making a comeback. [NY Times] Queens-based FreshDirect is making inroads into Westchester County and has added service in Connecticut for the first time. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Fast-Food Chains Replace Teens with Robots; Calorie Labeling Forces Some Restaurants to Shrink Portions

    ​Yet another journalist asks why, if Alice Waters has been such a revolutionary in the local, slow food movement, do so some many people hate her. [LA Times] Fast-food chains that once employed teenagers to carry out the most mindless, repetitive of tasks are now turning to robots to do these ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Canadian Chinatowns Better Than New York's; Gordon Ramsay on His 'Shittiest' Year Ever

    ​Annie Guerrero, the owner of El Nido del Aguila, a restaurant uptown, and Maria Elena Nunez, who represents businesses applying for liquor licenses, tried to slip an SLA official $5,000 to sidestep a full review, according to wiretap evidence. [NY Post] Gordon Ramsay reflects on the terrible ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Booze News--Beer Cocktails & Pimm's Cups-a-Go-Go

    EU officials in Brussels are blocking the sale of lower alcohol wines developed by New World wine regions. One method to make low-alcohol wine involves harvesting grapes which are immature and have a low sugar level, the second uses fully matured grapes to produce a normal wine, from which alcohol i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Globe and Mail: "Tribeca is the Rudy Giuliani of Film Festivals"

    In the Toronto Globe and Mail today, Simon Houpt articulates something no American columnist would dare. Watching Tribeca Film Festival co-producer Jane Ronsenthal as she "looked mournfully out at the assembled reporters and evoked, for perhaps the thousandth time in her life, those dark days after ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    Hello, Goodbye

    This morning we're saying goodbye to the lovely and amazing Hailey Eber, who is leaving us for greener pastures. Here's a little roundup of Hailey's greatest hits to remember her by.A dominatrix's thoughts on Gordon Ramsey's Hell's KitchenThe Chopping Block Kinda SucksSo. Much. Top ChefThe Chicken D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    Print and the pauper

    This morning we're saying goodbye to the lovely and amazing Hailey Eber, who is leaving us for greener pastures. Here's a little roundup of Hailey's greatest hits to remember her by.A dominatrix's thoughts on Gordon Ramsey's Hell's KitchenThe Chopping Block Kinda SucksSo. Much. Top ChefThe Chicken D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2008

    Bringing Sexy Back: An Open Call for 2009's EMP Pop Conference

    This morning we're saying goodbye to the lovely and amazing Hailey Eber, who is leaving us for greener pastures. Here's a little roundup of Hailey's greatest hits to remember her by.A dominatrix's thoughts on Gordon Ramsey's Hell's KitchenThe Chopping Block Kinda SucksSo. Much. Top ChefThe Chicken D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    Daily Flog: Games -- Nuclear, Political, and/or Olympic

    This morning we're saying goodbye to the lovely and amazing Hailey Eber, who is leaving us for greener pastures. Here's a little roundup of Hailey's greatest hits to remember her by.A dominatrix's thoughts on Gordon Ramsey's Hell's KitchenThe Chopping Block Kinda SucksSo. Much. Top ChefThe Chicken D ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 24, 2006

    NY Mirror

    This morning we're saying goodbye to the lovely and amazing Hailey Eber, who is leaving us for greener pastures. Here's a little roundup of Hailey's greatest hits to remember her by.A dominatrix's thoughts on Gordon Ramsey's Hell's KitchenThe Chopping Block Kinda SucksSo. Much. Top ChefThe Chicken D ... More >>

  • News

    March 9, 2004

    Jayson Blair Comes to Harlem

    Plagiarizing, Fabricating, Way, Way Fallen Black Dude Seeks Salvation on 125th

  • Columns

    February 3, 2004

    NY Mirror

    Plagiarizing, Fabricating, Way, Way Fallen Black Dude Seeks Salvation on 125th

  • News

    July 29, 2003

    Spaceballs

    Plagiarizing, Fabricating, Way, Way Fallen Black Dude Seeks Salvation on 125th

  • News

    June 17, 2003

    Caught in a Trap

    Memo to NHL: Change the Rules

  • News

    May 29, 2001

    World Leaders on Dope

    Right Joins Left in Call For an End to the Drug War

  • News

    February 29, 2000

    The Year of Living Pseudonymously

    Of Mugger, Masher, Donna Johnson and . . . Calendar Boy

  • News

    January 25, 2000

    Inside the 'Content' Factory

    Richer Than Ever, Brill Prepares to Launch E-Commerce Site

  • News

    October 26, 1999

    On Thin Ice

    The NHL's Future Just Might Fall Through

  • News

    September 21, 1999

    Gangsta Rule

    Keeping a Piece of the Action

  • News

    September 29, 1998

    Betting the Pharmacy

    Rx gains in the race against drugs in sports

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