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Subject: United States

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    Our 10 Best Cheeses

    ​ ​Is it a piece of marble or a blue cheese? And did it make the list of Our 10 Best Cheeses? Who doesn't love cheese? A friend says she administers a cheese test to potential boyfriends. If the guy doesn't crave the coagulated milk products of cows, sheep, goats, or water buffalo, it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    What's The Worst Kind of Bad Breath?

    ​It's a common fallacy to think that all bad breaths are equally hateful. In reality, there are different types of bad breath, and some are way more putrid than others. Jizz breath isn't all that bad, truth be told. It's kind of risky smelling, yet somehow piquant and appealing. Or is it just ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    'Mr. Saturday Night Presents Scott Grooves'

    ​It's a common fallacy to think that all bad breaths are equally hateful. In reality, there are different types of bad breath, and some are way more putrid than others. Jizz breath isn't all that bad, truth be told. It's kind of risky smelling, yet somehow piquant and appealing. Or is it just ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    This Is Why You're Too Fat for Japan

    ​As lawmakers, policy wonks, and doctors in the U.S. worry themselves over our country's ballooning waistline, the Japanese have found a more direct, if less politically correct, method of regulating weight gain: Last year, the government set the maximum waist size for men over the age of 40 a ... More >>

  • Film

    November 17, 2009

    The War on Kids, a Critique of Public School Culture

    ​As lawmakers, policy wonks, and doctors in the U.S. worry themselves over our country's ballooning waistline, the Japanese have found a more direct, if less politically correct, method of regulating weight gain: Last year, the government set the maximum waist size for men over the age of 40 a ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 17, 2009

    THERE SHE IS . . .

    ​As lawmakers, policy wonks, and doctors in the U.S. worry themselves over our country's ballooning waistline, the Japanese have found a more direct, if less politically correct, method of regulating weight gain: Last year, the government set the maximum waist size for men over the age of 40 a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    The Top 40 Locavore Chefs Under 40

    Mother Nature Network has put together a list of the country's 40 most important rising culinary stars under the age of 40. The list focuses on chefs who use fresh, local, and sustainable ingredients and adhere to a farm-to-table philosophy. Surprisingly, there are only two New Yorkers in the bunch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Bostonians Revolt Against Shake Shack Invasion; Mickey D's Goes Upscale

    ​Ruth "Ruthie" Collock West of the Ruthie's Soul Food restaurants died Nov. 12 at age 75. The North Carolinian moved to Brooklyn after finishing school and worked her way up from waitress to restaurateur. [NY Post] Not everyone is pleased about Danny Meyer's plan for a Boston outpost of Shake ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Get It While It's Hot: Housing Works Used Book Cafe Cookbook Sale Ends This Weekend

    ​'Tis the season of cooking... but don't let yourself get caught without a proper manual. Housing Works Used Book Cafe is celebrating the holiday season with a cookbook sale, which runs through this Sunday.

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2009

    Rudy for Senate: he won't say, aides say no

    ​After parading his somewhat tarnished national security street cred, ruling out a gubernatorial run and floating a run at the Senate, America's former Mayor has gone to ground in Florida and isn't talking. His aides, on the other hand, say the Senate isn't big enough for him.

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Curry Hill Gets a "Handcrafted Indian" Restaurant for "Post-Modernist" New Yorkers

    ​ Kalustyan's expansion isn't the change to Curry Hill's storefronts: a new restaurant called Cinnamon Grill is opening in the former Coconut Grove space at 106 Lexington Avenue.

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    Crime Beat: 10 Terrible Facts About Violence Against Women

    Happy International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women! Sorry to spoil your Thanksgiving preparations, but November 25 is indeed the day. You'll find hardly a word in the U.S. press about this worldwide observance that gets play elsewhere, even by U.S. government outlets like Radi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    ​The late Jack Newfield, bless him, used to do a Voice "Honor Roll" every year at this time of New Yorkers who actually do good things for other people. Tom Robbins happily takes up the task in this issue. What happens to those NBA first-round draft picks who don't become superstars, or even ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Black Friday Fails to Save America; Cyber Monday Our Last Hope

    ​Apparently you cheap bastards didn't shop hard enough to move the needle this weekend -- or shopped not well but too wisely, scarfing up bargains when America needed grotesque impulse purchases to pull out of its economic nosedive. The National Retail Foundation says more shoppers spent less: ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 1, 2009

    The Shaky Hands

    ​Apparently you cheap bastards didn't shop hard enough to move the needle this weekend -- or shopped not well but too wisely, scarfing up bargains when America needed grotesque impulse purchases to pull out of its economic nosedive. The National Retail Foundation says more shoppers spent less: ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Obama: 30,000 More Troops to Afghanistan; Not "Another Vietnam"

    ​"If I did not think that the security of the United States and the safety of the American people were at stake in Afghanistan," said President Obama last night in a speech at West Point, "I would gladly order every single one of our troops home tomorrow." But he does think so: Afghanistan i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Posts of the Week

    It's Friday afternoon, and time to look back fondly on the best posts the week had to offer: We ranked Our 10 Best Beers. Ratha Chau shared his thoughts on the new Norry at Kampuchea, the Asian sandwich craze, and one Michael 'Bao' Huynh.

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Crazy Expensive Oriol Balaguer Chocolates From Barcelona Make U.S. Debut

    Pretty is as pretty costs​Midtown's Borne Confections (Matt Damon racing through the streets of Paris pursued by a chocolate truffle?) has just received its first shipment of Oriol Balaguer chocolates, representing the U.S. debut of the Barcelona-based chocolatier, who spent seven years at el ... More >>

  • News

    December 8, 2009

    The Rise and Fall of Internet Sports Bookie and Poker Pro James Giordano

    Pretty is as pretty costs​Midtown's Borne Confections (Matt Damon racing through the streets of Paris pursued by a chocolate truffle?) has just received its first shipment of Oriol Balaguer chocolates, representing the U.S. debut of the Barcelona-based chocolatier, who spent seven years at el ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 8, 2009

    ¡Ask a Mexican! In Tweety Bird We Trust

    Pretty is as pretty costs​Midtown's Borne Confections (Matt Damon racing through the streets of Paris pursued by a chocolate truffle?) has just received its first shipment of Oriol Balaguer chocolates, representing the U.S. debut of the Barcelona-based chocolatier, who spent seven years at el ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 8, 2009

    Arctic Monkeys

    Pretty is as pretty costs​Midtown's Borne Confections (Matt Damon racing through the streets of Paris pursued by a chocolate truffle?) has just received its first shipment of Oriol Balaguer chocolates, representing the U.S. debut of the Barcelona-based chocolatier, who spent seven years at el ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 18: Toby Keith, "Courtesy of the Red, White, & Blue (The Angry American)"

    F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. Unreasonable, short-sighted, hyperbolic, childish, reactionary--well, to be fair, "Angry American" is a pretty accurate title...

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    "Drink Yourself Fat": City Grosses You Out for Your Health

    Remember the "Pour on the Pounds" Department of Health ad warning New Yorkers that when they were pouring Coke and Snapple they were actually pouring fat? Well, DOH has followed through: now there's a TV ad showing a man drinking the fat. They also plop a repulsive mass on a plate to demonstrate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    ​Sailors used to roll around the city like Gene Kelly, but security concerns and technology have changed things, and now they mostly stay on the ships or, if they're lucky, at rare havens like the Seafarers & International House. The men whose boats brought you almost everything you have are m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Council Approves Broadway Triangle Rezoning

    Much has been made of the city council's recent triple override of Mayor Bloomberg: They've answered his vetoes with second votes overruling him on the Kingsbridge Armory mall, the five-minute parking grace, and an expansion of clergy parking privileges. But yesterday they gave him the Broadway Tri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    American Catfish Farmers Want Vietnamese Catfish to be Called Catfish

    If it looks like a catfish and tastes like a catfish...​What, exactly, is a catfish? That's the question that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is being forced to consider, thanks to the efforts of American catfish farmers to get Vietnamese catfish labeled as catfish. The farmers are lobbying ... More >>

  • Film

    December 22, 2009

    J. Hoberman's Favorite Films of 2009

    If it looks like a catfish and tastes like a catfish...​What, exactly, is a catfish? That's the question that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is being forced to consider, thanks to the efforts of American catfish farmers to get Vietnamese catfish labeled as catfish. The farmers are lobbying ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 22, 2009

    ¡Ask a Mexican! The Reconquista of Christmas

    If it looks like a catfish and tastes like a catfish...​What, exactly, is a catfish? That's the question that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is being forced to consider, thanks to the efforts of American catfish farmers to get Vietnamese catfish labeled as catfish. The farmers are lobbying ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    Is Brooklyn's Rachel Coleman the Worst Cook in America?

    Rachel Coleman: Brooklynite, bad cook​Yes, friends, it's another food reality television show--Worst Cooks in America premieres on the Food Network on January 3. It turns the Top Chef paradigm on its head--instead of being covertly invited to snicker at the flailings of chefs who are meant to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2009

    New Plan to Defeat Health Care Bill: GOP Lawsuits!

    ​It looks like the Democrats might pass some sort of health care bill after all, so the badly outnumbered Republicans are looking at new strategy to block it: make pork illegal. "Attorneys general in at least 10 states" of a mostly reddish hue, the Times reports, have discussed a legal strat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2009

    Air travellers face further restrictions after terror attempt in Detroit

    ​In the wake of what the Obama administration is calling a terror attempt on a Northwest Airlines jet yesterday, the Transportation Safety Administration has announced, but not released, new restrictions on airplane passengers. Not released to us, anyway. Air Canada apparently got a copy.

  • Columns

    December 29, 2009

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Class Is in Session

    ​In the wake of what the Obama administration is calling a terror attempt on a Northwest Airlines jet yesterday, the Transportation Safety Administration has announced, but not released, new restrictions on airplane passengers. Not released to us, anyway. Air Canada apparently got a copy.

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    Holiday Travel Twitter Tales

    ​When New Yorkers travel beyond the local transit system -- which, during this festive holiday season, generally means to the airport -- we suddenly devolve into a world-weary Scrooges, darting through terminals and over tourists. Luckily Twitter, our ultimate venting venue, gives us beleaguer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 31, 2009

    Blackwater Guards' Charges Dismissed in Baghdad Mass Murder

    ​About a year ago, five Blackwater security guards working for the U.S. government were arraigned on federal charges for killing a bunch of civilians in Baghdad's Nissor Square. Today those charges were dismissed. Federal judge Ricardo Urbina found the government's case against the men "lack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2010

    Bloomberg promises national crusade, press asks local questions

    ​The bulk of yesterday's inaugural address was a guided tour of what Mayor Bloomberg sees as the accomplishments of his first few terms, along with a long list of things his administration definitely plans to find innovative ways to deal with, but he did mention two specific "new ideas." One w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Gay Marriage in New Jersey: Still on Hold

    Will these morons get gay marriage before we do?​Marriage equality activists in New Jersey are hoping to get hundreds of protesters to rally in Trenton today, even though it is 20 degrees out and the first work day after the holidays. Regardless, their hopes for getting a marriage equality bil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    The Times Discovers Bowling!

    ​"O.K., maybe this trend isn't big enough to lift the entire city, but it's something." The New York Times suggests bowling as a recession funtime activity. And it's glamorous too! While old-school alleys around town are closing, jacked-up, full-bar venues like Bowlmor and Williamsburg's Gut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    10 Arrested at Protest Over Detention of Immigration Reform Advocate

    Photos by Mizue Aizeki. There was a protest in Manhattan today over the detention of Jean Montrevil, a Haitian who has had a green card since 1986 but, owing to a drug conviction for which he served time in the 1990s, has been subject to supervision and was detained by U.S. Immigration authoritie ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 5, 2010

    THAT’S BULL

    Photos by Mizue Aizeki. There was a protest in Manhattan today over the detention of Jean Montrevil, a Haitian who has had a green card since 1986 but, owing to a drug conviction for which he served time in the 1990s, has been subject to supervision and was detained by U.S. Immigration authoritie ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Crotch-Bomber Abdulmutallab Indicted by Grand Jury on Six Counts

    ​From what we'd been hearing, we thought the Obama Administration was going to let Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab off with a revoked visa, leaving him to romp and play. But today the foiled Christmas crotch-bombing has been indicted by a grand jury in Detroit, and will be tried for his lap immolati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Tavern on the Green Donates Two Tons of Food; New York Has Its Own Grain Belt

    ​Taiwan is looking to mend trade ties with the U.S. after recently repealing its decision to import U.S. beef products. A change to Taiwan's food safety laws made some U.S. beef products no longer eligible for import. [Reuters] New York's grain belt is being revived and expanded with specialt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2010

    Interview: Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson On the Contra/Operation Ivy Connection, Eating Raisins with M.I.A., and the Regrettable Term "Upper West Side Soweto"

    Vampire Weekend. Photo by Soren Solkaer Starbird.​There's no feeling indifferent about this band. For fans, Vampire Weekend's sophomore album, Contra (out Tuesday, and reviewed by our own estimable Rob Harvilla here), is enough to make January feel like July--a sugary refinement of the band's ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 12, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican! Rebel Amnesty?

    Vampire Weekend. Photo by Soren Solkaer Starbird.​There's no feeling indifferent about this band. For fans, Vampire Weekend's sophomore album, Contra (out Tuesday, and reviewed by our own estimable Rob Harvilla here), is enough to make January feel like July--a sugary refinement of the band's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    U.S. Stops Deporting Haitians -- It Took an Earthquake

    Haitian deportees, pre-earthquake, at one of Homeland Security's many fine detention centers. It took an earthquake, but the U.S. government is finally stopping its regular deportation of Haitians back to their homeland. But it's only for now. Offers to Haitians of the coveted Temporary Protected ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2010

    Rightbloggers Keep It Sweet on Haiti -- Unless You Attack Rush, Are Obama, Etc.

    The disaster in Haiti has obsessed both mainstream media and bloggers, and for the most part rightbloggers have been exceptionally well-behaved about it. Even some normally obstreperous critics have praised Obama for his interventions, and if they piled on Danny Glover for attributing the quake t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Strange Snacks of the World Beer Special: Theobroma

    Glug​ Theobroma, from Maryland's Dogfish Head brewery, is a pretty strange character as beers go. It's brewed with honey, cocoa nibs, cocoa powder, ancho chiles, and ground annatto, and is supposedly modeled after chemical residue in the Yucatan of the earliest alcoholic chocolate drinks, dati ... More >>

  • Music

    February 2, 2010

    The Unsound Festival Gets Way Out

    Glug​ Theobroma, from Maryland's Dogfish Head brewery, is a pretty strange character as beers go. It's brewed with honey, cocoa nibs, cocoa powder, ancho chiles, and ground annatto, and is supposedly modeled after chemical residue in the Yucatan of the earliest alcoholic chocolate drinks, dati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Save The Date! Terror Attacks Expected Between Now and July, Say Officials

    Mark your calendars! Intelligence sources, including CIA Director Leon Panetta, say "Al Qaeda is almost 'certain' to try a major attack on the U.S. in the next three to six months," reports the Daily News. Panetta and others appeared before the Senate with the grim news. If it sounds familiar, tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2010

    Row Harder, Slaves! Productivity, Unemployment Claims Up, Costs Down

    ​Good news for whip-crackers: In the fourth quarter of 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals, U.S. productivity rose at a 6.2 percent annualized rate -- output up 7.2 percent, hours worked up one percent. It's the biggest such jump since 2002. Unit labor costs -- the ratio of hourl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    Revisit: Bacon Naan and Other Delights at Tabla in Madison Square

    ​The richness and smokiness of the newfangled bacon naan is not to be underestimated. Seven years ago, when Tabla first opened, I respected the restaurant, but didn't love it. It was too fusion-ey for me. Nevertheless, I noted, "Despite his profound culinary departures from an authentic India ... More >>

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