Tag: New York

Fired Government Workers Are Right To Be Mad. But They’re Mad At The Wrong Person

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:44:23 +0000

As fun as it is hearing the testimonies of weeping “career civil servants” (unaccountable bureaucrats) dismissed from their make-work jobs by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, these people have every right to be angry. Their anger is, however, misplaced. The New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast had a particularly enjoyable episode this week […]

How Cinnamon Rolls Became the Anti-Croissant

admin — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:55:25 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu

Before opening the Cooper Square bakery Hani’s last fall, co-owner Shilpa Uskokovic knew the cinnamon buns would be popular.

New York Times Ethicist Counsels Reader To Fight Racism By Dating Black Women

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:28:47 +0000

Poetic Justice is an advice column that offers better advice to submissions at other publications whose advice has failed the reader.

The Cool Restaurants Are on OpenTable Now

admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:05:19 +0000

Photo: Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet

Last September, members of the restaurant industry converged on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the Welcome Conference, a see-and-be-seen day of networking and inspirational speaking that has become over the past decade something like a Davos for the hospitality set.

Kyle Chayka Is Eating Through His Jet Lag

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:17 +0000

Photo-Illustration: Margalit Cutler

Back home in Washington, D.C., The New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka and his wife, Jess, cook “constantly and elaborately,” he says. (Their home is conveniently sandwiched between two farmers’ markets.) This week, though, Chayka spent exactly zero time there. “It’s not an uncommon occurrence,” he says, “since D.C.

Kyle Chayka Is Eating Through His Jet Lag

admin — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 11:00:17 +0000

Photo-Illustration: Margalit Cutler

Back home in Washington, D.C., the New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka and his wife, Jess, cook “constantly and elaborately,” he says. (Their home is conveniently sandwiched between two farmers’ markets.) This week, though, Chayka spent exactly zero time there. “It’s not an uncommon occurrence,” he says, “since D.C.

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Ugly Baby Is Back, Sort Of

admin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:35:11 +0000
Photo: Courtesy of Hungry Thirsty
When the owners of Ugly Baby, one of the best Thai restaurants in the city, announced at the end of November that they were closing, it could’ve been the end of an era.
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A Sandwich Killed My Mom

admin — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:00:44 +0000
Walter Chin
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Fernando A. Flores Didn’t Mean to Write a Novel About Elon Musk’s Texas

admin — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 21:33:50 +0000
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Wait, Outdoor Dining Is Saved Now?

admin — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:40:00 +0000
Photo: Getty Images
This post first ran on February 12 with the headline “Outdoor Dining’s Return Might Really Be Doomed.” It has been updated with new information, after the city announced a change to its application policy following this story’s initial publication.
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Schmuck Is Unlike Any Other Bar in New York

admin — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 17:54:21 +0000
Photo: Courtesy of Schmuck
A new marquee hangs in the East Village. The intersection of First Avenue and 6th Street is now home to an unmissable three-sided protrusion of vertically cascading letters that spell out an unusual name for any business: Schmuck.
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A New Spot Treats Its Kimchee Pairings Like Wine

admin — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:00:03 +0000
Photo: Evan Sung/Evan Sung
When Soogil Lim was a biology student at Inha University in South Korea in 2002, he took a lab class dedicated to removing so-called “stinkiness” from kimchee in order to better export it to the rest of the world. Twenty-two years later, having abandoned biology for fine dining, Lim is instead now opening the first restaurant in America to offer dedicated kimchee pairings with its courses. “It’s n
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Liza Treyger Is Having a Time

admin — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:00:02 +0000
Photo-Illustration: Sarah Kilcoyne
Comedian Liza Treyger’s first Netflix special, Night Owl, debuted on January 28, and she still isn’t over it: “I keep taking pictures of myself on the home page,” she says. She spent the week having celebratory lavish dinners — and the occasional afternoon cocktail — before inevitably coming down with the flu.
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Follow The Money: Feds Gave Millions To Left-Wing Media Outlets Including Politico, The New York Times

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 23:45:23 +0000
'Politico ... maneuvered to have the Hunter laptop story banned and everyone discussing it censored. ... And now we find out the regime was funneling tens of millions of dollars of our money to Politico?'

If You Like ‘The Bear,’ You’ll Love This Houston Play in Which Actors Cook Onstage

admin — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:00:00 +0000
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