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Now Playing | A Piano Bar Grows in Brooklyn

Stuart Dalton Phillips Billy Slater playing boogie-wookie at the Manhattan Inn in Brooklyn. Uptowners have Bemelmans. Marie’s Crisis, in the West Village, caters to a gay crowd. But what about the Brooklyn hipsters? Now they have the Manhattan Inn, a ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, The New York Times,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Billy Slater,  Dalton,  Craigslist.org

Top Chef : Ahab Finally Slays the Great White Whale [Recaps]

New York, 12:59 PM Thu Nov 19 53 posts in the last 24 hours New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email 4260 Subscribers Send a link to this post 'Top Chef' via email: Please enter your name. Please enter a valid email ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, Gawker,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thomas Keller

Below the Belt | Sparring in Y-3 Boxing Boots

There’s little in the boxing world that isn’t exploited for maximum impact — babbles, tassels and bedazzles have all made their appearance on the fingers and feet of fleet-footed pugilists. Jack Dempsey, the gentleman boxer and heavyweight champion ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yohji Yamamoto,  Jack Dempsey,  Adidas,  Alexander McQueen

Fête Accompli | The Corduroy Appreciation Club's Grand Meeting

What: On Nov. 11, the day that most resembles corduroy, the Corduroy Appreciation Club hosted its fourth annual Grand Meeting at the American Can Factory in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The entrance fee was $11.11, the price that most resembles corduroy. Who: ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, The New York Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Squeeze (musician),  Pearl Jam (musician)

And Now We Know How Padma Likes Her Eggs in the Morning [Recaps]

Awaken and behold the tale of six chefs, two hearts beating as one, a sad strip, a sassafras dream and a love supreme. I'm Joshua David Stein and this is your Top Chef recap. The fasten seat belt sign chimed off and Nigella Lawson, though tired from ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, Gawker,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Nigella Lawson,  Tom Colicchio,  Toby Young

Eating Animals: Everything Is Extremely Bad and Incredibly Cruel

Having already mastered the idioms of an ESL Ukrainian and a young boy with Asperger’s, Jonathan Safran Foer debuts his new voice in Eating Animals, a book-length screed devoted to the evils of meat eating. This voice may be Foer’s real one — his ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, Flavorwire,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jonathan Safran Foer,  George Tenet,  Michael Pollan,  Nestle,  Eric Schlosser

Vulture Exclusive: James Franco Explains Why He’s Doing General Hospital, Sort Of

On Friday night, James Franco traveled even farther north than Columbia's campus for Dia's Fall Gala at the Hispanic Society on 155th Street. He showed up halfway through cocktail hour with his grandmother. He yawned a lot. Vulture managed to get a few ...

From JOSHUA STEIN, Vulture,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: James Franco,  Tina Fey

Now Viewing | Marc Forster for Swiss Air

A swinging light bulb illuminates a sign on a dark background. “Two Choices,” the sign reads. The light bulb swings. The words change: “My Face.” Another swing. “Your Face.” Another swing. “True Face.” Then a solar eclipse and a butterfly. What these ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, The New York Times,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Marc Forster

The Little Prick on Padma's Tongue [Recaps]

Good afternoon, my lovelies!!! It's Joshie. Last night—OMG it was adorbs!—I curled up and watched Top Chef on the television. What did you do, my dolls? If dreams were lightning, thunder were desire, my old house would have burnt down a last night ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, Gawker,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mick Jagger,  Natalie Portman,  Padma Lakshmi,  Jonathan Safran Foer,  Zach Braff

Top Chef : Restaurant Wars (And Other People) Are Hell [Recaps]

Quo vadis, y'all? It's Joshua David Stein. I'm still emotionally shaken from the mental shipwreck of last night's Top Chef, a competitive alternate reality located somewhere in Las Vegas. Let's cry together. There are eight chefs—Dirty Jen, Angel Kevin, ...

From JOSHUA DAVID STEIN, Gawker,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Brian Lehrer,  TiVo Inc.,  Molly Ringwald,  Eric Bogosian

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