August 2009
20 posts
July 2009
16 posts
Is the Internet the New New York? →
New York has always been a destination for those in search of a big break. But these days, there’s another place of opportunity—the Internet. If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Bill Wasik, a senior editor at Harper’s, in the NYT:
The experience of moving online actually bears quite a few similarities to becoming a New Yorker. Disorienting and seemingly endless, the...
TMN on Tumblr →
I must have slept on this, but The Morning News has a tumblelog called The Editors’ Desk.
“The best writers benefit from editing; the less-accomplished require it.”
– John McIntyre
The Case for ‘They’ →
The NYT’s ‘On Language’ column backs “they” for gender-neutral third-person singular uses (which would make my job a lot easier). Maybe it’s not a perfect solution, but it’s definitely the best one we’ve got.
Salad Days →
Mark Bittman has compiled 101 salad recipes, including vegan, vegetarian, seafood, meat and grain options.
Previously: 101 Quick Summer Recipes.
“Hollywood money isn’t money. It’s congealed snow, melts in your hand, and there...”
– Dorothy Parker, interviewed in The Paris Review
Meet Me at 3rd and Fairfax →
The Original Farmers Market, that lovable time warp, turns 75 this week. Here’s a day in the life.
‘High’ Fashion →
Bill Cunningham of The New York Times goes style hunting at the recently opened High Line, which he calls “the greatest art show in the city.” His enthusiasm cracks me up.
Thinking Outside the Bowl →
The LAT checks out Ramen California, a new noodle house offering a decidedly untraditional take on the Japanese standard. Chef Shigetoshi Nakamura, who is something of a wunderkind in the kitchen, is applying the fresh, seasonal approach of California cuisine to his ramen, and the results are apparently quite remarkable. The signature California ramen is loaded with 30 or so vegetables, and...
Paris on a Budget →
The NYT’s Frugal Traveler hits the City of Lights.
Paris—the physical as well as the cultural—is the creation less of the moneyed nobility than of the strivers, schemers, hustlers, freeloaders and starving artists who roam its streets, sing chansons on its subways and make tiny cups of coffee last hours at zinc counters.Dig the slide show. Related: Mark Bittman on the current state of the...
Deconstructing the Perfect Burger →
The NYT interviews 30 chefs, including Michael David of Comme Ça, about how to create the perfect hamburger. Recommended reading if you’re competing in You Can’t Cook for Shit 2. (This post is Part 2 in a series on burger theory; here is Part 1)
YouTube and the New News →
The world’s most popular video site just launched a channel called Reporters’ Center; it’s filled with journalism how-tos from pros such as Bob Woodward and Scott Simon. A bit more info at E&P.