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McDonald's: "an ecumenical refuge for travelers" - "Russ & Johns"
[D]espite its vaunted reputation as a juggernaut of American culture, McDonald's has come to function as an ecumenical refuge for travelers of all stripes. This is not because McDonald's creates an American sense of place and culture, but because it creates a smoothly standardized absence of place and culture -- a neutral environment that allows travelers to take a psychic time-out from the din of their real surroundings. This phenomenon is roundly international: I've witnessed Japanese taking this psychic breather in the McDonald's of Santiago de Chile; Chileans seeking refuge in the McDonald's of Venice; and Italians lolling blissfully in the McDonald's of Tokyo.
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(Interestingly, Marlboros are sold worldwide -- and American cigarette brands are just as unhealthy and aggressively marketed as American fast food -- but for some reason there is not a similar activist reaction. Perhaps this is because there are no Marlboro outlet stores to firebomb -- but I suspect it has more to do with subliminal, adolescent-style favoritism. The Marlboro Man is, after all, a handsome tough-guy, whereas Ronald McDonald is a makeup-and-jumpsuit-wearing dork.)
"Slumming the Golden Arches," by Rolf Potts, Traveling Light, June 5, 2006
Citing a longstanding need to "restore honor and dignity to the American food-service industry," Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) announced the public debut of their joint business venture Monday, a chain of integrity-themed restaurants which opened in 12 locations nationwide.
The new Russ & John's chain, which the two senators funded privately via small financial donations of no more than $2,000 per investor, was founded on the idea that "today's customers want quality food without all the lies and exaggerations that all too often accompany it," according to McCain.
"McCain, Feingold Co-Sponsor Chain Of Integrity-Themed Eateries," The Onion, June 27, 2006
Jean-Étienne Liotard - at the Frick
Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789), Liotard Laughing, c. 1770, oil on canvas, 84 x 74 (33 1/16 x 29 1/8), Musée d’art et d’histoire, Département des Beaux-Arts
Whatever Liotard was paid for these pictures [of Austrian Empress Maria Theresa's 16 children], it was too little. He poured every ounce of his talent into them. Each seamlessly blends several mediums: black and red chalk, pencil, pastel and watercolor. Details are executed with a watchmaker's precision. To give the figures a naturalistic glow, Liotard colored the reverse side of each thin sheet of paper. Marie-Antoinette is bathed in a rosiness that you sense rather than actually see.
"Jean-Étienne Liotard, the Unrelenting Eye of the Enlightenment," by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, June 23, 2006
To his admirers, Liotard was the “painter of truth.” The artist was unsparing in his depiction of his sitters, including himself, avoiding the flattery and embellishment that characterized the art of his colleagues. He also avoided the painterly touches and visible brushstrokes favored by his contemporaries, railing in his Treatise on the Principles and Rules of Painting, published in 1781, that since one did not see such flourishes in nature, they had no place in art. Although the artist’s scrupulous realism put him at odds with the artistic establishment and did not please all of his sitters, it was the startling veracity of his likenesses that attracted the attention of noble and non-noble elites and secured his international reputation.
"Special Exhibition: Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702-1789): Swiss Master," June 13 through September 17, 2006, at the Frick Collection
The Frick Museum is pay as you wish on Sundays, 11am to 1 pm. A great bargain, go early and enjoy...
The Frick Collection, web site, 1 East 70th Street, 212-288-0700
This Week in NYC Reviews - June 23, 2006
Each Friday, A Guy In New York publishes "This Week in NYC Reviews (TWIR)," with quick links to New York City restaurant reviews and mentions from the previous seven days in blogs, magazines, and newspapers.
To see a list of upcoming food events in the NYC area, see "New York City Wine Tasting, Dinners, Food/Drink Events." Also see our roundup of Michelin 1, 2 and 3 star restaurants with links to reviews ...
For DC restaurant reviews, see This Week in DC Reviews at Hobnob Blog, and Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide ....
NYC Restaurant inspection results online
- snack can save you $7.98 ...
- Slice NY has a a great pic of how to enjoy the World Cup ... GO Ecuador! GO Argentina! GO Mexico! GO Brazil! ... and reposts something worth reading: "Di Fara: 'Why the hurry? Life's too short'" ...
- Off The Broiler is looking forward, as are we, to a new Pixar movie coming next summer ... Ratatouille ... web site ... btw - if you go see Cars, stay all the way through the credits at the end ...
- NYC nosh says Jordan Lobster Farms is worth the trip ... "if you really, really love fresh shellfish, this is exactly where you want to be" ... web site, 1 Pettit Place, Island Park, 516-889-3314 [NYT] ... and likes the tacos at Tehuitzingo Mexican Deli: "might just be the best on our tiny island" ... 695 10th Avenue, between 47th and 48th Streets, 212-397-5956 [MenuPages | NYT | Yelp]
- The Food Section has "discovered the Best New Brunch Dining With a View in New York" ... "one of the most spectacular views of the East River and the Statue of Liberty you’ve ever seen" ... Fairway in Red Hook ... web site, 500 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, 718-694-6868 ... directions ...
- Veal Cheeks says Veritas "is a restaurant where one can easily spend $200+/person, yet hear more of one's neighbors' conversations than that of one's partner." ... "None of the dishes were transcendent, but both the appetizers and entrees were well-conceived and stalwart." ... web site, 43 East 20th Street, at Broadway, 212-353-3700 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Gayot | Savory NY | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Gotham Gal says Chinatown Brasserie "is good not great." ... Disneyland Brasserie ... (previous reviews: Steve Cuozzo (TWIR, June 9, 2006), Off the Broiler (TWIR, June 2, 2006)) ... web site, 380 Lafayette Street, 212-533-7000 [MenuPages | Savory NY | Citysearch]
- Twenty bucks a day liked the pljeskavica at Djerdan ... "Regardless of price, the meat can’t be faulted. The pljeskavica arrived on an aluminum plate bearing twin containers of chopped white onions and ajvar, (a red pepper spread that, if I can find a jar or six to take with me to the Cape, will be the hit condiment of the summer with my family)." ... 221 West 38th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, 212-921-1183 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag]
- Forbes gave 3 Green GOs ... Cafe D'Alsace: "Try the petatou (warm potato salad appetizer laced with Munster cheese), the roast chicken, the grilled trout with buttered spinach and a Riesling sauce, and the choucroute garnie" ... web site, 1695 2nd Avenue, at 88th Street, 212-996-1706 [Shecky's | NYT | NY Mag | Yelp | Citysearch] ... Shelly's New York: "Portions are large and delicious" ... web site, 41 West 57th Street, 212-245-2422 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Gayot] ... Woo Lae Oak: "Make it a point to try the tempuralike calamari: yummy" ... web site (Flash and music), 148 Mercer Street, between Prince and Houston Streets, 212-925-8200 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Gael Greene wonders why she hadn't heard of Sfoglia ... Andrea Strong reviewed it in May (TWIR, May 26, 2006) ... web site, 1402 Lexington Avenue, at 92nd Street, 212-831-1402 [MenuPages | NYT]
- Adam Platt gave 0 stars to Mr. Chow Tribeca ... "Always, the food is served by bow-tied waiters in an exaggerated, pseudo-swank, Continental style. Always, it’s outrageously expensive, a canny tactic designed to alleviate the hidden fear, among the masses who flock there, that it might not be very good after all." ... "the chicken satay they recommended turned out to be two scraggly portions of chicken breast ($5.50 each) marinated in some indistinct orange substance and obscured in a kind of boiled cream sauce tasting vaguely of peanuts. The harried (mostly Italian) waiters also brought us some rock-hard, midget-size pot stickers, a petite mound of the famous Mr. Chow diced squab (costing roughly $9 per petite spoonful), and a single, shopworn scallion pancake about the size (and texture) of one of my daughter’s breakfast mini-waffles. Our frog’s legs were muffled in an elderly batter crust, and a dish called Drunken Fish ($31 à la carte) consisted of a couple of wet pieces of sole sunk in a curious gelatinous substance which had no color and very little taste and looked perilously like pond slime." ... uh huh: it's expensive, so it must be good ... "Pay your bill, and get out of there as fast as you can." ... or better yet, STEER CLEAR and then you won't have to pay a bill ... web site, 121 Hudson Street, near North Moore Street, 212-965-9500 [Gayot | Citysearch]
- Lauren Collins says the signature noodles at Mr. Chow Tribeca are "as gelatinous as the lo mein at your neighborhood Golden Dragon, and the accompanying meat sauce, oversugared and tomatoey, tastes exactly like Chef Boyardee Beefaroni." ... yum, yum ... MMTJ ...
- Joshua Bernstein says that although Burgers and Cupcakes (458 9th Avenue, between 35th and 36th Streets, 212-643-1200) and Zip Burger (300 1/2 East 52nd Street, 212-308-0623) "are excellent role players, in this hypercrowded meat market they’re hardly destinations. Instead, these newcomers will ably serve their local, under-burgered neighborhood crowd…until another trend boots cheesesteaks, tacos and burgers to food’s fickle curb." ... no foul, no goal ...
- Frank Bruni gave 2 stars to Degustation ... warning: "You should not visit Degustation in a group larger than two, because the side-by-side seating would make conversation awkward. You should not go if you're keen on desserts, because Degustation doesn't excel at them. You can easily spend $40 or more to assemble enough modestly priced dishes -- maybe four, maybe even five -- to fill you. And if your reserved seat isn't ready, there's nowhere comfortable to wait." ... (previous reviews: Leo Carey (TWIR June 16, 2006), Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite (TWIR, June 9, 2006)) ... 239 East 5th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, 212-979-1012 [Augieland | Yelp | Citysearch] ... and 1 star to Jewel Bako ... "a few pieces of its sushi -- pike eel with a dab of pickled plum, chopped jack mackerel with baby ginger, scallions and shiso -- are noteworthy." ... 239 East 5th Street, 212-979-1012 [NY Mag | Gayot | Savory NY | Citysearch]
- eat drink one woman went to Mercadito Grove for drinks and appetizers and reports "the bill came out to a whopping $270 for six (only four actually ate dinner) with tax and tip. $270, and I was still hungry and completely sober!" ... easy to avoid that place ... 100 7th Avenue South, at Grove Street, 212- 647-0830 [MenuPages | NYT | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
- David Rosen gave 1.5 stars to Peking Duck House ... "the pancakes were superior to any I have consumed in other Chinese restaurants, but the duck lacked the intense flavor that characterized Mainland¹s and the crispy texture that is a hallmark of Shun Lee West¹s. Altogether, it was a good Peking duck, but certainly not the best I have ever had." ... web site, 28 Mott Street, between Chatham Square and Pell Street, 212-227-1810 [MenuPages | NY Mag | Savory NY | Citysearch]
- Big Apple Dining Guide liked the ice tea at Prune ... and says the "simple [poussin] dish was truly terrific." ... 54 East 1st Street, 212-677-6221 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
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Connie Chung: Can't. Sing.
Daniel Kurtzman declares "The competition is over. Connie Chung is officially the worst singer in the world."
Ai yi yi ... don't give up the day job ... whoops ...
More
- "Connie Chung's Serenade Gag A Web Hit," by Amy Sara Clark, CBS News, June 20, 2006
- "Grrr! Connie Chung's Dumb Stunt," by Mike Straka, Fox News, June 20, 2006
Eat at the best restaurants - without a reservation
Jill Conner and Barbara Peters have written a very handy guide to eating at the best restaurants ... without a reservation ... @ the bar: NYC Bar Dining Guide is a pocket guide to 30 of NYC's best restaurants that offer bar dining ... and at many restaurants, the menu is less expensive when eating at the bar ...
@ the bar: NYC Bar Dining Guide is an excellent guide for anyone looking for a great place to enjoy fine dining ... Recommended ... see sample pages at their web site bardiningguide.com
good restaurants for fine dining at the bar include Davidburke & Donatella ... a great bar to dine and enjoy the atmosphere ... (web site), 133 East 61st Street, bewteen Park and Lexington, 212-813-2121 [MenuPages | Openlist | NYT | Gayot | Citysearch]
Also, Circus, a fine Brazilian bistro on 61st Street between Park & Lexington Avenues, especially in the evening ... (previous reviews: A Guy In New York, Forbes (TWIR, September 30, 2005)) ... web site, 132 East 61st Street, between Lexington and Park Avenues, 212-223-2566 [MenuPages | NY Metro | NYT | Citysearch]
Macbeth at Delacorte Theatre - FREE
Macbeth is playing at ... through July 9, 2006 ...
Strongly recommended ... I saw the play last Wednesday and Thursday, even thought they posted a "Sold Out" sign ... there are tickets available at the last minute because of many no-shows ... sitting in the open fresh air in Central Park is so magical ... the blowing wind amongst the trees, the movement of the clouds, the airliners, the stars ...
The Delacorte Theater is located near Turtle Pond, just south of the Great Lawn, in Central Park. The closest Park entrance from the East Side is Fifth Avenue at 79th Street; from the West Side, Central Park West at 81st Street. After entering, follow the footpath to the Delacorte Theater ...
all shows at 8:30 pm
Pick up your free Shakespeare in the Park tickets on the day of the performance beginning at 1pm at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park (212-539-8750) or from 1 to 3pm at The Public Theater Box Office, 425 Lafayette Street [NYT | Central Park 2000]
New Big Wang - New South Wind
I was in Chinatown on Sunday morning to pay a visit to the dentist for some work -- very affordable from good dentists ... before visiting the dentist, I went to enjoy a bowl of delicious won-ton noodle soup and a plate of shrimps in a rice blanket at the New Big Wang ... I plan to return on Wednesday for lunch with Roger for their advertised plate of 4 soft-shell crabs for $12.50 ... cheaper then buying them fresh at the market ... 1 Elizabeth Street, 212-219-3686
After the dentist, I went to Chatham to buy $5 worth of dim sum for dinner at home. I walked along East Broadway and saw the Iran-Mexico football game on digital at a TV store ...
I discovered a brand new restaurant called Ming at East Broadway, packed with customers ... 75 East Broadway, 212-732-8886
Later I went to my old haunt, the New South Wind, for delicious to-fu stuffed with minced pork and coffee ... this is a very old Chinese immigrant cafe with plenty of inexpensive but delicious food ... not Disneyland ... 21 Division Street, 212-966-4116 [MenuPages | Yelp | Citysearch]
APPLE store for music
Friday night I went to the APPLE store on 58th Street and 5th Avenue and did not leave until 2:15 am on Saturday ...they have a live DJ playing and creating contemporary dance music with lots of energy ... the DJ Friday night was Louis Vega ... I sat behind him on a bar stool and watched his fine performance ... the APPLE store plans to host a live DJ show every week, 12 am to 2 am Friday night/Saturday mornings ...
APPLE store, open 24 hours a day, every day ... 767 Fifth Avenue, 212-336-1440 [Yelp] ... see "Exclusive photos from the Apple Store Fifth Ave," by AppleInsider, May 18, 2006
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Saturday catblogging
Luca wondering ... "How does Loco catch all those dust bunnies?" ...
Life in the City has been good ... but I have the ribbons ... this is our last post ... goodbye ...
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This Week in NYC Reviews - June 16, 2006
-- Julia Child
To see a list of upcoming food events in the NYC area, see "New York City Wine Tasting, Dinners, Food/Drink Events."
Each Friday, A Guy In New York publishes "This Week in NYC Reviews (TWIR)," with quick links to New York City restaurant reviews and mentions from the previous seven days in blogs, magazines, and newspapers.
Also see our roundup of Michelin 1, 2 and 3 star restaurants with links to reviews ...
For DC restaurant reviews, see This Week in DC Reviews at Hobnob Blog, and Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide ....
NYC Restaurant inspection results online
This week's TWIR is late and light due to World Cup interference ... GO Ecuador! GO Mexico! GO Argentina! GO Brazil! GO USA! ...
- Augieland gave 871 spritezillian stars to Little Owl ... the gravy meatball sliders, " three airy meatballs about an inch and a half in diameter dressed in simple tomato sauce, topped with pecorino and chopped parsley, sandwiched in perfectly fitting home made garlic rolls [must] be about as good as a meatball sandwich is ever going to taste." ... "It is definitely worth a visit, whether it is because you want to say you were there back when, or you live close and want a good meal, or the reason I’ll probably be back most often: you like to eat great food in noisy little places." ... web site, 90 Bedford Street, on the corner of Grove Street, 212-741-4695 [NY Mag | Citysearch]
- Off The Broiler has great pics of the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party 2006 ... and declares that Shake Shack is "one of the very best fast food establishments in the entire city, if not the best, bar none" ... web site, southeast corner of Madison Square Park, near Madison Avenue and East 23rd Street [A Hamburger Today | MetropolisMag | MenuPages | NY Mag | Yelp | Citysearch] ... and had "the Wazwan, the multicourse tasting menu composed of both hot and cold items" at Tabla ... beautiful pics ... (previous reviews: foodite (TWIR, February 3, 2006), Veal Cheeks (TWIR, December 23, 2005)) ... web site, 11 Madison Avenue, at East 25th Street, 212-889-0667 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Metro | Village Voice | openlist | Gayot | Citysearch]
- Steve Cuozzo declares that "heaven is a burger made of fresh-ground, high-quality chuck beef grilled to a juicy turn under a crackling crust." ... " my favorite restaurant burger is Nice Matin's 'Five-Napkin' ($16.75), which uses nothing more exotic than 10 slurpy ounces of fresh-ground chuck on a soft french roll." ... and then looks at 6 places that sell "shamburgers" ... and concludes: "Luger's $7.95 burger (lunch only) is the bargain in the bunch - a slurping-good slab of juicy, fatty meat on a simple, seeded bun, and a fine introduction to the place's legendary way with beef. Though smaller than the others, it's still the Great American Hamburger." ... Nice Matin: web site, 201 West 79th Street, next to the Lucerne Hotel, 212-873-6423 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | Gayot | Village Voice | Yelp | Citysearch] ... Peter Luger's: web site, 178 Broadway, Brooklyn, 718-387-7400 [A Hamburger Today | openlist | NYT | Gayot | Citysearch]
- Peter Meehan likes the braised short rib sandwich, the skirt steak salad, and the "Starwich Cobb salad ($11.95), classically composed, hit the spot, even if I wouldn't go out of my way for it." ... at the chain Starwich Salads & Sandwiches ... web site (Flash and music), 63 Wall Street, at Pearl Street, 212-809-3200, 72 West 38th Street, 212-302-7775, 525 West 42nd Street, 212-736-9170, 153 East 53rd Street, 212-371-7772, 1055 Lexington Avenue, at 75th Street [MenuPages | openlist | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Leo Carey writes that Degustation Wine & Tasting Bar has "food that is striking and occasionally inspired." ... (previous review: Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite (TWIR, June 9, 2006)) ... 239 East 5th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, 212-979-1012 [Augieland | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Veal Cheeks writes that at Country "it is the food that requires panache. The service at this newly opened restaurant at the Carlton Hotel near Madison Park is as slick, convivial, and confident as that at any four star restaurant. The kitchen's handiwork, while never failing, lacks the flair of genius." ... "The problem was not Executive Chef Doug Psaltis's gaffes, but a deficit of delight, an absence of astonishment. Psaltis is a B+ chef. Psaltis is a pro at synthesizing high-middle cuisine, creating a restaurant free of complaint. Indeed, the high point of the evening was Country's "Carlton House Rolls," a soft, comforting, and polished bread modeled on the Parker House brand." ... (previous reviews: Steve Cuozzo (TWIR, March 10, 2006), Pascale Le Draoulec (TWIR, January 20, 2006), Frank Bruni (TWIR, October 28, 2005)) ... web site, 90 Madison Avenue, at 29th Street (in the Carlton Hotel), 212-889-7100 [MenuPages | Gayot | Savory NY | Citysearch]
- Adam Platt says Craftsteak "is big and snazzy, but the beef doesn’t quite measure up." ... and "The lobster I sampled was dull (it’s served in the shell, swimming in an opulent lobster broth), and not worth its $55 price tag." ... web site, 85 Tenth Avenue, at 15th Street, 212-400-6699 [MenuPages | Citysearch]
- Frank Bruni gave 2 stars to Dona ... "a fillet of marlin [was] hijacked by an intrusively sweet orange vinaigrette and a too-salty twofer of caper berries and olives" ... "A zippy 'paella soup' took many of the components and seasonings of paella, let orzo play the role of rice and turned it all into a sort of bouillabaisse. Even better was a kind of bacalao Parmigiana, which combined fried salt cod, buffalo-milk ricotta, pecorino and cherry tomatoes." ... (previous reviews: VittlesVamp (TWIR, June 2, 2006), Adam Platt (TWIR, May 26, 2006)) ... web site, 208 East 52nd Street, near Third Avenue, 212-308-0830 [Diners Journal | NY Mag | Citysearch]
- Gotham Gal reports that Le Cirque "has reopened once again. Sirio Maccioni and his family gets huge credit for continuing to reinvent their signature restaurant." ... "The fish was a tad over done and the large pieces really didn't have tons of flavor but the key was the fennel au jus. Our waiter came over and poured that jus around the plate. That changed the entire taste of the dish. My friends both had the snapper. 7 spices crushed and covered over the fish and baked with a green curry relish. It was good. Keep in mind that each of these plates were $37." ... we agree with the commenter: "that's ridiculous" ... web site (Flash), 151 East 58th Street, 212-644-0202 [NY Mag | Gayot | Yelp]
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World Cup on TV
Anyone who knows anything about football in the US doesn't watch the World Cup on ESPN ... we watch Univision in Spanish ... because 1) they don't clutter up the screen as much, 2) they don't cut away from other countries national anthems before the game starts, 3) they are rooting for all the teams but especially the underdogs and those in the western hemisphere (GO Mexico! GO USA! GO Ecuador! GO Costa Rica! GO Brazil! GO Togo! GO Trinidad and Tobago! GO Paraguay! GO Argentina!) , and 4) because they are EXCITED and PASSIONATE about the game...
Then we watch GOLTV in English for the post-game ... especially like the Irish announcer, he gets so excited ...
In NYC, tune in to WXTV 41 ... I moved the cable outlet and TV into my office ...
Wikipedia - "online collectivism"
Reading a Wikipedia entry is like reading the bible closely. There are faint traces of the voices of various anonymous authors and editors, though it is impossible to be sure. In my particular case, it appears that the goblins are probably members or descendants of the rather sweet old Mondo 2000 culture linking psychedelic experimentation with computers. They seem to place great importance on relating my ideas to those of the psychedelic luminaries of old (and in ways that I happen to find sloppy and incorrect.) Edits deviating from this set of odd ideas that are important to this one particular small subculture are immediately removed. This makes sense. Who else would volunteer to pay that much attention and do all that work?
The problem I am concerned with here is not the Wikipedia in itself. It's been criticized quite a lot, especially in the last year, but the Wikipedia is just one experiment that still has room to change and grow. At the very least it's a success at revealing what the online people with the most determination and time on their hands are thinking, and that's actually interesting information.
No, the problem is in the way the Wikipedia has come to be regarded and used; how it's been elevated to such importance so quickly. And that is part of the larger pattern of the appeal of a new online collectivism that is nothing less than a resurgence of the idea that the collective is all-wise, that it is desirable to have influence concentrated in a bottleneck that can channel the collective with the most verity and force. This is different from representative democracy, or meritocracy. This idea has had dreadful consequences when thrust upon us from the extreme Right or the extreme Left in various historical periods. The fact that it's now being re-introduced today by prominent technologists and futurists, people who in many cases I know and like, doesn't make it any less dangerous.
There was a well-publicized study in Nature last year comparing the accuracy of the Wikipedia to Encyclopedia Britannica. The results were a toss up, while there is a lingering debate about the validity of the study. The items selected for the comparison were just the sort that Wikipedia would do well on: Science topics that the collective at large doesn't care much about. "Kinetic isotope effect" or "Vesalius, Andreas" are examples of topics that make the Britannica hard to maintain, because it takes work to find the right authors to research and review a multitude of diverse topics. But they are perfect for the Wikipedia. There is little controversy around these items, plus the Net provides ready access to a reasonably small number of competent specialist graduate student types possessing the manic motivation of youth.
"Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism," by Jaron Lanier, Edge, May 30, 2006
hat tip: ALD
Why is the World Cup better than the Olympics?
Mick Hartley asks, "Why is the World Cup so much better than its global rival, the Olympics?" and gives 12 reasons .... our favorites ...
- You can't harness football to political ends as you can with athletics.
- The Olympics is not only about racing against other competitors, it's also a race against the drug-testing rules. The whole event is fatally compromised by drugs. With football it's not even clear what drugs would be appropriate: given the history of the sport, probably booze and fags.
- Football's always got an element of chance.
- Footballers are normal guys who just happen to be very good at football. Olympic events are full of tree-trunk-thighed weirdos.
"The Footie," Mick Hartley, June 11, 2006
Unknown Wegee (Arthur Fellig)
Come visit New York City and see this wonderful exhibition of photographs by Weegee (Arthur Fellig)...
"Unknown Weegee," June 9 - August 27, 2006, at the International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43rd Street, 212-857-0000, $ admission fee
"'Unknown Weegee,' on Photographer Who Made the Night Noir," by Holland Cotter, The New York Times, June 9, 2006
More
- Weegee Biography - from Profotos.com
- Weegee's World - from the ICP
- Weegee's Profile - from Temple University
- Wegee prints at Art.com
- Weegee - Wikipedia
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28th Annual Free Museum Mile - FREE
Mark your calendar for Tuesday, June 13, 2006, from 5:45 - 9:00 pm - the 28th Annual Museum Mile Festival ... FREE
all the museums along Fifth Avenue will throw open their doors to the public for free, the Avenue will be closed to vehicular traffic, there will be world music every few blocks, crayon drawing for children on the avenue, etc.
I will head to the Cooper-Hewitt for their show of Hudson River School paintings and the National Academy for the American Art contemporary show.
Participating Museums along Fifth Avenue
- 82nd Street: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- 83rd Street: Goethe-Institut New York/German Cultural Center
- 86th Street: Neue Galerie New York
- 89th Street: Guggenheim Museum
- 90th Street: National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
- 91st Street: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- 92nd Street: The Jewish Museum
- 103rd Street: Museum of the City of New York
- 105th Street: El Museo del Barrio
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World Cup 2006 - schedule and highlights
Schedule with results and video highlights - Yahoo
Schedule with highlights and stats - BBC Sport
Saturday catblogging
Loco's patience wearing a little thin ... "You told me that water was coming back..."
Life in the City is good ... even if the human wasn't telling the truth about the water ...
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This Week in NYC Reviews - June 9, 2006
"The pleasures of the table, and of life, are infinite."
-- Julia Child
Each Friday, A Guy In New York publishes "This Week in NYC Reviews (TWIR)," with quick links to New York City restaurant reviews and mentions from the previous seven days in blogs, magazines, and newspapers.
Also see our roundup of Michelin 1, 2 and 3 star restaurants with links to reviews ...
For DC restaurant reviews, see This Week in DC Reviews at Hobnob Blog, and Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide ....
NYC Restaurant inspection results online
- pushcart NYC says the kebab cart at the NW corner of 32nd Street and Broadway in Queens "is the hands-down winner in the kebabs category, serving fresh-cooked meat from noon to 6 in the morning, 7 days a week. This is a hard-core operation." ... "The meat is so perfect though, any way you have them they'd be great." ...
- Slashfood agrees with our assessment of the pizza, hot dogs, and chicken bakes at Costco ... "The best place to get a cheap meal is no longer your local McDonald's, Burger King or other fast food establishment - it's Costco." ... all-beef foot-long hot dog, with drink, for $1.50 ... "the foods taste great and are an incredibly good deal" ... 18-inch pizzas for $10 ... berry smoothies for $1.55 ... no whiny emails please ...
- Robert Sietsema likes Mie Jakarta ... "Next to satays, gado-gado is probably Indonesia's most famous dish, and it has been embraced throughout the island chain and in neighboring Malaysia. Mie Jakarta's version is more rudimentary than the one found at New York's Malaysian cafes, consisting mainly of shredded lettuce, bean sprouts, bean curd, a boiled egg, and decorative shrimp crackers--but what could be more perfect?" ... "The most spectacular offering is ayam rica ($6.50), a quarter fried chicken paved with a coarse red coating that, upon closer inspection, turns out to be mainly pickled chiles" ... 86-20 Whitney Avenue, Queens, 718-606-8025 [Chowhound]
- The Girl Who Ate Everything liked the massive burgers and fries at Corner Bistro ... "My rare burger was fortunately cooked to my order ... a mass of soft pink innards that made me feel more carnivorous than I normally do." ... (previous review: Twenty Bucks a Day (TWIR, March 17, 2006)) ... web site, 331 West 4th Street, 212-242-9502 [A Hamburger Today | The Economist | MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
- foodite also likes Corner Bistro ... "There's hardly a burger place with less pretensions as this West Village burger haunt that serves thick and juicy, sometimes even too-bloody, burgers on nothing more than flimsy coffee filter saucers." ... has pics of the $24.07 lunch at Gotham Bar and Grill ... web site, 12 East 12th Street, at 5th Avenue, 212-620-7810 [MenuPages | NYT | openlist | Gayot | Citysearch] ... and congratulations to foodite on starting Level 2 at The French Culinary Institute!
- Savory Tidbits added 4 new videos: "Devi with Suvir Saran, Il Buco with Donna Lennard and Ed Witt, 'inoteca with Joe Denton and Eric Kleinman and Veritas with Scott Bryan."
- Vittles Vamp likes the "perfectly crisp Blintzes stuffed with sweet farmer's cheese and fresh blueberries" at Teresa's ... 80 Montague Street, Brooklyn, 718-797-3996 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | Citysearch]
- NYC nosh warns that when eating the Carolina Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich at Daisy May’s BBQ USA, "grab extra napkins. Let me repeat that: grab extra napkins! The bun will be soggy toward the end (i.e. not much help), and the sauce gets, well… absolutely everywhere." ... "The ‘Texas Chopped Beef Brisket’ sandwich ($9.50) arrives with meat that is so tender it falls apart as you eat it" ... says the "quality of its sides [is] a bit more uneven." ... web site, 623 11th Avenue, at West 46th Street, 212 977-1500 [White Trash BBQ | MenuPages | NYT | "The Pushcart Prize," by Carl Swanson, NY Mag | Village Voice | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch] ... but they weren't so impressed with El Centro: "we found lots of passably decent dishes–and we ordered quite a bit of food–with nary a standout in the bunch." ... 824 Ninth Avenue, at 54th Street, 646-763-6585 [NY Mag | Citysearch]
- Andrea Thompson's review of A Voce sounds ... confused ... "one evening, the duck meatballs, sour and sweet, were well received on one side of the table but dismissed on the other" ... "An entrée of black sea bass was equally divisive: to her, the fish was succulent, the broth bright and fresh, the addition of mussels and croutons a delight. To him, the plate was sparse, the fish too fishy, the vegetables too meagre." ... just the kind of place we want to go and spend $30 for fish ... no thanks ... (previous reviews: Augieland and Frank Bruni (TWIR, March 24, 2006), Andrew & Karen's web log and Big Apple Dining Guide (TWIR, March 17, 2006)) ...
- Salli Vates says the sushi sashimi lunch at Restaurant Yamaguchi is "Worth the trip from Manhattan, just take the Port Washington line from Penn Station." ... "Yamaguchi is for the purist; you won't find any spicy mayonnaisey maki here, but you'll be totally fulfilled by the excellent quality of the fish." ... 63 Main Street, Port Washington, 516-883-3500 [AOL Cityguide | Citysearch]
- Steve Cuozzo bemoans the loss of real Chinese restaurants and says Chinatown Brasserie "is the Disneyland version of a Chinese restaurant." ... "Mastering the techniques of fine Chinese cooking from any region - stir-frying, steaming, braising - can take a lifetime." ... "Another problem is the perception of younger New Yorkers that Chinese food, historically one of the world's healthiest cuisines, is greasy and fatty - which it often is from takeout joints that load dishes with flour to withstand a 15-block bicycle ride." ... (previous review: Off the Broiler (TWIR, June 2, 2006)) ... web site, 380 Lafayette Street, 212-533-7000
- Restaurant Girl confirms that Chinatown Brasserie is "Nothing like Chinatown, this dramatically vibrant space possesses more old world opulence than all of the gritty Canal Street haunts stacked together." ... "If you close your eyes and click your heels together, you might just find yourself in Beijing" eating "a caramelized banana-topped peanut butter parfait surrounded on all sides by peanut brittle and a gentle ginger syrup" ... Oh yeah, that famous Chinese dessert, caramelized banana-topped peanut butter parfait ... uh huh ... Chinese food without the gritty Chinese haunts stacked together, and without Chinese people ... yeah, that's the ticket ... Steve Cuozzo got it right - this place attracts those looking for Disneyland ...
- Augieland gave 450 gaugeillian stars to Cento Vini ... "On the whole, I would say Cento Vino has promise: all the food was of serious quality in execution and freshness. What is there at this point is simple, sometimes excellent and sometimes a little short of that, but their dishes can easily evolve as the wine list and menu fill out. It is worth mentioning that the dishes are actually appetizer size, not larger, and are on the more expensive side." ... web site, 25 West Houston Street, 212-219-2113 ... and says the food at Hearth "was as fresh, lively, light, and well made as it looks. The layers of herbs, lettuces, and aromatics are all right there to see. Feast your eyes [on the pictures in the post]." ... web site, 403 East 12th Street, 646-602-1300 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Savory NY | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Off The Broiler declares that Union Square Cafe "is as vibrant and warm and as satisfying a dining experience as the day it opened" 21 years ago ... web site, 21 East 16th Street, between Fifth Avenue and Union Square West, 212-243-4020 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Metro | Village Voice | openlist | Gayot | Citysearch]
- Big Apple Dining Guide ate at SriPraPhai ... "WOW! As good as I've heard and then some. This will likely go down as one of the best dinners I'll have in New York. The flavors and balance of ingredients were incredible. Truly an eye opening and mouth watering experience. A true wake-up of the senses." ... 64-13 39th Avenue, Queens, between 64th and 65th Streets, 718-899-9599 [NYT | NY Mag | Village Voice | openlist | Savory NY | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
- A Hamburger Today and gothamist are hosting a Beach Burger Party on June 24, 2006, starting at 6:00 pm, at Water Taxi Beach ... details here ...
- Peter Meehan writes that the cookies and pies at Pies n Thighs "are on a par with the best homemade baked goods I have ever had the fortune of eating." ... "In Pies 'n' Thighs Mr. Tanner and Ms. Buck have cobbled together a restaurant that makes their loves clear: good Southern cooking and great baked goods. It's a compelling combination, well executed and put forth with real heart -- the sort of restaurant that's hard to find, especially in the big city, but easy to love once found." ... web site, 351 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, next to the Williamsburg Bridge, 347-282-6005 [NY Mag | NY Press | Citysearch]
- Frank Bruni gave 2 stars to Dressler, which "promises, and delivers ... food that's sophisticated without being too clever, in a room that's beautiful without being too flamboyant." ... web site, 149 Broadway, Brooklyn, 718-384-6343 [MenuPages | NY Mag | Savory NY | Citysearch]
- Gael Greene says "the abundant hills of tantalizing, gently priced food are real, too" at Dressler, "a joy in this era of foam and froth" ...
- Twenty bucks a day says he has "disparaged the Mexican food of New York City for the last time, quite possibly" ... after eating at De Guerreros Taqueria ... "an unbelievable selection of tacos, sandwiches, and other meat-and-starch combinations at prices that will bring a smile to your face." ... 719 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, 718-499-8881 [Village Voice] ... and warns there is "some maddening variation in quality" at Pio Maya ... "Go get your chorizo tacos at a peak lunch hour, and be prepared to wait for them to make it fresh." ... 40 West 8th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, 212-254-2277 [NY Mag | Village Voice | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite report that "The sixteen-seat space has seamlessly become an elegant tapas bar" at Degustation Wine & Tasting Bar ... The chef is "Wesley Genovart, a Perry St. grad who looks to be about 12" ... "Flavors, for the most part, are bold and harmonious, and often so rich that the smallish portions make perfect sense." ... 239 East 5th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, 212-979-1012 [Augieland | Yelp | Citysearch]
- UPTOWN flavor says the chicken in the $2.99 snack pack at Harlem Wing And Waffle "was well seasoned and fried to perfection" ... web site, 2394 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Seventh Avenue and 140th Street, 212-281-1477
- Veal Cheeks had lunch at Per Se ... "if my finest New York meal was at Per Se, my second finest New York meal was at Per Se as well" ... (previous review: Veal Cheeks (TWIR, January 20, 2006)) ... web site, 10 Columbus Circle, at 60th Street and 8th Avenue, Time-Warner Center, 212-823-9335 [MenuPages | NYT | openlist | Gayot | Citysearch] ... and says even if Jovia "does not provide the finest meal or even the finest lunch, it surely is the champion prix fixe. A happy occasion for tongue and wallet. Cheap at twice the price." ... (previous reviews: Frank Bruni (TWIR, December 9, 2005), Forbes (TWIR, December 2, 2005), Moira Hodgson (TWIR, November 25, 2005), Steve Cuozzo (TWIR, November 18, 2005)) ... web site, 135 East 62nd Street, at Lexington Avenue, 212-752-6000 [MenuPages | NY Mag | Savory NY | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Word of Mouth likes the tapas at Las Ramblas: "Every item was a winner, which is a not-too-frequent occurrence. Each dish had very particular, bold flavors, and the chef has clearly paid great attention to seasonings and taste combinations. Nothing was timid, nothing was heavy-handed."... web site, 170 West 4th Street, 646-415-7924 [MenuPages | Citysearch]
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Julia Child and Bill Buford
Heat will be of particular interest to readers concerned with the problem of perverse fetishization, while many others will enjoy for its own sake Buford's well-told account of his midlife apprenticeship to a famous restaurant in New York, the current world capital of extravagant cuisine. What makes his book unusual within its genre, apart from the quality of its prose, is that he takes more pleasure in watching cooks work than in savoring their dishes.
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In January 2002, the middle of the journey of his life, Buford, a distinguished magazine editor, abandoned his job and his common sense with such passion as normally afflicts the reproductive appetite of men his age. Quitting The New Yorker, he bound himself as a "kitchen slave," an unpaid trainee, to his idolized friend Mario Batali, a Dionysian chef-proprietor whose appearances as Molto Mario on the Food Network have made him a national celebrity and his restaurant, Babbo, a shrine. But Babbo is more than an obligatory tourist destination with its ovate proprietor on display at the bar, a life-size Humpty Dumpty in orange pigtail, knee-length pantaloons, and kitchen clogs.
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Not only did [Julia Child] learn French cooking, she rationalized it, introduced it to the United States, and gave birth to a revolution in American taste which soon spread to all the prosperous parts of the world. Buford will find no better Virgil to lead him through French cooking, as Batali led him through Tuscany, than Julia Child, whose splendid posthumous memoir of her own culinary awakening in France, written in the last years of her long life, has just appeared.
"Eating Out," by Jason Epstein, The New York Review of Books, June 8, 2006, reviewing "Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany," by Bill Buford, and "My Life in France," by Julia Child, with Alex Prud'homme.
Tired of eating fancy food?
then try Monkey Chow ... The Monkey Chow Diaries is a diary by Angry (Canadian) Man
Imagine going to the grocery store only once every 6 months. Imagine paying less than a dollar per meal. Imagine never washing dishes, chopping vegetables or setting the table ever again. It sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
But can a human subsist on a constant diet of pelletized, nutritionally complete food like puppies and monkeys do? For the good of human kind, I'm about to find out. On June 3, 2006, I began my week of eating nothing but monkey chow: "a complete and balanced diet for the nutrition of primates, including the great apes."
We love this Day 3 entry:
Monkey-like Attributes: Do monkeys have superhuman olfactory senses? Because I can smell every hamburger barbequed within 5 miles of my house.
Twenty bucks a day, I believe he's got you beat ... at least on the money factor ... 20 pounds of ZuPreem Primate Dry Diet Animal Food is only $30 .. plus shipping ... should last a few weeks ...
eggbaconchipsandbeans - specialty English food blog
eggbaconchipsandbeans is an English blog by Russell Davies that reviews places in England that serve the ebcb ... eggs, bacon, chips and beans ... from his review of "Colindale Cafe, Colindale Road, NW9"
Those chips are just huge and delicious. And that egg is like a splendid yellow volcano. There's a bean element making a tiny bid for freedom. The bacon is a solid force of conservatism and traditional values.
"a splendid yellow volcano" ... we love that ...
Saturday catblogging
Loco wishing that color looked good on him ... Luca has all the fashion sense ...
Life in the City is good ... even if Luca is more stylish ...
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This Week in NYC Reviews - June 2, 2006
-- Julia Child
Each Friday, A Guy In New York publishes "This Week in NYC Reviews (TWIR)," with quick links to New York City restaurant reviews and mentions from the previous seven days in blogs, magazines, and newspapers.
Also see our roundup of Michelin 1, 2 and 3 star restaurants with links to reviews ...
For DC restaurant reviews, see This Week in DC Reviews at Hobnob Blog, and Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide ....
NYC Restaurant inspection results online
- Robert Sietsema liked Mazorca ... "picada mixta mazorca ($18.25), an amazing square-foot haymow of meat randomized with lime wedges, lettuce, purple onions, sliced tomatoes, fibrous fried yuca, salty skin-on potatoes, and miniature masa cakes called arepitas. The meat roster includes grilled beefsteak, cumin-laced chorizo, pork ribs, and crispy pork skin. Rifling through the heap is half the fun." ... 83-17 Northern Boulevard, Queens, 718-205-2484
- The Bruni Digest looks at Frank Bruni's recent review of Cafe d’Alsace ...
- Off The Broiler had dinner at Chinatown Brasserie ... "serving what I would probably call 'Tweaked' American Chinese food with interesting twists, along with very hardcore Hong Kong Dim Sum." ... web site, 380 Lafayette Street, 212-533-7000 ... doesn't "really have words that can adequately describe just how amazing the pizza that Domenick DeMarco makes at" DiFara ... (previous reviews: A Year In Food (TWIR, December 2, 2005), Clareified (TWIR, August 26, 2005)) ... 1424 Avenue J, Brooklyn, 718-258-1367 [slice] ... writes that Market Cafe is "an eclectic sort of regulars neighborhood bistro joint serving really top notch food at very reasonable prices" ... 496 9th Avenue, between 37th and 38th Streets, 212-967-3892 [MenuPages | NY Mag | Village Voice | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
- NYC nosh visited Salud, a "mostly tapas joint just off the main drag of downtown’s rapidly changing South Street Seaport area" ... favorite dish is "paellita, or mini-paella" ... 142 Beekman Street, between Front and South Streets, 212-566-2220 [MenuPages | openlist | Yelp | Citysearch]
- Veal Cheeks writes that "The jewel of the evening" at Salut Kosher Restaurant "was lagman, a lamb and noodle soup, given surprising flavor by cilantro, cumin, and a sharp taste of anise. The broth was rich and aromatic. The bowl had a distinctive taste that I will long treasure." ... 63-42 108th Street, at 63rd Road, Queens, 718-275-6860 [NY Mag]
- Adam Platt gave 1 star to Quality Meats ... "In a city teeming with mediocre veal chops, the one at Quality Meats is among the best I’ve tasted, but the best dish of all was the suckling pig, cooked to a kind of melting, crackly crispness and mingled, ribs and all, with a savory apricot sauce." ... "Three stars for the room, and three stars for the suckling pig. But this is a steakhouse, and the steak is good, not great." ... web site, 57 West 58th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, 212-371-7777 [MenuPages | Urban Daddy | Citysearch]
- Pascale Le Draoulec is grateful for Le Miu ... "Finally: An innovative Japanese restaurant that a) isn't in the Meatpacking District and b) doesn't price its sushi like diamonds." ... web site, 107 Avenue A, between 6th and 7th Streets, 212-473-3100 [MenuPages | Citysearch]
- Mona's Apple likes the outdoor terrace at La Bottega despite the slow service ... "I think every New Yorker should go to La Bottega" ... web site, 88 9th Avenue, between 15th and 16th Streets, in the Maritime Hotel, 212-242-4300 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch] ... and "went cuckoo" for the soft-shelled crabs at Blue Water Grill ... web site, 31 Union Square West, at 16th Street, 212-675-9500 [MenuPages | NYT | NY Mag | openlist | Gayot | Yelp | Citysearch]
- VittlesVamp says that although Dona "was a culinary winner" she has "no urge to return ... Quite simply, it wasn't a fit. Between its decidedly Midtown East address, over-dressed and overly-botoxed clientele and its overly-pimped decor complete with wall-to-wall zebra carpeting - reminiscent of Carmela Soprano's version of "classy" - we just couldn't take pleasure in Dona's ambience" ... (previous review: Adam Platt (TWIR, May 26, 2006)) ... web site, 208 E. 52nd Street, near Third Avenue, 212-308-0830 [Diners Journal | NY Mag | Citysearch]
- The Girl Who Ate Everything says Cafe Kashkar has manty, which she describes thus: "Take a normal sized Chinese dumpling, enlarge it by 400%, inject it with Uygur superpowers and you'll get something that looks like manty." ... "these are some tasty, meat juicy dough bags" ... also liked the lamb pilaf, samsa, and the geiro lagman ... web site, 1141 Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 718-743-3832 [Twenty Bucks a Day | NY Daily News | Village Voice]
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