If you’re thinking of living in one of those charming 19th century brick buildings in TriBeCa, first consider the downsides. The light drifting through the front and back windows probably won’t penetrate to the center. Nor are you likely to find an emotionally uplifting double-height space anywhere on the premises. There might be greenery on…
When Richard Ho opened Ho Foods, a tiny storefront in the East Village last year, his goal was to serve the best possible version of a single Taiwanese dish: beef noodle soup. His goal was not to become the host of what his employees describe as Manhattan’s first Taiwanese food community center. But because the…
Have you ever wanted to go into a store and haggle like you’re at junk yard? Well, Everlane gives you that option with their version of a sale, The Choose What You Pay program. It let’s you, the world-renowned penny pincher, choose from three different discounted prices for the same product (because yes, the transparent,…
Last Thursday, as the afternoon sun beat down on the Bronx campus of the New York Institute for Special Education, students readied themselves for an annual rite of passage: the prom. “I don’t remember exactly what color it is, but I like this dress,” Nathalie Wood, 18, said, sitting on a bench outside one of…
At some point during every cooking class I teach, I do my signature move: dramatically add handful upon handful of salt to a large pot of boiling water, then taste it and add even more. Across the room, eyebrows shoot up. Audible gasps are made. More often than not, someone (usually a man) will suggest…
Headliner Babs Building on the success of their modern Parisian-style restaurant, Mimi, Louis Levy and the brothers Daniel and Evan Bennett are opening this somewhat scaled-down bistro nearby. The partners, who have worked in a number of restaurants, describe the new venture as more casual, and it will eventually be open for breakfast, lunch and…
The 52 Places Traveler On the island of Texel, part of the Frisian archipelago, the 52 Places Traveler finds a place of quiet charms and a meal that sparks an obsession. June 11, 2019 Image Flat topography and a long western coast dotted with wide open beaches mean every sunset on Texel is a show…
Behind almost every good wedding and reception is an equally good backup plan. Ask any professional event planner. They typically know how to combat the most obvious possible interferences: weather forecasts, shoe-induced blisters or uncomfortable sweat, among other issues. But even with the strictest itineraries and obsessive, detailed planning, unexpected problems can still arise. Here…
Good restaurants don’t rain down from nowhere, but Crown Shy came close. No doubt it went through the same birth pangs as all the others. As far as I can tell, though, it simply materialized one morning this March at 70 Pine Street, and was open for business that afternoon by the time the financial…
Savagnin blanc — not to be confused with the sauvignon blanc the sommelier recommended with your cheese course — is a fruity, acidic grape from the vine-encrusted hills of Jura, near France’s border with Switzerland. And if you visit and sip the region’s white wines today, you’ll be tasting the exact same grape, down to…