Alice Waters, who we profiled in Issue 1 of Dossier, was interviewed last night on 60 Minutes about good, real food, sustainability, and her Edible Schoolyard project. The interviewer was definitely pandering a little to the masses (like her incredulousness at the fact that Waters has no microwave), but even so it’s amazing to see Slow Food [...]
Category Archives: Food
Peasant Belly Recipe
February 3, 2009 – 12:15 pm
Photographer Adrian Gaut brought a loaf of homemade bread over to my place. Since then this recipe has been passed along to almost everyone I know. In the spirit of both winter and the recession:
Ceja Vineyards at Ruth’s Chris
January 13, 2009 – 5:03 pm
Ceja Vineyards, a family-owned winery founded by Mexican American immigrants who settled in California’s Napa Valley, sits on coveted acreage. “For wine growing, it’s Eden,” said Amelia Ceja, president and owner. “Napa commands attention all over the world.” Last month, the attention was on Ceja Vineyards wines from Napa and Sonoma counties at a private [...]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! And a Few Highlights from 2008
January 1, 2009 – 6:30 pm
1. Election Night The feeling on November 4, once it was clear that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had routed John McCain and Sarah Palin — in effect banishing the specter of this country continuing down the wrong path for at least another four years — was one of pure elation. The overwhelming feeling of [...]
Slow Boat to Qingdao
December 23, 2008 – 5:32 pm
Far now in time and place from that former empire’s teeming capital, in the last quiet days of 2008 our attention has — predictably — shifted away from China and Beijing. Here in New York, half a world away, the summer Olympics are fading into memory. The anticipatory articles on the event, and on the [...]
An Upside-down Idea
August 13, 2008 – 1:25 pm
I expected Michael Pollan’s lecture “Taking the Plant’s Point of View” at PS1 last week to be well-attended, but I’m not sure anyone was prepared for it to draw a Warm Up-sized crowd — the line was wrapped around the building for hours. Unfortunately, rain put a damper on the plan for Pollan to talk [...]
Celebrating the Summer at 303
July 27, 2008 – 9:07 pm
Early Wednesday evening, art world folk of all shapes and sizes came together to celebrate 303 Gallery‘s 25th Anniversary at their new space in Chelsea. Artists, musicians, actors, models, hoteliers — and yes, even lowly interns! — reveled in the night’s many provided activities; although I was initially disappointed by the lack of any artwork [...]
Mast Brothers Chocolate: Leaders of the Chocolate Revolution
July 9, 2008 – 7:04 pm
Mast Brothers Chocolate will be opening a chocolaterie and laboratory this fall. Brothers Rick and Michael Mast make their chocolate by hand in Brooklyn using family recipes. They are New York City’s sole bean-to-bar chocolate makers, sourcing the highest quality cacao from Venezuela, Ecuador and Dominican Republic. They only use Fair Trade and Certified Organic farmers, [...]
