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All the Presidents’ Chefs 26 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
A week ago, the chef to the French President was serving François Hollande, as he does regularly. But tonight in Washington DC, he’s a guest, serving himself at a buffet line of high-end American comf...
The Last Days of Tolstoy’s People 23 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
GORELOVKA, Georgia—The July sun had yet to shake the night chill from the air, so the men stood hunched with their hands in their pockets, watching the appointed soup makers stir two large cast-iron c...
Cocktails & Carnage: Kitsch and Cholesterol in the Bowery 22 Aug 2013 | 05:13 pm
I arrived early at Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse, 15 minutes before our reservation. Until that moment, I had thought I had eaten at Sammy’s before. It has been around for nearly 40 years; I’ve lived i...
Give Us This Day Our Daily Coffee 21 Aug 2013 | 08:57 pm
At a café in the opulent Lima neighborhood of Miraflores, a bow-tied waiter ceremoniously poured cream over my espresso. Outdoor wicker chairs enveloped patrons in a Parisian bubble. On the sidewalk, ...
The Church of Chickpea 19 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
Take a walk on the bustling beachfront promenade of Tel Aviv and your eye will inevitably be drawn south, to the cascading pale stone walls of Jaffa’s old town. Built high on a rock and a few millenni...
As Turkey Turns: Soap Operas as Power 16 Aug 2013 | 09:31 pm
Caroline is sitting in the passenger seat of the gray Mercedes 200. She turns to Ibo, and says, “Take me home please.” Ibo’s eyes light up at the thought. “With pleasure,” he murmurs. “We can have co...
Cocktails & Carnage: Finding Mary of Manaoag 15 Aug 2013 | 05:35 pm
If you want to touch the Virgin Mary, you must travel about 120 miles north of Manila to the town of Manaoag. It is a route suffused with emblems of the country’s schizophrenic history and culture: Sp...
How to Cook for a Strip Club 14 Aug 2013 | 05:54 pm
When Stu Irving’s restaurant closed last year, the chef started spending more and more time at No. 5 Orange, a gentleman’s club on the edge of Vancouver’s hip Gastown neighborhood. He would arrive ear...
Butchery and other Fine Arts of Central Asian Cuisine 12 Aug 2013 | 05:47 pm
Jamil Kurbonmamadov has no respect for the fillet. “It’s an easy cut,” says the usually jovial and airy chef as he leans over a table at Samarqand, his London restaurant, suddenly stern and serious. “...
Ronald McDonald, Globaliste 9 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
The only review I can find online for the McDonald’s on Boulevard John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Perpignan, France is exactly three words long: tres bon restaurant! When I arrive at nearly 3 pm, a few ho...
