Wednesday, October 27, 2010

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A writer who studies the history of candy finds that it has often served as a scapegoat for cultural ills.
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A writer who studies the history of candy finds that it has often served as a scapegoat for cultural ills.

On her blog Candy Professor, Samira Kawash dives into the American relationship with the sugary food.

Japanese Wineries Betting on a Reviled Grape

A wine importer and clutch of wineries are racing one another to be the first to produce koshu — a white wine made from the grape — good enough to succeed in the world market.

Power Ingredients

Verjuice Makes Sour Grapes a Good Thing

Like lemon juice, it adds brightness to a wide range of dishes.

Wines of The Times

The Sweet Science of German Rieslings

The wine panel tasted 20 spätlese rieslings from the Mosel region, which are wonderfully versatile with food.

Restaurant Review | The Lambs Club

Retro Glamour Made New

The Lambs Club recalls the heyday of another clubbish restaurant on 44th Street devoted to the twin joys of celebrity and soothing luxury: Sardi’s.

Restaurants’ Best Press: ‘Bill Clinton Ate Here’

Somehow, Bill Clinton has become an arbiter of international dining, conferring a sort of informal Michelin star just by showing up.

Limoges Journal

A Feast of Innards Nourishes French Nostalgia

The city’s annual festival was created with the idea of building interest in the meat products consumed by peasants in much older days.

On the Runway Blog

Introducing Serkan Sarier

Looks from the Brood collection.
Brood

Looks from the Brood collection.

Serkan Sarier, another promising newcomer to New York's bustling young designer scene, waited until after all the buzz of the spring collections had died down to introduce his new collection, called Brood.

Skin Deep

Carriers of the Torch, in a Chorus of Red Hair

From “Mad Men” to the rock stage to the runways of Paris, red hair is suddenly hot.

Horizons Expand for Belgian Designer

Olivier Theyskens, whose first capsule collection for Theory was a hit, is taking on a new role: artistic director of the entire United States-based, Japanese-owned company.

Multimedia
Making Bette Midler’s Costume

Martha Stewart and Bette Midler create Ms. Midler’s Hulaween ball costume during a recent taping of “The Martha Stewart Show.”

Evening Hours | Arts and Letters

Bill Cunningham’s photographs from the events of the week

Dressing the Part

Some women show curves while campaigning, but shapeless corporate uniforms hold the lead.

Habitats | Far Rockaway, Queens

A Beach Bungalow With a Magnetic Pull

Susan Anderson, an artist, renovated a beach bungalow in Queens.
Christian Hansen for The New York Times

Susan Anderson, an artist, renovated a beach bungalow in Queens.

Susan Anderson, an artist, was drawn to a house in Far Rockaway, Queens, with lots of problems but a timeless spirit.

On Location

A Tiny Penthouse Studio Dressed in Comic Book Colors

A Manhattan physical therapist’s bold and colorful approach to living in 600 square feet.

A Wood-Fired Hot Tub for an Old-Style Soak

Rustic versions of hot tubs have begun to acquire a certain cachet, thanks to low operating costs and the opportunity they can provide to commune with nature.

Who Lives There

Making a Home in a Pyramid, 462 Feet Above Seattle

A no-nanny mom won a long-term lease on what may be the most extraordinary apartment in Seattle: the space at the top of the historic Smith Tower in Pioneer Square.

Multimedia
Shopping With Martin Brudnizki

A designer who has done several restaurant interiors shopped for dining chairs in SoHo.

A Home in 600 Square Feet

Enid Woodward’s Upper West Side penthouse studio, which opens onto a terrace of nearly equal size, is a study in how to live small.

Who Lives There: The Pyramid Atop Seattle’s Smith Tower

Petra Franklin Lahaie and her family inhabit what may be the most extraordinary apartment in the city.

Andrew Councill for The New York Times

The couple had known each other for only a few months when the bride went through a serious illness. The nurses’ notes included the comment, “Patient has a very devoted boyfriend.”

Ana Meier and Daniel Creighton

Ana Meier, a furniture designer whose father is the architect Richard Meier, married Daniel Creighton, a real estate broker.

Elizabeth Howie and Clifford Dank

An account executive at NBC Universal digital media sales weds a hedge fund associate in Marblehead, Mass.

Shareen Powlett and Ainsley Bailey Jr.

An Apple software trainer marries a medical equipment technician in Manhattan.

The Wedding of Ana Meier and Daniel Creighton

On Sept. 25, the couple were married at the home of her father, architect Richard Meier, in East Hampton, NY.

State of the Unions
No Tethering, and It’s All Good

For Judy Collins and Louis Nelson, the music goes on in an “independent and sharing” relationship.

Vow Renewals: When One ‘I Do’ Is Not Enough

Couples, especially celebrities, are increasingly renewing their vows.

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David Olsen and Leonard Flood

David Carlton Olsen and Leonard Joseph Flood were married Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church in Swansea, Mass.

Rosanna Lam and R. Tom Boonyasai

The bride and bridegroom are both graduates of New York University.

T Magazine

Now Online | T's Milan Issue

In the Milan Issue, the Italian capital of fashion, design and business is explored to a T.

Pazzo Palazzo

Centuries-old frescoes, 28-foot ceilings, a bathroom by Gio Ponti . . . what more could you want in a rental?

Municipal Bonds

Giorgio Armani's letter to Milan.

ONES TO WATCH

Electric Youth

Henri Bendel is turning back the clock to the '90s slap band craze with its new line of watches.

T Magazine

Regulation Footwear | Stubbs & Wootton

Gray flannel shoes for the nouveau preppy set.

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Saloni Milano NYC

A taste of the design world's reigning extravaganza comes to Manhattan.

T Magazine

Regulation Footwear | Stubbs & Wootton

Gray flannel shoes for the nouveau preppy set.

T Magazine

Seeing Things | Transformative Travels

We take for granted that things can move great distances, but what happens when they get there? A new exhibition in Montreal takes a closer look.

T Magazine

The Bombshell Squad

For Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the word ''femmina,'' which equates seductive prowess with a joy for living, is their beauty ideal.

The Italian Jobber

The man who put fashion on the Net.

T Magazine

The Fashion Cycle | Linus Bikes

A modern vintage cycle inspired by the elegant but basic designs of French city bikes of the '50s and '60s.

The Lobbyist

What your Milan hotel says about you.

T Magazine

Artifacts | The Frieze Art Fair: Salvage Instinct

Trend-spotters at the Frieze Art Fair this week had an easy time finding the next big thing: the artist as clutter queen.

T Magazine

And The Winner Is...

Our exclusive video with Design Miami's Designer of the Year.

T Magazine

Asked & Answered: Danny Clinch, Rock Photographer

The Moment recently caught up with photographer, harmonica player and filmmaker, whose images can be seen at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in SoHo from Thursday.

T Magazine

Now Showing | Linder Sterling's Fashion Turn

Before Lady Gaga and her meat dress, there was the punk artist Sterling. Her recent 13-hour improvisational performance has been made into a film for the Frieze Film program.

T Magazine

Book Shelf | DC Comics Turns 75

DC Comics and Quirk Books have teamed up to provide 100 covers from the DC archives from three-quarters of a century.

T Magazine

Chic in Review | Tom Brady's Bad Hair Day

All the fashion news of the week that's fit to reprint.

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