Issue of 2005-09-05
Posted 2005-08-29
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
MOVIES, THE THEATRE, NIGHT LIFE, CLASSICAL MUSIC, ART [that's all I could dig up.]
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
COMMENT/ WAR AND ANTIWAR/ Hendrik Hertzberg on the Presidentís oppositionóat home and in Iraq.
TSK-TSK DEPT./ NORíEASTER/ Ben McGrath on a stickler for storm names.
PUBLIC SAFETY/ CAR SEAT LADY/ Michael Agger on a woman who's made child safety her business.
THE BOARDS/ ALDA ONSTAGE/ Lillian Ross visits with Alan Alda before ìGlengarry Glen Ross."
THE FINANCIAL PAGE/ CHECK, PLEASE/ James Surowiecki figures out tipping.
PROFILES/ Mark Singer/ GONE FISHING/ The chef who catches your dinner.
[That would be David Pasternack, co-creator of Esca, btw.]
LETTER FROM ECUADOR/ Calvin Trillin/ SPEAKING OF SOUP/ The culinary approach to Spanish.
FICTION/ Tony D'Souza/ "Club des Amis"
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE/ Jane Kramer/ The Quest/ A cookbook lover in search of the perfect recipe.
BOOKS/ John Updike/ Paradises Lost/ Rushdie's "Shalimar the Clown."
ON TELEVISION/ Nancy Franklin/ Dealing Housewives/ Potheads in paradise.
THE ART WORLD/ Peter Schjeldahl/ What on Earth/ A Robert Smithson retrospective.
THE CURRENT CINEMA/ Anthony Lane/ Officers and Gentlemen/ "The Constant Gardener."
ONLINE ONLY/ Q. & A./ The Table Comes First/ Adam Gopnik talks with Daniel Cappello about preparing cuisine vÈgÈtale, and what food says about national character.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS/ The Soul of Bouillabaisse/ A. J. Liebling chronicles a search for an elusive fishóand for the secret behind bouillabaisse./ Issue of 1962-10-27
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