Carla Spartos
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Broadway's new smash hit
It’s barely a week old and NoMad — the new hotel sprucing up Broadway at 28th Street — is already buzzing with power players from the worlds of food and...
Gourmet goddess
If you had told “Top Chef” judge Gail Simmons back in 2004 that she would one day be prepping for a fashion shoot at her then place of employment, the...
It's menu mania!
Avid foodies and award-winning culinary authors Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page admit that not everyone shares their passion for reading restaurant menus. “We do have friends who think things get...
Michael McCarty
When he’s not curating the long-running show at his eponymous West 55th Street power haunt, energetic restaurateur, art collector and farm-to-table pioneer Michael McCarty pounds the pavement with his wife,...
Cocktails on tap
When Naren Young pulls the tap at the popular bar at new Bowery steakhouse Saxon & Parole, it’s known to stop conversations. Instead of a pint glass, Young pours an...
Brit food is cracking good!
Tables were hard to come by last week at Desmond’s, the tony Upper East Side restaurant that opened last March. British expats and Anglophiles filled the stark, cavernous room, which...
City of delights
In 2009, Amy Thomas scored every fashionista’s dream gig — a stint writing ad copy for Louis Vuitton in Paris. The cherry on top? The dessert-obsessed 39-year-old also had a...
Gaga for food
The Lady’s in the kitchen and Russians are serving goldfish. This year in dining is going to be a hoot! ITALIAN IN A BROWNSTONE Yes, Joanne Trattoria is owned by...
Naughty vs. nice
First, the good news. According to the New England Journal of Medicine, people typically gain just 1 pound during the holidays. The bad news? Most people never lose that extra...
Let them eat... nothing!
When Martha Stewart published her first book, “Entertaining,” in 1982, she had big, wavy, Kathleen Turner-style tresses. She catered affairs in Darien calling for eggs in aspic. And she still...
Pure nonsense
On Tuesday evening at the historic Algonquin Hotel on West 44th Street, well-heeled patrons filled the tables in the posh velvet-and-mahogany lobby bar, channeling Dorothy Parker by tossing back stiff...
My New York: Dale DeGroff
Bartender extraordinaire Dale DeGroff made his name at the legendary Rainbow Room, where his classic cocktail menu marked a departure from the highball era of the ’80s and helped to...
Mad for partying!
Season 5 of “Mad Men” won’t premiere until March, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a jump-start on the festivities by throwing your very own holiday soirée à la...
A very Batali Thanksgiving
Mario Batali is on a mission to gather families around the dinner table. “We’re all so hooked in, electrified, amplified, tweeted and totally handled in a way that we are...
Romera’s science fare
A neurologist who moonlights as a chef who seeks truth and beauty in cooking might be the plot line to a new Pedro Almodóvar film — but for Dr. Miguel...
Bed of the table
Looking for gourmet flair without the pretention? Look no further than Bedford-Stuyvesant, the sprawling Brooklyn neighborhood immortalized in Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” Of course, a lot has changed...
Food’s (& wine’s) night out
The cobblestone streets of the Meatpacking District will see plenty of action tonight -- but not necessarily from the usual stiletto-clad clubgoers. Rather, these revelers will be eating their way...
Feast on this!
Little Italy’s 85th annual Feast of San Gennaro is under way — and if you’re looking to gorge on something beyond the usual fried zeppole, you’re in luck. Running through...
Fashion plates
When Fashion Week kicks off tomorrow, it will bring a galaxy of global tastemakers to town. But after a high-wattage day in the tents, where will the supernovas preen and...
The diner gets deluxe
The classic New York City diner may be on the decline — but its modern equivalent is definitely on the up and up. A new coterie of diners du jour...