In a recent Test Kitchen post, I admitted to a) being lazy and b) sexually enticing my husband via meatball. (I bring a level of professionalism to the New Yorker offices not seen in some time.) For all it revealed, though, my writing didn’t include the actual recipe for Frankies meatballs, so I’m sharing it […]
Author Archives: Sally
Tobias Wolff = Gentleman
Saw Tobias Wolff and Mary Karr at the New Yorker Festival last night, and I have to say: Tobias Wolff is fascinating. I realize that this is news to no one. Also, I really liked Wolff’s take on memoir writing–he was nervous to get involved with a genre associated with “actors, successful generals, and Winston […]
Read the Rich
Normally, I hate reading about wealthy Manhattanites. Look, they’re neurotic! And spoiled! And out of touch with the common man! But Jonathan Dee is an excellent writer, and “The Privileges,” his latest book and this month’s New Yorker Book Club selection, makes this potentially tired subject interesting. I still hated the characters, but Dee made […]
The Cle
It’s 62 degrees and raining: the first real day of fall. It’s the kind of afternoon that reminds me of Cleveland, where I grew up and where I returned to after college. In October of 2004, I moved from the East Side to Lakewood, to the first and only apartment I would ever have all […]
Flashback
Google Street View is the perfect tool for the nostalgic voyeur. Want to see your old apartment? How about your college dorm, or an ex’s front door? Arcade Fire and the director Chris Milk—whose past collaborators include Kanye West, U2, and Green Day—have partnered to make these virtual flashbacks as emotionally fraught as possible with […]
MoMApp
Of all the art-driven iPhone apps—and there are many, including Brushes, the medium for newyorker.com’s Finger Painting series by Jorge Colombo—few are as engrossing as the new one from MoMA. Read more on newyorker.com… Tweet
Olde-Timey Is the Best Timey
In 2007, Paul McWhorter, a West Texas-based collector of vintage photographs, launched the Web site Old Picture of the Day. The images he posts tend to have weekly themes (coal mining, trains, women’s hats) with contests on Saturdays, when McWhorter challenges his readers to identify portraits of historical figures. Read more at newyorker.com… Tweet
Cartoon Character
When the Los Angeles-based cartoonist Jordan Crane launched the site What Things Do, his goal was to create a home for work that combined the spirit of cartooning’s past with the accessibility afforded by the Internet. Read more at newyorker.com… Tweet
So, Did You Hear About This Chelsea Wedding Thing?
The Wedding of the Year is over, and what have we learned? There was an interfaith ceremony; Bill lost the required weight, and then some; the cake was gluten-free. The wedding’s final price tag is still under wraps—Bryan Rafanelli, the Boston-based event planner who wrangled the affair, told the New York Times only, “I know […]
Achatz, Chang, Etc.
In a 2008 issue of The New Yorker, D. T. Max profiled the Chicago chef Grant Achatz, a disciple of molecular gastronomy and the man behind Alinea, widely considered one of the top restaurants in the United States. Now the travel blog Gridskipper gives a peek into Achatz’s five favorite Chicago boites, as part of […]