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Vincent Chirico’s Vai—West Side Newcomer is Hot
Monday, February 6th, 2012
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Dining Around
The blocks between 79th and 81st Streets on Amsterdam are chockablock with restaurants but few good ones. A newcomer, Vai, whose focus is contemporary Mediterranean
The Renaissance Portrait: From Donatello to Bellini
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
It’s hard to over praise this landmark exhibition. It’s so filled with ravishingly beautiful portraits – paintings, drawings, sculpture, manuscript illumination and medallions – by
Morso—Reasonably Priced Food with a Pedigree
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Dining Around
Good news for Upper East Siders: Morso, a new, reasonably priced top-drawer contemporary Italian restaurant with Mediterranean ingredients recently opened, tucked away on the ground
Welcome to the Neighborhood—Not!
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
Is there anything more dangerous – or funnier – than self-righteous extremists? Yes, those who live in a gated community, as Alan Ayckbourn deftly demonstrates
The “New Cuisine” of Mexico’s Colonial CitiesPart III – Chefs Ada Valencia and Monica Solis
Monday, November 14th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Living Around
Forget everything you think you know about Mexican food—it’s heavy, it’s fried, it’s fattening—and come with me to discover new, sophisticated Mexican cuisine in the
Diego Rivera Murals for The Museum of Modern Art
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Playing Around
What could be more timely in New York City, as the Occupy Wall Street movement grows and expands, than an exhibition of the murals of
The “New Cuisine” of Mexico’s Colonial Cities: Part II – San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato
Monday, November 7th, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Living Around
Forget everything you think you know about Mexican food – it’s heavy, it’s fried, it’s fattening – and come with me to discover new, sophisticated
The “New Cuisine” of Mexico:Part I – Mexico City and Queretero
Monday, October 31st, 2011
by Eleanor Foa Dienstag on Living Around
Forget everything you think you know about Mexican food – it’s heavy, it’s fried, it’s fattening – and come with me to discover new, sophisticated
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