STEAL THE MENU: A MEMOIR OF FORTY YEARS IN FOOD
RAYMOND SOKOLOV
(Knopf, 242 pp., $25.95)
It’s hard to believe in these gourmet-mad times, but 40 years ago the U.S. had “no radicchio, no world-class restaurant, no foie gras, no Sichuan food.” So recalls lifelong food writer Raymond Sokolov in this entertaining memoir. Mr. Sokolov Read More
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This is the sort of crime we associate with locales far removed from the Read More
Sheldon Silver should not resign as Speaker of the Assembly.
He should—he must—take the lead on authentic reform and genuine accountability in Albany. He has to change, and he has to create change. Calls for independent commissions simply won’t get the job done. But through his absolute control over the Assembly, Mr. Silver already has Read More
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