The Eight-Day Week

A Noguchi sculpture in Midtown.

To Do Tuesday: Make It Noguchi Time

Where better to get all liquored up on Japanese whisky than in the presence of the art of sculptor Isamu Noguchi? The House of Suntory and its U.S. CEO Toshi Kumakura are hosting a tasting of their award-winning whisky, followed by a food pairing by Brushstroke with chef Isao Yamada and chef David Bouley. Just Read More

The Eight-Day Week

The Eight-Day Week: April 20-April 27

Wednesday. April 20
Stroke of Genius

New York’s “foodies” are ravenous–not for food (they eat often, and they eat well), but for a new joint to obsess over. They’re in luck! David Bouley has finally emerged from community board headaches and other location mishegoss to open Brushstroke, the Japanese restaurant of our drool-inducing fever dreams. Read More

A Formidable Chef Entertains In His Dazzling Open Kitchen

The idea is a novel one: Japanese food served alongside French/American cuisine prepared before your eyes by a star chef. No prix fixe, no reservations, with the average main course costing $16.

This is David Bouley’s latest undertaking, a “casual” neighborhood place that he’s opened in a building across the street from his eponymous restaurant Read More

My Brothers-in-Arms Are the Bouley Brigade

When the attacks came on Sunday, my friends were as unsettled as

anyone. They talked about whether our goals are truly

defined, about what in our culture is worth defending, about who will suffer

from our bombs. Myself, I was hardened. I had just visited the World Trade

Center, and saw that the term “ground Read More