By Rick Perlstein 8/14/00 12:00am

Cloak Without Dagger: The Traitor Is Mr. Nice Guy

Harry Gold , by Millicent Dillon. Overlook Press, 280 pages, $26.95.

Six years ago, when I came to New York from the Midwest to seek my fortune as a writer of the intellectual sort, I developed an obsession with an obsession. Colleagues in my adopted city could not stop arguing about the Communist Party of Read More

By Molly Haskell 3/13/00 12:00am

Is There a Democrat in the House?

I don’t get it: Democrats infatuated with John McCain and throwing spitballs at Hillary Clinton. Is this liberal Democrats in self-destruct mode again, or are we so desperate for a guy’s guy we’ll go into deep denial of what he represents? Maybe it’s just a “character thing,” a reaction to the embarrassments of the current Read More

By Moira Hodgson 9/13/99 12:00am

A Huddle of Businessmen Cozy Up to Grub Off the Fire

A few years ago, a friend of mine who owns restaurants told me that if he wanted to sell a dish he only had to use adjectives like “green” or “organic.” These days, I would add the phrase “wood-roasted.”

Especially at Beacon, a new midtown restaurant that specializes in open-fire cooking. What they serve is Read More

By George Gurley and Roger D. Friedman 2/15/99 12:00am

Colorado Contest Maven Hits Pay Dirt: Jell-O

The Jell-O Lady

High above Times Square, in bright letters, we see the intimate thoughts of regular folks-intimate thoughts about Jell-O. “I make Jell-O gelatin shimmy, shake, and jiggle just for fun. It makes me giggle,” wrote one Joan Verdeal of Arvada, Colo.

It’s part of a contest. Those who entered were asked to explain Read More

By Moira Hodgson 11/10/97 12:00am

Match Uptown Crowded, Noisy, But the Food Is Thrilling

Given what has happened lately in Far East markets, only the most robust Wall Street executives are in the mood for Asian food these days, not to mention caviar. At Match Uptown, the latter comes in a martini glass, spooned onto clear, chilled consommé that looks like Jell-O. Instead of artificial strawberry or raspberry, however, Read More