The Tragedy of Never Enough in ‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain’
Morgan Neville’s documentary about celebrity chef and travel writer Anthony Bourdain, Roadrunner, is loving but clear-eyed.
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Graphic Novel ‘Cuisine Chinoise’ Is a Feast for the Eyes and the Mind
Lush art and dark, cryptic fables permeate Zao Dao's stunning graphic novel, Cuisine Chinoise.
The Best Jazz Albums of 2010
Jazz was working all the angles in 2010. Is there any other genre that has as much range -- from solo instruments to big bands, from instrumental to vocal, from European musicians to both North and South Americans, from truly pretty music to raucously avant-garde "noise"?
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“Pounding Humility into You Permanently”: On Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Bourdain was loved not for his wit or charming temerity, but for confronting us with our own alienation and cultural isolation.
‘Tastes Like Chicken’ Will Have You Wanting Seconds
All the great information in Emelyn Rude's Tastes Like Chicken is distractingly indulgent and at times appears to lack direction.
‘Meathooked’ Gets Hung-Up on Its Own Problems
Beneath a thin veneer of science journalism lies a vegetarian manifesto in Marta Zarasta’s Meathooked.
Effortless Deliciousness: The ‘Bite Me’ Sisters Have Got It Licked
With Lick Your Plate, their latest cookbook, these sisters endeavour to bring meals humming with deliciousness and humor to your table.
‘Food Whore’ Critiques the City of Dining and Deceit
Jessica Tom captures the psychology of NYC’s elite dining scene in her aspiring debut.
Food: This Is Not a Miracle
After spending 15 years exploring the hidden corners of ambient jazz, Iain Ballamy and Thomas Strønen still have not run out of ways to explore their chemistry.
‘The Sugar Season’ Is a Bittersweet Warning
The addled combinations of sap and syrup, air and gravity, evaporation and consolidation also serve as a humble harbinger of global warming.
In Defense of the Gosh-Darn Revelation That Is The Food Network
The Food Network is a love letter to culinary experimentation. It's a lab we can visit whenever we get bored with our own spaghetti.