FEATURES

Battersby Brooklyn

By Sarah Williams
Left: Chef Walker Stern Right: Chef Joseph Ogrodnek

Photo: Tuukka Koski

At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.

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Chuck Miller

By Caroline Hwang
Chuck Miller with his wife Jeanette Miller

Photo: Michael A. Muller

The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you…

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Journal: Clift San Francisco

By Michael Muller
Frontside view of the Clift from Geary Street

Photo: Michael A. Muller

On a recent trip to San Francisco, the Clift hotel was the central figure and home base on a quick three-day stay during the onset of autumn in…

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Crafty 2010

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Crafty 2010

Crafty will make its debut this October at the Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore. The conference is an examination in “artistry and process” amongst different disciplines… read more »

Festival of Ideas for the New City

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Festival of Ideas for the New City Giveaway

Several weeks ago we mentioned the Festival of Ideas for the New City, an ambitious project that will bring together architects, universities, museums, and community groups to envision… read more »

<i>The Elements of Style</i> by William Strunk Jr. Illustrated by Maira Kalman

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Maira Kalman

Last night we had the pleasure of seeing the witty and charming Maira Kalman speak about her various projects, including her current obsession with Abraham Lincoln… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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