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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RESULTS FOR "Do It Yourself"

Features

Multiple Visions A Common Bond exhibit

Photo: Dana Johnston

El Encanto de un Pueblo (The Magic of People)

Brooklyn welcomed Dana and me on November 7th, 2004 to a sublet apartment with a sheet-less bed and the haunting noise of radiator piping. We arrived with 2 suitcases and… read more »

Blog

The molecular gastronomy starter kit

Photo: ThinkGeek

Molecular Gastronomy

Chefs stray away from the term, but we’ll go ahead and use it. Leading the way in molecular gastronomy in the United States is Grant Achatz, the owner and head… read more »

Andy Cruz at home

Photo: Rose Callahan

A Visit to House Industries

On a stunner of a spring day, we journeyed down to Delaware to interview Andy Cruz of House Industries. He invited us into his home, an ode to mid century… read more »

Nick Sonderup director of "100 Bands in 100 Days"

Photo: Nick Sonderup

Craft Your Character

“Some people talk… others do. Some people dream… others are out there living it.” Your character is crafted from a series of choices you make, be it big or small…. 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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