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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.

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…

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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Photo: Tuukka Koski

The Sweet Life

It’s a cool and rainy day in the Catskills (worthy of a Rip Van Winkle nap), but the oven keeps baker Craig Thompson’s cottage toasty and warm. The country home… read more »

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Photo: Town House

Town House

Food is usually a supplement to traveling rather than the reason. We’ve all heard stories of food tours across the country but to design one’s trip around a restaurant is… read more »

Women become skilled shop technicians after careful training in the school at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant

Photo: Library of Congress

Library of Congress Photo Archive

The LIFE Magazine and Google photo archive has received a lot of attention lately from blogs. However others may not be aware of another photo archive just as… read more »

Left: Port Austin, Michigan Right: Blue Lagoon, Iceland

Photo: Peter Baker

Peter Baker

There’s isolation and loneliness in Peter Baker’s images. It’s especially evident in the rural towns he photographs, but it’s also apparent in the metropolitan cities he shoots. Chicago,… 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,…

By Siobhan Vivian