A fascinating piece in today’s NY Times on Skittles, Wrigley, and the Trayvon Martin murder in Florida: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/us/skittles-sales-up-after-trayvon-martin-shooting.html.
Wrigley, the parent company that manufactures Skittles, is trying to figure out how to balance the sad notoriety coming from the murder …
I made a fascinating discovery this weekend in NYC. Visiting several fancy-pants food stores, I headed, of course, to the fish sections to see what’s what. We’re talking Eataly, Dean & Deluca, and Citarella. Here’s what I found:
At Eataly, …
It all started with Sushi Yasuda: Ever since Yasuda-san went back to Tokyo to open a horse sashimi restaurant (no kidding), I’ve steered clear of Sushi Yasuda, thinking that his replacements might not slice like The Master. I went in …
Just like mimes, every city has its culinary strengths and weaknesses. Some mimes are good at showing a man opening a door, but not so good ay sipping coffee. The reverse can be true, too. Applying this POM (Philosophy of …