The Delicious Creations of a Hot, Young Chef
Yasamin Beitollahi, one of the hottest chefs to emerge in years, is a world thinker, a world traveler, and a world connector.
Yasamin Beitollahi, one of the hottest chefs to emerge in years, is a world thinker, a world traveler, and a world connector.
AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 11.02.2009 | Home
PHOENIX — A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday a...
Celeste Ng | Posted 11.02.2009 | Books
Let's focus on the writing itself: the characters, the language, the narrative style. Because if a review compared me to Amy Tan on those measures, rather than on just our shared culture, I'd be proud.
Elizabeth Debold | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living
It seems pretty likely that Semenya is no longer going to be allowed to compete as a female in the sport that she loves and has trained so hard for.
Al Jazeera English | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
The Gulf state of Qatar is preparing to welcome the Hollywood glitterati onto its shores, for the country's inaugural Doha Tribeca Film Festival. T...
Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style
Design is about people -- the handiwork of the creator, human ingenuity, and the social ramifications of design in use.
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact
What makes people help others? Evolutionary scientists have long debated whether our genes have anything to do with behaviors that make us help strang...
G.A. Bradshaw | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green
The author of Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us About Humanity examines new findings from primatology and neurobiology.
Jim Selman | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living
In the past, if people dissented or trafficked in conspiracy theories, gossip and propaganda not too much damage was done.
2morrowknight | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media
Though nowhere near being a chef myself, I appreciate the care and time put into a great meal, and I am always curious of the cultural significance and history behind the meal in question.
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 09.28.2009 | Entertainment
Friday night's grand opening of The Royal Conservatory of Music's Koerner Hall proved that Toronto has truly become one of the world's top cities for the performing arts.
Patricia Martin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago
Ford is bringing back the compact to generate excitement and drive sales among the Millennials. The Fiesta re-launch reveals an important lesson for traditional businesses in the Twitter age.
Wayne Trujillo | Posted 09.15.2009 | Denver
How long before Lower Highland becomes the neighborhood equivalent of a tourist trap where long-time Latino locals can't afford to live?
AP | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media
NEW YORK — Jim Carroll, the poet and punk rocker who wrote "The Basketball Diaries," died Friday. He was 60. He died from a heart attack at his...
Lisa Haisha | Posted 11.08.2009 | World
Today tourism contributes substantially to Cairo's economy, but people still work exhausting hours to earn in a month what the average American earns during an 8-hour shift -- if they are lucky enough to find a job.
Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
If you ever thought there was a cultural difference between Republicans and Democrats, check out this survey by MediaCurves Just click the play butto...
2morrowknight | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living
Rather than wage a losing fight against impending social and demographic changes, it is incumbent upon people to go beyond their communities, and to get to know the residents of other communities.
Zachary Adam Cohen | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green
I want lettuce that is dirty from the fields. I want leeks that are sandy; apples that are crisp and occasionally misshapen. I want my eggs fresh, from pastured hens, with a loose feather inside of the box.
Patricia Martin | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago
Jobs and opportunity are shifting away from giant corporations to small and mid-sized companies, where there is a growing commitment to "culture" -- the spirit of the place.
Christina Patterson | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment
Clive James is a brilliant bunch of questions, a brilliant bunch of answers, and soliloquies and theories and counter-theories. No need for an interviewer, really, except that I'm here and I'd quite like to do it.
Scott Lachut | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living
Particularly in the case of social media, when taken together the multitude of eternal digital data forms a history of a person's life.
Margaret Ruth | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living
Cultural overlays about gender and hetero and homo couplings do some funky stuff to people and block their ability to have perfectly healthy, joyful and whole partnerships.
Amanda ReCupido | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living
Germans must feel they'll never see the light of day again once the wedding band is on -- they refer to it as being "under a bonnet." And a submissive wife? A "cricket on the stove".
Carter Phipps | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media
Everyone should read Thomas de Zengotita, not because he has the answers but because he's breaking new ground in tracking a whole field of disconcerting cultural trends.
Jerry Zezima | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living
We have had several delicious meals featuring string beans, jalapenos and parsley, and there will be plenty more when the tomatoes, eggplants, bell peppers and cauliflowers are ready to eat.
2morrowknight | Posted 11.06.2009 | Style