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When Movies Aren't Audience-Friendly

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.12.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

You know what an audience-friendly film is. It tells a story that engages you about characters you can like and root for. Yet those films -- movies that seek to tell a story that uplifts or inspires -- often get short shrift from critics for that reason alone.

Why Embargo Movie Critics' Reviews?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.12.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Why would a movie studio try to stop critics from reviewing movies? It's called a review embargo -- and it seems a little self-explanatory. But still, I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss a little movie-critic inside-baseball stuff. Perhaps we can get a larger discussion going.

Smarter Networks: Food, Fairway Market, and Freshness (VIDEO)

Posted 12.12.2012 | Green

Consumers are more demanding than ever when it comes to food safety, freshness, and price. Growers, processors, and retailers are using innovative and...

"4-Hour Chef" Tim Ferriss Reveals Secrets of Meta-Learning and Living the Good Life

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.18.2013 | Home
Shira Lazar

Following up from his entrepreneur manifesto "The 4-Hour Workweek" and fitness-themed "The 4-Hour Body," best-selling author Tim Ferriss tops off his self-help trilogy with "The 4-Hour Chef," which highlights culinary tips and techniques for healthy, fresh, and easy-to-prepare meals.

A Farm To Keg Beer: Captain Lawrence Brewery's Fresh Roasted Pumpkin Ale (VIDEO)

Liza de Guia | Posted 12.01.2012 | Taste
Liza de Guia

I've never really thought about what actually goes into a pumpkin ale. I guess, I thought it was just a blend of spices that gave the beer its signature flavor. Until now.

7 Rethought and Refreshed Recipes for Your Next Home-Cooked Meal (SLIDESHOW)

Posted 09.26.2012 | Home

On the dining table that sits the home-cooked meal there are plenty of heartwarming—and stomach-filling—connotations (nostalgia, family) as well a...

WATCH: Inside A One-Of-A-Kind Oyster Farm

Liza de Guia | Posted 10.13.2012 | Home
Liza de Guia

Montauk Pearls are new to the oyster scene, and the success of their operation has given the East End a new found interest in aquaculture.

This Business Student Fights Dark Circles With What?

The Huffington Post | Simone Kitchens and Raydene Salinas | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style

In our Beauty Street Style series, we find inspiring girls around New York City and get the secrets to their look. This week we met Anna, a business s...

The Faithful Shopper: Top Trends for 2011

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 02.15.2012 | New York
Faith Hope Consolo

It's been an amazing shopping year in New York City, with new stores, new looks, and new visitors (50 million of them!). Going through a list of the n...

Persimmon Mojitos

One For The Table | Posted 01.01.2012 | Home
One For The Table

Persimmon's are finally in season and they are all around us. I am a late bloomer when it comes to this overly delicious fruit and it wasn't until last year that I was introduced to them.

Beauty Lab: Why Three Masks Are Better Than One

The Huffington Post | Simone Kitchens | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style

Photo: Bobby Doherty Admittedly, face masks were slightly uncharted territory for me. I didn't really get into them until the past year. So when...

FaceTime: Beauty Street Style

The Huffington Post | Simone Kitchens | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style

In our series FaceTime, a beauty street style column, we find inspiring girls around New York City and dissect their look. Photo: Bobby Doherty ...

What's Wrong With Rotten Tomatoes?

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.12.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Rise of the Planet of the Apes sailed into the weekend with 80-plus percent positive rating from Rotten Tomatoes, while The Change-Up could only manage a positive rating in the low 20s.

21 Summer Pasta Dishes

Food52 | Posted 09.04.2011 | Home
Food52

Oh pasta: so dependable, but so quick to bore us. Here are 21 fresh and inspired pasta dishes to put (new) dinner on your table all summer. Hit up f...

8 Winning Burgers For The 4th

Food52 | Posted 08.30.2011 | Home
Food52

8 of our best burger recipes, and not all of them beef -- everything from the Classic Diner Burger to unique Shrimp Burgers with Roasted Garlic-Orange...

23 No-Cook Recipes

Food52 | Posted 08.16.2011 | Home
Food52

It's getting hot out there! We scoured the food52 archives for our favorite recipes that won't ask you to fire up an oven, stove, grill, or even a toa...

The FaithFul Shopper: Spring for April Showers

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.31.2011 | New York
Faith Hope Consolo

Lovely soaps and lotions aren't just for getting clean and softening your skin -- this affordable luxury can provide a brief spa-like experience every day.

15 Spring-Ready Pastas

Saveur | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Saveur

As the days get longer and warmer, and winter gives way to spring, we find ourselves performing annual rituals: we put away our heavy coats, pull out ...

Walmart Won't Fix New York, New Yorkers Will

Matt Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Matt Ryan

Across the country, we've seen that when Walmart sets up shop in poor neighborhoods, they do more harm than good. Nationally, when Walmart enters a new market, it kills three jobs for every two jobs it "creates."

It's Getting Better All The Time

Karl Kozel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Karl Kozel

To understand how good we have it now, we have to examine the drinks that have lost their appeal and then understand why it happened.

Why East Coast Natives Should Eat More West Coast Oysters (VIDEO)

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Liza de Guia

Shared from food. curated. So where do YOUR loyalties lie? East Coast or West Coast Oysters? I found a Native New Yorker who wants to share why she t...

Cancer-free Strawberries Please!

Ana Joanes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Ana Joanes

My little girl is barely 10-months and I just love to watch her eat a strawberry, leaving her little face and fingers red and sticky! But I only give ...

Movie Therapy For Mindless Eaters

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Susan Albers

Movies aren't just entertaining. Every now and then a good flick can teach you something important and transform your feelings and actions.

"Local": A Word Worth Saving!

Mike Callicrate | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Mike Callicrate

Most don't realize how dramatically food quality has declined under the industrial food system. They, too, often hide behind the false and misleading marketing provided by their food service company.

Interview: Boaz Yakin, Director of Death in Love

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Death in Love, ostensibly is about the family of a Holocaust survivor (Bisset), who used sex to save her own life in the concentration camp.