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Issue of December 21 & 28, 2009

December 21 & 28, 2009

December 21 & 28, 2009



THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Plummer’s Pad
Christopher Plummer returns to the Algonquin Hotel.
by Ian Parker

LETTER FROM CHINA
Green Giant
Taking the lead in energy technology.
by Evan Osnos


Video: Getting around Beijing by e-bike.
OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS
The Ice Retreat
Global warming and the Adélie penguin.
by Fen Montaigne


Audio Slide Show: Global warming on the Antarctic Peninsula.

Audio: Fen Montaigne on Antarctica in the age of global warming.
ANNALS OF INVENTION
Hearth Surgery
A stove to transform the developing world.
by Burkhard Bilger


Video: Three designs for the developing world.
BOOKS
“The Canterbury Tales.”
by Joan Acocella
THE CURRENT CINEMA
“Nine;” “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus;” “The Young Victoria;” “A Single Man.”
by Anthony Lane
Posted at 12/20/2009

Issue of December 14, 2009

December 14, 2009

DECEMBER 14, 2009

THE TALK OF THE TOWN
You’re Wearing That?
A full house at Nora Ephron’s new play.
by Rebecca Mead

DEPT. OF MEDICINE
Testing, Testing
The complex battle to cut health-care costs.
by Atul Gawande
ON AND OFF THE AVENUE
Put It in a Sock
The art of the stocking stuffer.
by Patricia Marx
ANNALS OF LAW
The Celebrity Defense
Sex, justice, and Roman Polanski.
by Jeffrey Toobin
THE THEATRE
“A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Race.”
by John Lahr

BOOKS
A new biography of Louis Armstrong.
by John McWhorter

Audio: The legacy of Louis Armstrong.
ON TELEVISION
“Men of a Certain Age.”
by Nancy Franklin
THE CURRENT CINEMA
“The Last Station”; “Crazy Heart”; “Brothers”; “The Lovely Bones.”
by David Denby
Posted at 12/13/2009

Issue of December 7, 2009

December 7, 2009

DECEMBER 7, 2009

REFLECTIONS
Loggerheads
Sea turtles and me.
by David Sedaris
THE CURRENT CINEMA
“Up in the Air.”
by Anthony Lane
Posted at 12/06/2009

Issue of November 30, 2009

November 30, 2009

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

THE SPORTING SCENE
Daddies Win
The Yankees’ season and Series.
by Roger Angell

A CRITIC AT LARGE
The Politics of Death
From Karen Ann Quinlan to death panels.
by Jill Lepore

THE THEATRE
“In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play,” “Finian’s Rainbow.”
by John Lahr

THE CURRENT CINEMA
“Me and Orson Welles,” “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”
by David Denby
Posted at 11/29/2009

Issue of November 23, 2009

November 23, 2009

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

THE FINANCIAL PAGE
The Debt Economy
How the tax code makes debtors of us all.
by James Surowiecki
OUR LOCAL CORRESPONDENTS
Lunch with M.
On the job with a Michelin inspector.
by John Colapinto


Ask the Author: John Colapinto about the Michelin guide
DESSERTS DEPT.
Spit Cake
Despite the name, it’s delicious.
by Mimi Sheraton
CANADIAN JOURNAL
Funny Food
Quebec’s culinary punch line.
by Calvin Trillin


Audio: Sampling Canada’s national dish, with Calvin Trillin.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Pilgrim’s Progress
The challenges of Thanksgiving abroad.
by Jane Kramer

ANNALS OF SCIENCE
The Taste Makers
Inside the labs that flavor your food.
by Raffi Khatchadourian

IMPROVISATIONS

Eggs
by Anthony Lane


Rice
by Jhumpa Lahiri


Aspic
by Judith Thurman
A CRITIC AT LARGE
Reading into recipes.
by Adam Gopnik
THE CURRENT CINEMA
“Broken Embraces,” “2012.”
by Anthony Lane

Posted at 11/22/2009

Issue of November 16, 2009

November 16, 2009

NOVEMBER 16, 2009
LIFE AND LETTERS
Slow Fade
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood.
by Arthur Krystal

A REPORTER AT LARGE
Nightmare Scenario
Learning to rewrite our bad dreams.
by Margaret Talbot

Audio: Understanding the science of nightmares.
BOOKS
“SuperFreakonomics.”
by Elizabeth Kolbert

The feminist revolution in retrospect.
by Ariel Levy
THE CURRENT CINEMA
“The Messenger,” “The Box.”
by David Denby
Posted at 11/15/2009

Issue of November 9, 2009

November 9, 2009

NOVEMBER 9, 2009
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Cleaned Out
A poet loses her life savings to Bernie Madoff.
by Rebecca Mead
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
Talk This Way
Where actors find their accents.
by Alec Wilkinson
ANNALS OF GASTRONOMY
The Scavenger
L.A.’s guru of the authentic.
by Dana Goodyear
BOOKS
Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Eating Animals.”
by Elizabeth Kolbert
Posted at 11/08/2009
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Meetings are held every other week, usually on Wednesday evenings.

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