La BiennaleVenice: Film Festival - The Awards. The Venezia 69 Jury, chaired by Michael Mann and comprised of Marina Abramovic, Laetitia Casta, Peter Ho-Sun Chan, Ari Folman,Matteo Garrone, Ursula Meier, Samantha Morton, and Pablo Trapero having viewed all eighteenfilms in struggle, chose the following awards.
GOLDEN LION – Best Film: PIETA by Kim Ki-duk (South Korea).
18 Sep 2012
17 Sep 2012
Two of the greatest recent improvements to New York’s quality of life collide next week, when Terroir Wine Bar opens a seasonal outpost at the Porch on the High Line. From May 22 owing to November, this alfresco café will function as the park’s only sit-down restaurant, serving Marco Canora’s signature meatball subs, plus new dishes emphasizing local ingredients, like the Finger Lakes poultry in a smoked-chicken-salad sandwich (pictured). Partner Paul Grieco’s wine-and-beer list focuses on New York Disorder, but not to the exclusion of his typically worldly selections (High Line at W. 15th St.).
16 Sep 2012
It’s not every day that we get full aback by a chocolate-chip cookie. But the ones that Smile to Go pastry chef Brenna White bakes each morning are no mere Toll House jobs. White, whose work you may remember from M. Wells, says the secret lies in an obscene amount of dark chocolate (Guittard, 72 percent cacao), loads of vanilla extract, and a judicious sprinkling of Maldon sea salt. They are $2.50 a pop, sell out quick, and could ruin you for cupcakes and macarons (22 Howard St., nr. Crosby St.; 646-863-3893).
15 Sep 2012
Never mind the calendar: In the East Village, summer officially starts with the return of Back Forty’s Tuesday-night crab boils, launching this year on June 5. Tables are draped with newspaper, Chesapeake Bay blues come with mallets, and shells glide. The $45 price includes seasonal sides and a dessert cobbler, and tickets go on sale the Wednesday prior at backfortynyc.com/crab-boils (190 Ave. B, nr. 12th St.; 212-388-1990).
14 Sep 2012
The latest access in the food-geek-megamarket genre is Tribeca’s 2,000-check-foot All Excellent Things. Appropriately chic stands will offer Nunu Chocolates, Blue Marble Ice Cream, Dickson’s Farmstand Meats.
