Considering City magazine is published by restaurateur John McDonald (co-owner of Lure, Lever House, Brasserie 44, and Chinatown Brasserie), the urbane monthly's new Taste issue is a welcome inevitability. Portions of it are reproduced online, including a pretty cocktail photo feature, suitable for the desktops of mixology geeks; a piece on summer satays with recipes by Jean-Georges Vongerichten; a roundup of new wines and liquors; and a kitchen-tools guide that even got our aspirational juices going.

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