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July 23, 2001 Issue

"Good food turns up in the unlikeliest of places."
-- Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld, "Cheap Eats"

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FEATURES
Cheap Eats
BY ROB PATRONITE and ROBIN RAISFELD
There's no shortage of truly excellent food in New York -- and no shortage of truly mind-blowing prices, either. Luckily, these two statements don't necessarily describe the same restaurants. Our Underground Gourmet experts have forked and knifed their way all over town, bringing back reports of smashing Swedish meatballs, luscious lobster rolls, crackling fried chicken, delicate dim sum, succulent hand-stuffed shawarma, and more -- all at prices so modest they'd give Alain Ducasse heart palpitations.

Not Your Average Joe
BY MARK ADAMS
Onetime SNL superstar Joe Piscopo suffered a comedian's worst nightmare -- he became a punch line. But now he's back, and this time he's plotting to turn Newark, New Jersey -- Punch Line City, USA -- into the Hollywood of the East.

Oh, What a Feeling
BY AMY LAROCCA
Mama Gena has a simple diagnosis for what ails New York women: They're so busy being successful, they've forgotten about pleasure -- their own, that is. How to receive it from a man, or how to provide it for themselves. In short, they're not adequately "pussified." And the classes she leads at her School of Womanly Arts, which range from the practical ("Training Your Man") to the philosophical ("Trust Your Pussy") -- are attracting a surprising cross-section of city sophisticates.

Boy Meets Girl
BY MARK HOLGATE
When men's-fashion design duo Richard Edwards crossed the final frontier into womenswear, they simply took the hip, urban fundamentals to which they'd always adhered and made them, well, a bit more feminine. The results? A subtle, instantly successful collection likely to claim prime space in many a New York closet.



GOTHAM

Lizzie Grubman's post-crash spin control, plus a scorecard of Grubman allies and enemies

Style: Amy Larocca
Real Estate: Christopher Bonanos

DEPARTMENTS
Intelligencer
BY MARC S. MALKIN

Media
BY MICHAEL WOLFF
The Tina and Harry myth, revised

The City Politic
BY MICHAEL TOMASKY
Chuck Schumer takes up the gavel as judger of judges

MARKETPLACE
Best Bets
BY RIMA SUQI
Playful puppets, Cartier Cage bags, and the return of Kiehl's Ultra cream

Sales & Bargains
BY BRIDIE CLARK
Little white dresses for summer

THE CRITICS
Movies
BY PETER RAINER
America's Sweethearts sugarcoats the backstabbing studio system; Brando and De Niro can't save The Score

Books
BY DANIEL MENDELSOHN
William F. Buckley's Elvis in the Morning -- what does he know about the King, anyway?

Theater
JOHN SIMON
A Thousand Clowns charms its way to success

Television
JOHN LEONARD
Indie Sex: Taboos reduces cinema to a single dimension

Jazz
BY DAVID YAFFE
The JVC Jazz Festival: What is jazz?