January 5, 2004 Issue
Cover Story
Where to Eat Now
It’s been a great year for food lovers of every
stripe, what with a slew of celebrity-chef spinoffs
that were not only terrific but easier on the wallet,
the rise of barbecue chic and upscale Japanese, and
plenty of brilliant new ventures—from
’inoteca, with its perfect paninis, to the
Biltmore Room’s sensational Asian fusion. Our
annual tour of the city’s best places to
eat—and be seen.
The 2004 Hot List
Features
The Prodigals’ Return
The city’s most talented chefs-in-exile—Thomas Keller (of the French Laundry) and Gray Kunz (formerly of Lespinasse)—are about to open new restaurants in the upscale Time Warner Center. Why foodies all over town are rejoicing, and what the two legends have been doing since they’ve been gone.
Grin and Bear It
When Allan and Robin Chernoff’s twins were born with serious facial clefts, they undertook, with a team of innovative specialists, an almost unimaginable challenge: to painstakingly reshape their girls’ faces before corrective surgery. The process: traumatic for parents and babies. The results: spectacular.
Departments
Letters to the Editor
Readers sound off on HBO's Angels in America, "Falling Stars" by Simon Dumenco, and more.
Smart City
Best of New York
At Bodyhints, a vast array of well-displayed unmentionables at very mentionable prices
Best Bets
Zodiac belts by Dolce & Gabbana, a Philippe Starck lamp, and the N.Y.C. Trivia Game
Ask New York
My girlfriend's into fancy dining. Where can I learn to keep up with her?
Deal of the Week
Missed the Ugg boat? Try these Sherpa-style substitutes.
Plus: This week's sale listings featuring sales from La Perla, Mimi Maternity, and more
Beauty
A new Clarins spa, plus our beauty picks for the holidays
Shop Talk: Sweet Dreams
A model turned designer wants to remake your bed.
Intelligencer
Intelligencer Column
Madge's artistic issues, Charlize Theron at the Monster premiere, and more.
Party Tips
What should the Democrats and the Republicans resolve to do in the New Year?
Teenage Waistland
Your inactive kid’s getting fat? No sweat: Just have ZoneChefs deliver his meals.
Vanity, Thy Name Is Donatella. And Yohji . . .
When logos simply aren’t enough, designers put themselves on clothes.
Red All Over
Move over, cranberry juice. There’s a new fruity mixer in town.
New York Minute
Is she needling us or what? Olivia Chantecaille—the cosmetologist with makeup in her genes—introduces organic Botox.
Columnists
The Bottom Line
Ignore the bears (and the cubs who follow them): The market’s going nowhere but up
Strong Medicine
In the competition to keep every bed filled, hospitals are poaching each other’s superstar doctors—along with their patients
Naked City
One pre-op transsexual on sex, surgery, and the complicated joys of being a she-male
Critics
Movies
Robert Altman delivers a mash note to the ballet world with The Company; Jennifer Connelly and Ben Kingsley go head to head in The House of Sand and Fog; documentarian Errol Morris gives Vietnam-era bogeyman Robert McNamara an open mike
TV Notes
John Leonard reviews Mars Dead or Alive, The Day I Will Never Forget, and DNA.
Pop Music
From OutKast’s inimitable beats to the lo-fi, high-energy White Stripes to Kompakt’s schaffel fever—the best albums of 2003
Top Five
Ways to Celebrate New Year's Day
Five activities worth rolling out of bed for.
The Week
Restaurant Openings & Buzz
Riingo: Aquavit’s Marcus Samuelsson opens his much-anticipated restaurant and chic sushi bar in the Alex hotel.
New on DVD
Sex and the City: The Complete First Five Seasons, The War at Home, Anything Else, and more....
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