April 23, 2012 Issue
Cover Story
The Twee Party
Sure, it’s easy to mock the Brooklyn artisanal movement, with its scruffily bearded craftsmen, consciously sourced $9 chocolate bars, and breathless media hype (guilty as charged). But there’s a genuine—and undeniably delicious—business boom taking place, and it might be getting too big for its own beloved borough. By Benjamin Wallace
On the Cover:
Inset portraits by Jonathan Nesteruk for New York Magazine. Product photos by Michelle Feffer. Needlepoint by Nadia Lachance.
Features
In Conversation: Barney Frank
The soon-to-retire Massachusetts congressman looks back on his three decades in the House, recounting what it was like to come out to Tip O’Neill, how Newt Gingrich ruined Washington, and why Obama’s post-partisan dreams were delusions from the start. Interview by Jason Zengerle
Karma Crash
John Friend was the charismatic leader of a feel-good, all-American yoga empire, 600,000 strong and counting. Then his disciples woke up one morning to discover that their guru smoked pot, had sex with his students, and ran a Wiccan coven. “All my friends are gone,” he says. By Vanessa Grigoriadis
Intelligencer
Where He Gets His Looks From
The influences that have shaped and reshaped Raf Simons’s design aesthetic.
Instantly Old
The retro mojo of Facebook’s shiny new toy.
Not-So-Lonesome Rangers
Patience pays for puck stars.
The Neighborhood News
Our roundup of news from around the city.
Of Dwarves and Mongs
What’s Ricky Gervais’s problem?
142 Minutes With Cat Marnell
Pill-popping with the enfant-terrible beauty blogger during a last night out before rehab.
Columns
The War War
According to the Romney campaign, the president has declared hostilities against just about everything Americans hold dear. And the Obamans are firing back. Duck.
Strategist
Best Bets
A Camilla and Marc swimsuit, an Eva Solo grill, and more new stuff in New York stores.
The Look Book
“I want a willow tree and a magnolia tree in my yard. I want peace.”
The Restaurant Review
The sushi Establishment finds a new home in Neta.
In Season
Green shallots have a sweet, complex flavor and make a nifty substitute for spring onions.
Wine’s New Fine Print
Is listing ingredients on the bottle a sign of oenological transparency or TMI?
The Problem With Ramps
For locavores, April is the smelliest month.
Trendlet: No Shelling Required
Pistachios move out of the nut bowl and onto the menu.
Culture
The John Cusack Affair
Robbing the Getty Museum with Malibu’s most whimsical maniac.
The Movie Review
Important dogs and boyfriends go missing in Goodbye First Love and Darling Companion.
Countdown to a New Times Square
Could it become a place where New Yorkers actually want to hang out?
Extreme Makeunder
How the house in Clybourne Park ages 50 years in fifteen minutes.
Back From Normal
Two decades after My Girl, Anna Chlumsky returns with Veep.
The TV Review
Vice-President Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays petty politics in HBO’s Veep.
Agenda
Lower East Sushi
At Blue Ribbon Sushi Izakaya, chefs Eric and Bruce Bromberg take a culinarily inclusive approach.
Departments
Comments: Week of April 23, 2012
Readers sound off on Ray Kelly, John Mack, and more.
The Approval Matrix: Week of April 23, 2012
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
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