I’d never had a knife in my life like the new nakiri. It was crackling sharp (though not for long), but something else made it exceptional: the calm ease with which the knife held my hand, as well as the uncanny confidence it gave me. Once the blade came within range of a leek or rolling radish, it knew what to do. – Jeff Weinstein
Tag: 05.20.19
Musicals I … (fill in the blank)
Here is a real meme, plucked from the Web over the weekend, filled out, and posted solely for your amusement. – Terry Teachout
New Financing, New Partners: Woodstock 50 Is On Again?
Perhaps. The music festival, planned to commemorate the iconic original fifty years ago, has been plagued by financing and organizational issues. But after a favorable court ruling and new partners, organizers say it’s on again. – New York Magazine
‘Bound To Win’: Jill Lepore On The Evolution Of The Presidential-Candidate Memoir
“Before the nineteen-sixties, the books Presidential candidates wrote weren’t usually memoirs; they were collections of speeches.” Now? “Sometimes Presidential candidates write books about their vision for the country; sometimes they write books about themselves. And then, sometimes, their vision for America is a vision of themselves.” – The New Yorker