In the cart of the city
‘The new owners employ Army vets for a few dollars a day to sit by a van in case an inspector comes’
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, style, travel, food and property, as well as where to go and what to see.
December 24, 2019
Bowl food: childhood memories have inspired a new craze for cookie dough
Hundreds of customers can be seen snaking around the block, eagerly awaiting tubs and cones of buttery, sugary batter
December 22, 2019
For duck’s sake: New York’s foie gras ban is classic political posturing
The ban is about much more than animal rights. It is about punishing the rich. And it has to be, because the animal-rights case has no merit
December 7, 2019
My wild Key West
I have never been anywhere where the sea has such beautiful colors that change so rapidly
December 2, 2019
The real reason for college food fights
Scarcely a month passes without a food-related scandal causing uproar on campus
November 27, 2019
Transparent spirit: craft distilling has come to Washington DC big time
Everything at One Eight Distilling is good. The vodka is somehow bearable. The rye is melt-your-face fantastic
November 26, 2019
How to converse with know-it-alls
Exposing the Unread Library Effect
November 21, 2019
Everyone’s climbing aboard the Beyond Meat gravy train
Welcome to the new meal deal
November 20, 2019
California drinking: forgive them their granola
Homer spoke of the ‘wine-dark sea’. He could not, but should, have had a Syrah like this in mind
November 18, 2019
The ‘Russians’ of Brighton Beach
The attitude of Jewish ‘Russians’ in America toward Russia is goodbye and good luck. But mostly goodbye
Finally, the transracial community are gaining recognition
All thanks to a British higher education union
November 12, 2019
A journalism lesson from Northwestern
While the student journalists deserve criticism, they might benefit from some sympathy as well
November 10, 2019
Ben Shapiro and the extreme nonsense of the horseshoe theory
It brings no fortune and a great deal of confusion
November 8, 2019
Craft brewing’s Midwest comeback
Emerging breweries seem uninterested in the rapid growth that brought about the downfall of earlier brands
November 5, 2019
Nostalgia sells — but you have to get it right
For Hendrick’s, we took our cue from the vintage stills used to create the gin
October 30, 2019
Why are young people so left-wing?
Left-wing professors think it’s their responsibility to open their students’ eyes to injustice
October 25, 2019
Pasta, like all good things, should come to an end
Making pasta — really making it — is a kitchen miracle
October 23, 2019
Where are world leaders educated?
The US has just overtaken Britain in the number of world leaders educated at the country’s universities
The trouble with the Petersons’ ‘carnivore diet’
Mikhaila Peterson can make you a superhuman! And all for the low, low price of — wait for it — $599 a year
October 21, 2019
Junk food is my American dream
If you are a fat kid, it is an indelible state that can never be escaped much as one might try
October 20, 2019
Secrets of the maestro
The first major American exhibition of Andrea del Verrocchio confirms that he was a Renaissance innovator, and more than Leonardo’s teacher
October 18, 2019
Colleges should be ‘islands of excellence’
Scarcely a month passes without some distinguished professor being targeted for defenestration
Who else misses smoking in a bar?
Instead of teachers or parents, smokers now hide from busybodies
October 14, 2019
Hog wild in Indiantown
Armed with a lever-action rifle, some elephant-gun slugs and a pack of six dogs, we set out into the brush
October 11, 2019
Hipsters are getting high on an alcohol-free cocktail
Kin has become popular as swatches of America veer towards sinless living and self-care
October 9, 2019
Why do Americans and Brits write about alcohol so differently?
American drink writing tends to be self-flagellating: the recovering alcoholic’s remembrance of sins past
September 23, 2019
Dear journalism students…
Here’s how to make it in the media
September 19, 2019
Andrew Yang, Asian stereotypes and the discomforts of reality
We are highly averse to even remotely acknowledging differences in group outcomes, even when it comes to positive ones
September 18, 2019
Are college campuses eroding free speech?
University officials and libertarian columnists clash in DC debate
