An Evening with Mark Bittman
Going to THIS on Tuesday night at Long Island University. Get your tickets! Proceeds go to the Brooklyn Food Coalition.
Posts Tagged: new york times
“Unfamiliarity with the notion of the indoor voice”
A few shareworthy text bytes from an Aug. 10 New York Times article on mainland Chinese tourists and their heavily chaperoned visits to Taiwan: “Beyond local business owners pleased by the surge in tourist spending, many Taiwanese openly complain about the mainlanders’ seeming unfamiliarity with the notion of the indoor voice, a collective disdain for the… Read more »
Quote of the Day
Thought this quote was kind of funny. From a NY Times story on the administration’s plans to cap corporate executives’ pay at $500K if they accept bailout money: “That is pretty draconian — $500,000 is not a lot of money, particularly if there is no bonus,” said James F. Reda, founder and managing director of… Read more »
