Behind every great dish is a chattering of stories waiting to be told. Take the ripe blackberries with wild yarrow, carrot flowers, sorrel and chickweed in a puddle of dill oil that are served at the Willows Inn on Washington’s Lummi Island. One tale you might tell could be of ... More

I’ve always admired executives who have a clean desk,” Clive Davis says wistfully. “It’s a mission I fail miserably at.” Indeed, it’s nearly impossible to see Davis’ long, elegantly curved wooden desk. It’s both covered with and surrounded by stacks of CDs, books, memos, research packets, memorabilia, souvenir paperweights and ... More

It’s 7 A.M. on Columbus Day, and the block-square gray mass of city hall on LaSalle Street is battened down for the holiday. “City Hall is Closed” reads a sign hanging on the main doors. Inside, deep in the marble gloaming, a pair of Chicago police officers is chatting and ... More

While he might be most recognized thanks to roles in films like Captain America and Black Swan or in TV shows like Gossip Girl and Political Animals, 30-year-old actor Sebastian Stan has a thing for theater. In 2007, he made his Broadway debut in Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio and now through ... More

While tradition holds that you should spend the holidays gathered around a tree or a blazing fire, one of the holiday season’s greatest meeting places is actually in front of the television screen. And with good reason: The holiday season provides the lull in professional and social obligations necessary to ... More

Fusty wine traditionalists bemoaning the advent of the screw-cap era can stick a cork in it. While the debate over bottles being sealed with a cork or a screw cap continues among graying lovers of the grape, a 10-year case study, completed by the Australian Wine Research Institute, has already ... More

For her 24th salon opening—and 5th NYC location—DryBar founder Ali Webb chose to plant a flag on the Upper East Side. The tony zip code is the perfect location for the Los Angeles-based blow-out salon; surprisingly, no equivalent service existed in the area.  The ... More

  Your new autobiography, Hitmaker: The Man and His Music, due out on January 29, details your time as an influential talent manager and record company executive. Why did you decide to write this ... More

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Just face it: you let yourself go over the holidays. You were powerless to the flowing champagne and passed hors d'oueuvres, and you wish you could take it all back...but you can't. So you've vowed to start over in 2013, and we're here to help. With our recommendations for the best ... More