Don’t you just have to like a restaurant where you’re greeted with “Ciao bella”? I think yes. And a visit to Scottadito Osteria Toscana in Park Slope just gets better from there. The Tuscan menu ranges from pastas topped with house-cured meats to roast suckling pig, but
Welcome to the new site! As always, thanks for visiting. If the reaction to when we launched our last redesign in April 2002 is any example, you “like the old design better.” Here’s a brief introduction to what’s new around here (a few things), what’s different (a
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Life would be nicer if health care was free, cigars cured cancer, and the Atlantic Monthly published weekly. But let’s be honest—it takes me three weeks to finish an issue, mostly because I savor the read. The July/August book is a great example of the magazine’s
Our children are unique composites of our genes and our mate’s—noses, hairlines, and tennis serves. Unfortunately, the kid can also get saddled with Uncle Tom’s halitosis. Another installation in our writer’s saga of birth.
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