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Goings On

Teresita Fernández’s Shifting Sculptural Landscapes

Also: Kamasi Washington, “The Outsiders” reviewed, Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival, and more.
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What We’re Reading

Annals of Gastronomy

Mastering the Art of Making a Cookbook

Working with Julia Child and a host of author-chefs, the editor Judith Jones transformed American kitchens.
Under Review

The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far

Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Under Review

Why We Choose Not to Eat

Can the decision to forgo food be removed from the gendered realm of weight-loss culture?
Page-Turner

Fifteen Essential Cookbooks

The kitchen guides that New Yorker writers and editors can’t do without.
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What We’re Eating

The Food Scene

The Return, Again, of the Power Lunch

Four Twenty Five, a luxe new dining room from the mega-restaurateur Jean-Georges Vongerichten, takes square aim at the expense-account crowd.
The Food Scene

Mexican-ish Fine Dining, with Detours

Corima offers attention-grabbing tortillas, Japanese flourishes, and an ambitious tasting menu that hasn’t quite found its stride.
On and Off the Menu

In the Kitchen with the Grande Dame of Jewish Cooking

Any home cook who’s hosted a Passover Seder or a Rosh Hashanah dinner has likely consulted a recipe by Joan Nathan.
Tables for Two

Hyper-Telegenic Noodles, at Okiboru House of Udon

The beguilingly wide Himokawa udon noodles at this new East Village spot are already famous, thanks to fervent foodie TikTokers.

What We’re Watching

The Front Row

“The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed” Is a Deceptively Plain Masterpiece

Joanna Arnow’s new film mines the comic potential of distance and framing, in an examination of degradations large and small.
The Theatre

“Stereophonic” and “Cabaret” Turn Up the Volume on Broadway

David Adjmi’s cult-hit play features seventies-inspired rock songs by Will Butler, while Eddie Redmayne presides over a demonic version of the Kit Kat Club.
The Front Row

“Civil War” Is a Tale of Bad News

Alex Garland’s grim political fantasy about secession and violence revolves around a war photographer but has little to say about the making and consumption of news images.
The Front Row

The Rediscovery of a Depression-Era Masterpiece

A new restoration of Frank Borzage’s “Man’s Castle,” starring Loretta Young and Spencer Tracy, showcases the visionary Hollywood director’s lusty yet spiritual artistry.

What We’re Listening To

Pop Music

The Tortured Poetry of Taylor Swift’s New Album

“The Tortured Poets Department” has moments of tenderness. But it suffers from being too long and too familiar.
Pop Music

Olivia Rodrigo’s Relatable Superstardom on the Guts Tour

The pop star appears to revel in pleasure—even when she knows that whatever it is she’s thirsting after will probably get her into trouble.
Podcast Dept.

What a Right-Wing Militia Sounds Like, from the Inside

“Chameleon: The Michigan Plot” is the latest podcast to show how extremist groups pair dangerous beliefs with an ordinary desire for community.

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Goings On

It’s Taylor Swift Day, Again

Upon the release of “The Tortured Poets Department,” an appraisal, and a Pick Three.
Goings On

Alex Garland and Park Chan-wook Reckon with America

Also: the Martha Graham Dance Company celebrates its centennial, Method Man & Redman play Terminal 5, “The People’s Joker” parodies the Batman universe, and more.
Goings On

Andrew Scott Joins the Pantheon of Talented Mr. Ripleys

Also: a Polaroid-inspired oratorio at PAC NYC, the mesmerizing art of Francesca Woodman, a documentary about Kim’s Video, and more.
The Food Scene

Caribbean Staples Made “Healthy as a Motha”

HAAM, in Williamsburg, veganizes Dominican and Trinidadian food without diminishing it.
Goings On

Harrowing Melodrama in “A Different Man”

Also: Emotion experiments in “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show,” the art of Sonia Delaunay, Reyna Tropical’s electro-cumbia, and more.
Tables for Two

Exquisite Beach Vibes at Quique Crudo

A seafood-focussed counter from the owners of Casa Enrique—the first Mexican restaurant in the city to earn a Michelin star—opens in the West Village.
Goings On

Peter Morgan’s “Patriots” Heads to Broadway

Also: The soft-rock palette of Arlo Parks, the tearjerker musical “The Notebook,” Eric Fischl’s paintings of bourgeois cocoons, and more.
The Food Scene

Café Carmellini Is Fine Dining That Knows a Good Time

Andrew Carmellini’s latest venture is a serious, sophisticated restaurant, with white linens on the tables and bow-tied service captains, but it never sacrifices a sense of fun.