The Aesthete

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  • What's New
    • Mind Games See what the stars have in store for the week
    • Fleur Denise Denise Porcaro of Flower Girl is a haven for flowers on Eldridge Street
    • Boardwalk Empire Atlantic City bets on new art initiative ARTLANTIC
    • Jumping for Soy Dale Talde tells us all about his one-of-a-kind soy sauce
    • Into the Wild A studio visit into the wild animal kingdom of Walton Ford
    • Grannan State Photographer Katy Grannan makes us see California's Route 99 in a whole new light
    • All About Your Mother The Aesthete's guide to Mother's Day gifts
    • It's Guys Like You, Mickey! Four spring workouts with PAPER Magazine's Mickey Boardman
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    • Personal Traina Personal Traina How Vanessa Traina earned her fashion stripes
    • heads up heads up Bonetti/Kozerski take a Manhattan walk-about
    • Sweet Summer Sweet Summer Elderflower is where it's at for Brooklyn-based People's Pops
    • Midtown Mystery Midtown Mystery With the addition of 6 1/2 Avenue, the West 50s finally get a little weird
    • Modern Modern Experience Gotham through the eyes of this modern couple
    • Higher Ground Higher Ground The High Line's curator, Cecilia Alemani
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  • Contributors
    • Meet the Contributors Read all Bios
    • Poppy de Villeneuve Auteur, "Start Your Engines"
    • Giancarlo DiTrapano Writer, "Off the Grid"
    • Christopher Sachs Photographer, "Off the Grid"
    • Derek Blasberg Editor-at-Large, "A Musing"
    • Cintra Wilson Contributing Editor, "Cintra Unleashed"
    • George Wayne Writer, "Citizen Wayne"
    • Patrick Duffy Curator, "The Word"
    • Annabel Tollman Style Editor, "In:vestiary"
    • Douglas Friedman Photographer, "Stage Craft"
    • Backyard Bill Photographer, "In:Vestiary"
    • Jumping for Soy
      Gastronomy
      Jumping for Soy

      Dale Talde tells us all about his one-of-a-kind soy sauce
    • Beauty and the Feast
      Gastronomy
      Beauty and the Feast

      Melia Marden makes an abundantly artful life into an expanding Soho foodie enterprise
    • Cumming Up Roses
      Gastronomy
      Cumming Up Roses

      Alan Cumming returns to the Great White Way as Macbeth
    • The Big Chang Theory
      Gastronomy
      The Big Chang Theory

      Super chef David Chang talks about his life in the balance
    • Hot Boites
      Gastronomy
      Hot Boites

      Insider tips on getting a seat at the hottest restaurants in the city
    • Nice Catch
      Gastronomy
      Nice Catch

      A Voce's chef falls in love with the fresh flavor of sea urchin and its sweet, floral roe

    • Spiritual Awakening
      Gastronomy
      Spiritual Awakening

      New York's distillery boom is quenching a trend for artisanal booze
    • Harlem Nights (and Days)
      Gastronomy
      Harlem Nights (and Days)

      Harlem chefs are proving that kitchen creativity now begins where Central Park comes to an end
    • Edi and The Wolf (and the Pig...)
      Gastronomy
      Edi and The Wolf (and the Pig...)

      Chef Eduard Frauneder of Edi and the Wolf shares the secret to his famous flatbreads
    • A New Mast Sails On the Seaport
      Gastronomy
      A New Mast Sails On the Seaport

      The Mast Brothers open at South Street Seaport
    • The Last Supper
      Gastronomy
      The Last Supper

      Frankies Falcinelli and Castronovo of Spuntino are a force to be reckoned with
    • A Serious Message, Said Sweetly
      Gastronomy
      A Serious Message, Said Sweetly

      Massimo LoBuglio and Arden Wohl talk cupcakes
    • Family Jewels
      Gastronomy
      Family Jewels

      Chef Michael Anthony turns up the heat
    • Table D'Hote
      Gastronomy
      Table D'Hote

      The resurgence of the chef's table with gastronomic royalty
    • Sweet Tooth
      Gastronomy
      Sweet Tooth

      Serendipity's hot chocolate enjoyed by a city girl with a reluctant sweet tooth
    • All in the Family
      Gastronomy
      All in the Family

      Tommy Hilfiger and his family talk fashion, travel and questionable cuisine
    • white hot
      Gastronomy
      white hot

      Chef April Bloomfield talks truffles
    • Just Desserts
      Gastronomy
      Just Desserts

      We've got the history on the sweetest treats in the city
    • A Well-Planned Fluke
      Gastronomy
      A Well-Planned Fluke

      Executive chef Chris Rendell dishes on his favorite dish
    • Sweet Summer
      Gastronomy
      Sweet Summer

      Elderflower is where it's at for Brooklyn-based People's Pops
    • The Edible City
      Gastronomy
      The Edible City

      Writer Leah Singer heads into Central Park to forage for dinner
    • Rapier Whit
      Gastronomy
      Rapier Whit

      Whit Stillman, dishes on food, travel and indie film
    • A Root to Remember
      Gastronomy
      A Root to Remember

      Chef Simpson Wong breathes new life into the all powerful ginseng
    • Forbidden Fruit
      Gastronomy
      Forbidden Fruit

      Heirloom apples outlawed during Prohibition have been unearthed to delicious effect
    • Reign It In
      Gastronomy
      Reign It In

      Ed Schoenfeld reminisces a meal of the rarefied Aussie King Crab
    • Porcini: From Forest to Fork
      Gastronomy
      Porcini: From Forest to Fork

      Chef Gabriel Thompson praises the elite porcini
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