How do you know if that bottle of extra-virgin olive oil is really extra-virgin? Ruth Reichl and Louis Di Palo discuss what real olive oil tastes like. Then, an exhibition of important Abstract Expressionist works at the Met. Also, Laura Lippman discusses her new crime novel based on the real-life disappearance of two sisters. Plus, Susan Faludi assesses the post-9/11 era through the lens of gender relations.
Getting Real Olive Oil
How do you know if that $9 bottle of olive oil is actually “extra-virgin”? Ruth Reichl, editor in chief of Gourmet magazine, and Louis Di Palo of the famed Di Palo specialties store on Grand Street join Leonard to discuss what real olive oil actually tastes like, from the Northern ...
Abstract Expressionism at the Met
Curator Gary Tinterow talks about “Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works,” a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The show features 55 works, including important paintings by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko.
”Abstract Expressionism and Other Modern Works” is on display until February 3, 2008. ...
What the Dead Know
Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall and their bodies were never found. Those familiar with the case have always wondered: how do you kidnap two girls without leaving behind a single clue or witness? Crime novelist Laura Lippman investigates the answer to that question in her ...
Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America
Susan Faludi provides an unexpected assessment of the post-September 11th era in The Terror Dream. Using the lens of gender relations, Ms. Faludi argues that Americans sought comfort in fables of female peril and of rescue at the hands of macho vigilantes, while feminist views were dismissed as unpatriotic.
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