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   better …”
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 * Dec. 20, 2021 Lodi Brings a Touch of Milano to Midtown Ignacio Mattos’s menu
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   Italy.
 * Dec. 17, 2021 Comedian Naomi Ekperigin’s Grub Street Diet “I’m not a white
   woman. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get away with it.”
 * Dec. 16, 2021 Jody Williams, Rita Sodi Go Domestic With the Commerce Inn
   Heirloom American recipes and tavern-style drinks in a historic West Village
   space.
 * Dec. 16, 2021 Omicron Is Here. For Restaurant Workers, It’s Déjà Vu.
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 * Dec. 15, 2021 An L.A. Chef Comes to New York Bearing Pancakes Breakfast by
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   cereal that never goes out of style but is somehow always coming into
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 * Dec. 14, 2021 What New York Will Lose If Casa Adela Closes The Loisaida
   favorite is facing a rent hike.
 * Dec. 13, 2021 Grub Street’s 20 Most-Read Stories of 2021 A peculiar year
   filled with highs, lows, and too many espresso martinis.
 * Dec. 10, 2021 Tim Blake Nelson’s Grub Street Diet “All I needed to hear was
   ‘squid-ink tagliatelle.’”
 * Dec. 9, 2021 Daniel Boulud Isn’t Done Yet A very busy hour with New York
   City’s most overworked megachef.
 * Dec. 8, 2021 Are We Ready to Be Festive? How restaurants are handling a very
   weird season for holiday parties.
 * Dec. 7, 2021 Breads Bakery’s Black-and-White Tastes As Good As It Looks If
   you can’t fix it, laminate it!
 * Dec. 7, 2021 Inside Union Square Greenmarket’s Festive Evergreenery For four
   weeks a year, some vendors rely on a distinctly inedible cash crop.
 * Dec. 6, 2021 The Spicy Mystery of New Spicy Village Has one of Chinatown’s
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The Topography of Wellness explores how we’ve gotten it wrong and the systems we
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If Manchin Kills Build Back Better, This Will Be Why
The West Virginia senator may have figured out that green-energy subsidies
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“I Was No Longer Afraid to Die. I Was Now Afraid Not to Die.”
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Politics is about making things better, not speaking truth to power. By Jonathan
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 * omicron The Best News About Omicron May Not Be About Severity The size of the
   Omicron wave is likely more important in determining its ultimate toll — and
   there are signs it will be much smaller than feared. By David Wallace-Wells
 * omicron The Silent Wave Inside the city’s hospitals fighting COVID, scores of
   doctors and nurses are suddenly out sick thanks to Omicron. By Aaron Short
   and Kevin T. Dugan
 * the pandemic The Infuriating Wait for the Youngest-Kids Vaccine Pfizer’s shot
   for children under 5 was expected soon. What happened? By Irin Carmon

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   Ex-Officer Kim Potter Found Guilty in Death of Daunte Wright Potter testified
   that she accidentally pulled her gun instead of her Taser when she shot
   Wright during an April traffic stop in Minnesota. By Nia Prater

 * covid-19 Where to Get Home COVID Tests & Why They’re So Hard to Find Biden
   said free home COVID tests won’t be available until January. Here are your
   current options, where to buy them, and why they’re often sold out. By
   Margaret Hartmann

 * covid-19 What We Know About Omicron in New York The state shattered its
   previous record of daily cases by over 10,000 on Thursday. By Intelligencer
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   are (or aren’t) worth your money, according to the creators that blew them
   up. By Daise Bedolla

 * power The Reclamation of Bimbohood The self-proclaimed bimbos of TikTok are
   finding power in fluffy pink outfits. By Laura Pitcher
 * advent calendar 2021 Gift of the Day: Nails That Will Never Chip Easy
   press-on nails you can reuse over and over again. By Kathleen Hou
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JOAN DIDION AND THE COURAGE TO SAY WHAT YOU MEAN

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 * mulbaby This Tall Child Had a Real Child John Mulaney and Olivia Munn
   welcomed a John-Munn-baby. By Rebecca Alter
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   Year My face doesn’t look like a melting Goober candle anymore. By Ambar
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WHY ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS SWITCHED TO EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP

While the news surprised many, the change was apparently a long time coming. By
Eva Hagberg
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   of Wellness explores a century of how we’ve gotten it wrong and the resilient
   systems we need to get it right. By Diana Budds
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   may be a holiday week, but there are actually quite a few wonderful rentals
   available amid the end-of-year dregs. By Jenny Xie
 * advent calendar 2021 Gift of the Day: A Sleek Stacking Decanter “Stacking
   decanters have been around for a while, but the updated lines of this one
   make it stand out from more traditional leaded-glass versions.” By Alexandra
   Ilyashov

 * look book The Look Book Goes to the Rink at Rockefeller Center We chatted
   with tourists and season-pass holders on a Sunday afternoon. By Louis Cheslaw
   and Daniel Varghese
 * cityscape Navigating New York City’s Multitude of Ketamine Clinics A rash of
   psychedelic clinics — places where you can be administered ketamine in
   zero-gravity chairs — has opened around town. By Paula Aceves
 * remembrance Richard Rogers Never Shied Away From Showing Us the Guts of
   Architecture Unlike his peers, the British architect never diluted the terror
   and thrill of modern technology and infrastructure. By Kate Wagner

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THE 55 BEST LINES FROM 2021’S GRUB STREET DIETS

“Being on the subway with a book, heading toward a meal, I honestly can’t think
of anything better …”
 * omicron At Balthazar, COVID Cases Are Up and Staff Morale Is Down “It’s like
   they don’t care at all.” By Caleb Pershan
 * interview Painting With Frankies Co-founder Frank Falcinelli “To create a
   space and then to create in the space is always very rewarding.” By Liz
   Barclay
 * reopening As Omicron Surges, Restaurants Are Scrambling Owners are extending
   temporary COVID closures into next week and next year. By Chris Crowley
 * restaurant review Lodi Brings a Touch of Milano to Midtown Ignacio Mattos’s
   menu is filled with elevated, expertly sourced classics mostly from the north
   of Italy. By Adam Platt

 * the grub street diet
   Comedian Naomi Ekperigin’s Grub Street Diet “I’m not a white woman. I don’t
   know if I’ll be able to get away with it.” By Chris Crowley

 * where to eat 66 of the Best New (or Newly Relevant) Places to Eat Here’s your
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