Monthly Archives: April 2017

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Low-carb interpretations of classic casual dining sides provide both variety in flavor and health consciousness. They are becoming increasingly more mainstream, prompting brands to be more adaptive and agile.

Baked Gourd Fries

Pumpkin Fries,-  this innovative homemade fry recipe made using freshly sliced pumpkin instead. These gourd fries are also cleverly baked making them a healthy alternative to the popular fast food side.

Veggie-Based Frozen SnacksPeas of Mind’ Veggie Snacks are designed to mimic their form in a healthier way. Rather than being made out of potato, the fries-like frozen snacks come in options including broccoli, carrot, cauliflower and even apple.

Juice Shots

Raw Food Booster Shots

Farmhouse Culture is now expanding its healthy range by making a line of probiotic beverages called ‘Gut Shots.’

The five Gut Shots come in the same flavors as Farmhouse Culture’s fermented kraut products, including Garlic Dill Pickle, Kimchi, Ginger Beet and Smoked Jalapeño. They are packed with live cultures that are essential to the maintenance of good digestion, but also play a part in satisfying savory cravings. These shots can be consumed as a healthy beverage, or added to everything from soups to salads and stir-fry dishes.

 

Judge Upholds Removal of Student’s Controversial Painting from U.S. Capitol

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA), chairman Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) and Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC)(L-R) rehang a painting on the U.S. Capitol walls after it was removed by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) on Friday because he found it offensive on January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

 

A controversial painting depicting police officers and protests in Ferguson, Missouri, will not return to the walls of the U.S. Capitol anytime soon.

On Friday, a federal court ruled against artist David Pulphus and Democratic Missouri Congressman William Lacy Clay, who brought a First Amendment lawsuit to immediately rehang the work after the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the government office which oversees that building, took it down in January.

Peggy Guggenheim Great Grands Say New York Exhibition Violates Her Legacy

Peggy Guggenheim's great-grandchildren say New York exhibition violates her legacy

Peggy Guggenheim in her palazzo in Venice (Image: Archivio Cameraphoto Epoche. Gift, Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, 2005)
Three great-grandchildren of Peggy Guggenheim are accusing the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York of defying the wishes of the late collector. The museum’s current exhibition, Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim (September 6, 2017), celebrates collectors who helped shape the foundation. It includes 21 works from the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, from major works by Duchamp, Picasso and Brâncuși, to Jackson Pollock’s Alchemy (1947), one of the artist’s greatest “drip” paintings. But three of Peggy Guggenheim’s great-grandchildren say that when she donated her Venetian palace and Modern art collection to the foundation set up by her uncle in New York, she stipulated that none of the works on show in Venice should be removed for display elsewhere between Easter and 1 November. She wanted the work to be in Venice at that time every year because it is the high tourist season in the city, and every two years this period coincides with the biennale,” says Sindbad Rumney-Guggenheim, a great-grandson of Peggy’s, who says he also speaks on behalf of his two brothers and his father. This year, “many of the collection’s major works will be in New York. That’s going to be detrimental to any tourist who’s visiting the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Rumney-Guggenheim and other family members descended from Peggy Guggenheim’s only daughter, Pegeen Vail, who predeceased her mother. They have repeatedly sued the Guggenheim Foundation in French courts, arguing that the organization has failed to respect Peggy’s wishes in its management of her collection. Their case has always been rejected, most recently by the Paris Court of Appeal in 2015.
However, Peggy Guggenheim’s will, dated 9 October 1972, states that: “It has also been agreed… that none of the artwork shall be loaned to any institution during the period from 1 April to 31 October, annually, because during this period the collection has always been on display… in my palace and it was felt that the continuance of this policy would be most desirable.”Peggy Guggenheim at the Art of This Century gallery, New York, in 1942 (Image: © AP Photos, courtesy of Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation)

Peggy Guggenheim at the Art of This Century gallery, New York, in 1942 (Image: © AP Photos, courtesy of Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation)
Peggy Guggenheim at the Art of This Century gallery, New York, in 1942 (Image: © AP Photos, courtesy of Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation)

The sale of Basquiat’s Untitled (1982) is expected to reach  million fetched by another of the artist’s untitled works sold at Christie’s in May of last year. The work is backed by a guarantee of an undisclosed amount from Sotheby’s, which is betting on the continued strength of Basquiat’s market following the Christie’s sale. The piece—which has been held by one family for over three decades—was first purchased for just $19,000 at an auction in 1984 and has not been loaned to an exhibition since. The only image of the work until now has been a small photograph in the artist’s catalogue raisonné. Among the other notable works hitting the auction block next month is a Peter Doig landscape estimated at over $25 million. The painting is likely to set a record price.

 

 

 

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Pierre Rainero,Cartier’s director of image, style and heritage says that in the beginning of the 20th century, clients invested in very big jewellery that sometimes they only got to wear once a year. That’s why some pieces were conceived to be transformed into different variations. “The origin is very pragmatic, especially with pieces like tiaras.”

This tiara by Cartier can also be a necklace. Tiaras marked the beginning of transformable jewellery.

Van Cleef & Arpels’ iconic Zip necklace was born in such context. Duchess of Windsor suggested the house to create a piece based on the zip fastener in 1938. The highly technical necklace, however, wasn’t produced until 1951 due to technical complexity.

Italian luxury maison Bulgari is also known for many delicate masterpieces that can be converted in various ways. One of the most famous pieces was a necklace-slash-tiara worn by screen siren Ingrid Bergman on the set of The Visit (1964).

Chaumet is known for its exquisite transformable high jewellery.

The creation of Zip necklaces, Bos says, also calls for a high level of techniques. The fully functioning high jewellery zipper features a mechanism supported by tiny gold cups and golden hooks that are brought together by a sliding closure. Only a few pieces of the sought-after style can be produced each year because of the complexity.

 

Restaurants

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Photographer: PAOLO TERZI Fotografo, Modena

A re-interpreted crab cake at Osteria Francescana, ranked No. 2 this year.

The Top 50 (Last year’s place in parentheses)

  1. Eleven Madison Park, New York (3)
  2. Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy (1)
  3. El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain (2)
  4. Mirazur, Menton, France (6)
  5. Central, Lima (4)
  6. Asador Etxebarri, Axpe, Spain (10)
  7. Gaggan, Bangkok (23)
  8. Maido, Lima (13)
  9. Mugaritz, San Sebastian, Spain (7)
  10. Steirereck, Vienna (9)
  11. Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, New York (48)
  12. Arpège, Paris (19)
  13. Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée, Paris (58)
  14. Restaurant André, Singapore (32)
  15. Piazza Duomo, Alba, Italy (17)
  16. D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil (11)
  17. Le Bernardin, New York (24)
  18. Narisawa, Tokyo (8)
  19. Geranium, Copenhagen (28)
  20. Pujol, Mexico City (25)
  21. Alinea, Chicago (15)
  22. Quintonil, Mexico City (12)
  23. White Rabbit, Moscow (18)
  24. Amber, Hong Kong (20)
  25. Tickets, Barcelona (29)
  26. The Clove Club, London (26)
  27. The Ledbury, London (14)
  28. Nahm, Bangkok (37)
  29. Le Calandre, Rubano, Italy (39)
  30. Arzak, San Sebastian, Spain (21)
  31. Pavillon Ledoyen, Paris (72)
  32. Attica, Melbourne (33)
  33. Astrid y Gastón, Lima (30)
  34. De Librije, Zwolle, Netherlands (38)
  35. Septime, Paris (50)
  36. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal, London (45)
  37. Saison, San Francisco (27)
  38. Azurmendi, Larrabetzu, Spain (16)
  39. Relae, Copenhagen (40)
  40. Cosme, New York (96)
  41. Ultraviolet by Paul Pairet, Shanghai (42)
  42. Boragó, Santiago (36)
  43. Reale, Castel di Sangro, Italy (84)
  44. Brae, Birregurra, Australia (65)
  45. Den, Tokyo (77)
  46. L’Astrance, Paris (57)
  47. Vendôme, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany (35)
  48. Restaurant Tim Raue, Berlin (34)
  49. Tegui, Buenos Aires (68)
  50. Hof van Cleve, Kruishoutem, Belgium (53)