Why I haven’t created a tomato-cannabis hybrid
I’m known as a ‘budding plant scientist’ in the village, but homemade GMOs?
Spectator Life
An intelligent mix of culture, style, travel, food and property, as well as where to go and what to see.
Can American restaurants thrive in Britain?
‘I’m expecting to see a savage Carbone review anytime soon’
In awe of Fuji-san
Glamping in the foothills of the iconic volcano that won’t let you out of her sight
October 13, 2025
In memory of Saul Zabar
Like so many Manhattanites, I felt I knew the self-described ‘lox-smith’ personally
October 10, 2025
Why weed is the most dangerous drug in America
Until we recognize this beast for what it is, it will continue to stomp across the nation unchecked
By order of the non-doctor
RFK Jr. advises against circumcision
October 7, 2025
LeBron’s ‘Second Decision’ wasted everyone’s time
Why is the greatest basketball player of our era trying to compete with influencers?
The reality of raising an autistic child
My son, 42, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome on his 13th birthday in 1996
The Emmys are a waste of time
The good news about these execrable awards shows is that they tend to expose who these people are in real life
There’s more to pumpkins than you might think
Some supposedly inanimate things really and truly have tears
Don’t let science stop you from baking
Thanks to modern conveniences, it’s not to be feared
In praise of the Acropolis Museum Café and Restaurant
The menu includes many of the greatest hits along with enough neologisms to excite
The theater of the Galápagos Islands
The stars of the show were the sea lions
October 2, 2025
Is Randi Weingarten America’s most divisive woman?
While hawking her book, Weingarten suggested the US is under ‘Nazi occupation’
September 29, 2025
Why is Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl?
Globalization is coming for America’s most popular sport
Why Chicago Teachers Union lionized a terrorist
The post, praising Assata Shakur, exposed a union more focused on ideology than education
September 28, 2025
Why the left wants you to be weak
A worldview in which fitness signals vanity, privilege, ableism and even conservatism
September 23, 2025
Why Eleven Madison Park had to put meat back on the menu
Besides a handful of hippies, the market just isn’t there yet for such a vast variety of vegan menus
Why I was right to ban vegans
You cannot maintain a financially stable business by restricting the dietary options
Is ‘carbon butter’ really good for us?
As with pretty much all of these ‘foods of the future’ we simply don’t know what long-term consumption will do to us
My quest for the perfect Christmas broccoli
Come December, the stem will snap clean, releasing the cold-green scent of chlorophyll and victory
Is this America’s most racist town?
At home with the leader of the KKK
September 22, 2025
Tyl and error
Donald Trump advised pregnant women not to take Tylenol
September 19, 2025
Robert Munsch’s license to die
Canada has granted the hugely successful children’s author permission for medical assistance in dying
September 17, 2025
Rand Paul needles fired CDC director Susan Monarez
Part of a slow-moving ongoing referendum on America’s disastrous Covid policies
September 13, 2025
Don’t let Serena bully you into taking the fat shot
If the queen of tennis can no longer nail diet and exercise 101, then what hope for us mere mortals?
September 9, 2025
Inside the cult of Equinox
Fueled by a mysterious marketing campaign, the gym now has more than 100 outposts
Locatelli has entered the premier league of museum dining
The best Italian chefs walk the line between history and the future
Confessions of a bear hunter
I’d never killed one before. I’d hunted other animals: deer, rabbits, doves, ducks, turkeys and so on