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January 4, 2010

Cover Story

Where to Eat 2010

While New Yorkers’ appetite for good food remains unaffected by the economy, our annual survey of must-eats changes with the times.

On the Cover: Bucatini All’Amatriciana from Maialino. Photograph by Hannah Whitaker/New York Magazine.

Features

4,000 Pages and Counting

Larry Kramer’s outrage changed the course of AIDS. Now, with his still-unfinished epic about America’s hidden gay past, he’s rewriting history again.
The Escape Artist

Ronald Tackmann’s ingenious prison breakouts—and his jailhouse sculptures of soap and toilet paper—have made him a legend of the penal system.
Herr Zeitgeist

The rise of Klaus Biesenbach, MoMA’s Übersocial, very German curator at large—and the new head of P.S.1.

Intelligencer

Culture

Columns

Let the Good Times Roll

Might the recovery be more robust than widely expected? Wall Street’s most respected pessimist thinks so.

Agenda

Local Heros

Café Boulud alums Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone open Torrisi Italian Specialties.

Strategist

Departments

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