New Breed of Airlines Offer Luxury at Bargain Prices

By Sascha Brodsky

I decided Silverjet was the better way to fly when they started wheeling the chocolate cake down the aisle. I’m usually the economy class type and in my experience snack time means little dehydrated packs of cookies. The cake was whole as if it had been baked by a team of Silverjet grandmothers and was served on china with a generous dollop of double cream.

A widespread farming practice is adding arsenic to the food chain.

By Melinda Wenner

When Gwen Cox raised broiler chickens for Pilgrim’s Pride, she had to use poultry feed provided by the company. After a few incidents when she felt physically ill working with it — “I would start coughing and could hardly stop, or I’d get lightheaded or nauseous,” she remembers — she checked the feed labels and noticed that they listed roxarsone, an organic arsenic compound, as an ingredient. Concerned about her chickens as well as her own health, she asked Pilgrim’s Pride why she was being forced to use feed containing arsenic.

By Christy Lemire

‘27 Dresses” is so chock full of romantic-comedy clichés, it almost plays like a parody.

Katherine Heigl’s Jane is always a bridesmaid and never a bride, a role she’s performed 27 times already because she’s so adept at anticipating and meeting her friends’ every prenuptial need.

John Flansburgh (left in photo) and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants are having a bit of an identity crisis. Three days after playing a “bone-crushingly loud” show at the Beacon Theatre, the alt-rock veterans release “Here Come the 123s,” their latest children’s record. Flansburgh talked to the Resident about the challenges that come with this split-personality success. — Heather Corcoran

Where to Find Aphrodisiacs on the Plate this Valentine’s Day

By Khristina Narizhnaya

Food’s ability to titillate is as mysterious as love itself. Napoleon ate truffles – the fungus, not the chocolate – before his rendez-vous with Josephine and in the Far East, men spike their teas and soups with powdered rhinoceros horn to induce virility, said Francine Segan, a food historian and lecturer.

By Keith Kennedy

Like many New Yorkers who travel to Los Angeles for business, I frequently extend my visits through the weekend for a little fun in La-La land. Whether staying on the beach in Santa Monica or in the heart of Beverly Hills, these extended stays usually include some combination of wining, dining, seeing friends and celeb spotting.

By Hyon Jung Lee

Its winters are cold and dark, but the city is scorching hot. On a recent trip to Helsinki, the city’s progressive architecture, inspired design and innovative Finnish cuisine kept my head spinning (as did the unconventional hours that restaurant and showrooms tend to keep). Or was my head spinning from the staggering quantities of vodka I consumed in Helsinki’s brasseries, café-bars, drinking dens and pubs?

A Growing Global Venue for US Stand-up Comics
By Rory Winston

In the mid-70’s, comedian Robert Klein in a set recalled how frustrating it was to watch early

The goodies at Magnolia Bakery have the power to transform otherwise rational adults into rabid sugar fiends. Now, the sweets shop that ignited New York’s insatiable appetite for cupcakes is bringing its sugary treats – and perennially long lines – to a new location on Columbus Avenue. But no matter where you find yourself in Manhattan, you’re never far away from a cupcake fix. The Resident asked blogger Rachel Kramer Bussel, founder and one of the editors of Cupcakes Take the Cake (cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com), where to find the city’s best cupcakes. —Heather Corcoran

By Hyon Jung Lee

You’ve fallen in love with the signature shoes, and you might fall in love with the Ferragamo family’s cabernets and brunellos, too. Salvatore Ferragamo, grandson to the esteemed Italian footwear designer, has been busy expanding the Ferragamo family brand portfolio into the wine industry and agro-tourism with Il Borro. This estate in Tuscany is part of the portfolio of the family’s luxury holdings, including the fashion and accessories business, four hotels in Florence (including the Hotel Lungarno) and Nautor Swan, a yacht-building company.