Jim Leff's Slog

When I finished my obligatory year of indentured servitude with the company that had acquired Chowhound (long, surreal, hilarious story star...

The Times today published the hundred quarillionth think piece on why it's so hard to get people to drop provenly wrong assumptions (e....

From The Atlantic's  profile of Kellyanne Conway : "She's figured out that she doesn’t need to win the argument. All she has to...

My Chowhound thread discussing what made Union Square Cafe unique in its time, and explaining why many people report the new place isn'...

This was a solid "9" . Prep time: under ten minutes. As with all my cooking , this was improvised, and isn't something one co...

I sent a friend a list of current pizza I like in (loosely) the Tristate area. In roughly north-to-south order, meandering between styles, a...

I would give up my car to watch Obama frankly live blog the Trump presidency. I might even give up my home. Sleep on friends' sofas fo...

I've been straining to articulate my ambivalence about spotting new venues (nightclubs, etc) in Manhattan that push my "looks fun!...

I've mentioned several times that Twitter is telling the story of Trump's downfall a month ahead of mainstream media. Mainstream pre...

The Obama wiretapping accusations are Trump's desperate attempt to pre-delegitimize the damning evidence soon to emerge from the various...