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None of the ingredients is discernibly Japanese. And few customers would guess that the presentation derives from a kaiseki concept involving twin peaks hugging a waterfall. "A diner might not recognize the Japanese influence," says Nish, surveying his work in the kitchen of March, his exclusive Manhattan restaurant. "But the influence is significant...
...find it hard to believe that scientists can accurately predict what kind of weather we will have in 100 years. Last month we in the New York metropolitan area heard alarming predictions of 2 ft. of snow in Manhattan, but we ended up getting just a few inches. If looking only a couple of days into the future can produce a weather-forecast goof like that, how can anyone accurately predict what the effects of global warming will be 100 years from now? PAUL MCGRAW Rockville Centre...
DIED. MICHAEL RITCHIE, 62, director whose films, including The Candidate, Smile and Downhill Racer, often portrayed the unforeseen pitfalls of success; of prostate cancer; in Manhattan. Ritchie also directed Fletch, The Golden Child and The Bad News Bears...
...nation's food capitals, a few restaurant owners are responding with design changes. At Marika, a 10,000-sq.-ft. place recently opened in Manhattan, owner Don Evans and his partners spent $3 million on a renovation that included specially padded chairs, ceiling panels, a padded back wall and triple-insulated glass between dining room and kitchen. "We worried it would be too loud," says Evans. "But you can talk softly when it's full." At another new Manhattan restaurant, Chinoiserie, architect Wid Chapman upholstered the ceiling and padded the back wall to mitigate the waterfall's rush...
Jack Quinn, the lawyer and lobbyist who pleaded Marc Rich's case for a last-minute pardon to Bill Clinton, made his third appearance before a Manhattan grand jury in the federal pardons investigation this week, sources tell TIME. Quinn, a former White House counsel who took the pardon request straight to his former boss, has been grilled on the extent and content of his contacts with executive branch officials and others, as well as his fee arrangements with Rich, according to people familiar with the inquiry...