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If Johnny Carson was TV's aloof arbiter of taste, Merv Griffin, who died Aug. 12 at 82, was the welcoming show-biz uncle who seemed to want everyone he brought on his talk show to become a star--including Richard Pryor and George Carlin, whose careers he helped launch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The TV Mogul with the Common : Merv Griffin | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

If they hadn't been invited to El Bulli by Documenta, the Flögels would have been set back nearly $500 for dinner. When it was over, Franziska, an architect, and Gerhard, a civil engineer, had succumbed to Adrià's peculiar magic. "This is a new way to create taste...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: Spain | 8/16/2007 | See Source »

On Monday, a chapter was closed in the social history of New York City: a great dame, the arbiter of New York society, died without leaving any successors. Brooke Astor, who passed away at age 105, was a combination of the Victorian age, with all its wit and elegance, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering the First Lady of New York | 8/15/2007 | See Source »

Mrs. Astor never talked about money or jewelry or any of the trappings of wealth as a measure of men and women. She talked about taste and about community service. And of course, she talked about New York. She believed in the city. She loved it, not only its crown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remembering the First Lady of New York | 8/15/2007 | See Source »

Despite the surge in illicit caviar making it onto the tables of Britain's restaurants, purists insist that there's no comparison between the bootleg version and the real thing. Experts claim that a caviar's quality can be tested by placing a little between thumb and forefinger. Once eaten...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Caviar, Off the Back of a Truck | 8/13/2007 | See Source »

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