No Reservations: Frank Vitale Goes Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain in Naples
New York filmmaker Frank Vitale gives Flâneur Magazine an exclusive behind the scenes glimpse of filming No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain. Drawing from his travel diary, Mr. Vitale remembers a sun drenched week in Campania that would prove to be any food lover’s dream. Darren Richard Carlaw: A behind the scenes glance of the filming...
The New York Literary Flâneur: A Syllabus
New York is the ultimate walking city. If ever a New World metropolis has seduced its inhabitants and visitors alike to play at being the flâneur, then it is the Big Apple. Despite the city’s dizzyingly exaggerated vertical axis, the street is a constant focal point. No-one climbs to the top of the Empire State...
Review: The Metropolis Organism by Frank Vitale
The metaphor of the city as organic matter is by no means a new one. In ancient Greece, Aristophanes’s Lysistrata, compared classical Athens to a tangle of wool with the insistence that all imperfections, ‘knots’, ‘snarls’ and ‘burs’ be teased out. An organic, corporeal depiction of society and its structure was further perpetuated by the...
Scatter: alt-country singer-songwriter Gem Andrews discusses her debut album
It is a bright morning, the morning after the great storm when lightning struck the Tyne Bridge and flood water cascaded down Grey Street. Newcastle upon Tyne is in a state of recovery. Landslides block Metro lines. Limpid pools lie in their tarmac troughs. I make my way past sandbagged doorways, already late. In a...
NYC: Michelin Starred Dining and the Quest for Good Food
When asked about their aspirations, the bright eyed, sharp knived contestants of the TV cookery challenge show Masterchef will more often than not reply, ‘to earn a Michelin star’. Rarely do they express the immediate desire to cook delicious food, food that will make their diners smile. This comes as somewhat of an afterthought. The...
