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January 4, 1999 Issue
"The real first steps to peace are giving the parties something to lose if there is war. If you are mutually interdependent, then why would you disturb that?" GROUND RULES: Not everything in every issue appears on our website. If it is available online, the article title appears below as acolored, underlined "hot link," which you can click on to read the full text; ifthe article title below is black, the full text of the article is notavailable online. For more information on getting copies or reprints of articlesthat aren't on our web site, call New York Magazine's Information ServicesDepartment at 212-508-0755.
--Ariel Sharon, from "The Peacemaker"
| FEATURES In the Best of Taste BY GAEL GREENE Sussing out the elusive arepa, reveling in the new Asian fusion, weeping over pig's feet and beef cheeks, Gael Greene surveys the city's culinary landscape and renders her definitive assessment of the state of our kitchens for 1999. The Peacemaker After fifteen years in the political desert, Ariel Sharon has returned, the conciliator behind the Wye accords. The legendary general and super-hawk emerged as the unlikely confidant of Clinton and Netanyahu, while courting younger Palestinian leaders (though notably not Arafat). An exclusive interview with the Israeli foreign minister. Being There They frequented Plato's Retreat and Hellfire; her words showed up in his fiction. Jerzy Kosinski's lover for four years and intimate for the last decade of his life, Steiber wasn't surprised when he committed suicide, as her account of life with the haunted genius reveals. GOTHAM DEPARTMENTS Bill Bradley's back in the game -- is it too late to matter?
| MARKETPLACE Best Bets BY CORKY POLLAN Color for the table and the torso Smart City Buzzing East Side art galleries are a cut above, if not cutting edge Sales & Bargains Designer Pixie Yates's home pampering tricks THE ARTS Thin Red Line is more poem than war story; Hanks and Ryan together again Theater Parade's a powerhouse, not a punchline; Blue Room's ice-cool Art Kiefer confronts Germany's past
| Classical Music BY PETER G. DAVIS Powder Her Face proves young Thomas Adès isn't overrated Dance Redha's S&M-flavored eye candy Television A ripping adaptation of Dickens CUE Intelligencer Classifieds |