Restaurant Review: Missy Robbins’s Lowest Key Pasta Paradiso

[ad_1] Despite the dozen or so shapes of pasta available in the to-go case, Misipasta offers only two pastas on the dine-in menu, but two is enough. The spaghetti, subtle and nourishing, is cooked just to the stern side of al dente, then tossed with garlicky butter emulsified with the starchy pasta cooking water, and… Continue reading Restaurant Review: Missy Robbins’s Lowest Key Pasta Paradiso

Understanding the Emmy writing nominees’ key moments

[ad_1] The critical instant within an Emmy nominated episode — what we here at The Envelope like to call its “key scene” — is often best-defined by the writer (or writers) who crafted it. But in this unusual Emmy season in which writers are on strike, we’ve reached out to producers, editors and directors to… Continue reading Understanding the Emmy writing nominees’ key moments

Why disabled workers are key to writers’ and actors’ strikes

[ad_1] Keisha Zollar is no stranger to the picket line. She’d been on strike with the WGA for weeks before her second guild, SAG-AFTRA, joined the writers. “I’m [on] double strike,” Zollar tells The Times. “How do I feel? How many expletives can I say? It’s simmering frustration at the minimization of the value of… Continue reading Why disabled workers are key to writers’ and actors’ strikes