Sitemap - 2023 - The Melt by Jason Diamond

Drape Yourself in Musso & Frank Red

Weekly Kvetch: Christmas Menus and Salad Dressing

The Mafia Mamas We Overlooked Along the Way

Weekly Kvetch: People Who Pay for Tote Bags

This Was a Year of Very Good Books

Emilie Hawtin Is A Master of the White Suit

The Second Annual Melt Awards!

André 3000's Vibes and John Mayer's G-Shock

Leonard Bernstein's Radical Chic Real Estate

Jim Harrison's Art of Party Gossip

At Least It's Cardigan Season

America Has Two Great Chain Sub Sandwiches

It's John Fahey Season, My Friends

What Was the Tasting Menu?

The Dining Scene as a Dying Art

My Nathan Fielder Night

Carmy's Jacket and Movies From 1973

Capturing the Moment in the Age of Instagram

The Upstate Retirement Plan

Diamond's Guide to Autumn, 2023

Bodega Guy Fashion and Fake-ish Rolexes

Nick Cave's Sacred and Profane

Talking Heads and Sweaty Walks

The Last Great Preppy Revival

The Summer Wind

Carol Kane Shirts and Karaoke Landmarks

That 1980s Bowling Alley Smell

Wrap Up Summer With a GenLit Novel

Sailboats, Rabbi Tailors and Autumn Chinos

Fernet-Branca Is The Bartender's Secret Handshake

French Suits and Hack Directors

Shorts and Socks Season

Red Restaurants and Boring Labels

The Righteous Gemstones Meet Tony Soprano

Enter the Chicken Burger

Upper West Side Sex Cults and Good Hats

Diamond's Guide to New York City

Luke O'Neil's Very Real Fiction

Schvitzing During Eric Rohmer Summer

Tony Bennett Never Went Anywhere

The Case for Hot Armand Goldman Summer

Leopard Print and Spielberg's Lost Merch

The Sophisticated Summer Jam

Cowboy Prep and the Friends We Made Along the Way

Kevin Kline's Great American Sandwich

The Bear and The Bagels

Reading the Heir of Sorrows

Deadhead Meets Coastal Nonna

In Praise of Creepy Wisconsin in Bushwick

Bulletproof Chicken Wings and Nutcrackers

What Your Framed Movie Poster Says About You

Help Heat Up The Melt

Wildfire Baklava and the Writing Waitress

The Best Ever Death Metal Novel Out of Brooklyn

Meg White and Not Great Gadsby

I Don't Like Cocktail Menus

Jeremy Strong and Dallas Bagels

Confessions of a Steely Dan Fan

Fake Accents and Bummer Psychedelic Clinics

Our National French Fry Decline

Land Rovers and Expensive Shrimp Cocktails

The New York Review of Memes

The Art of the Limited Edition Pickle Drop

I'm Enjoying the Writing Marathon

Kebabs and '90s Indie Rock Diners

Understanding the Jewish x Italian Handshake

Blood In Goop Cruise Out

The Pure Joy of Eating at Superiority Burger

Rolexes and Stuffed Bagels

In Praise of Weird, British Eccentric Style

We Should Write More Letters

The Greatest NYC Restaurant Movie Ever

To All Manhattan Bathrooms I've Loved Before

Dick Tracy Green, David Lynch Blue

Jason Molina's Rust Belt Blues Masterpiece

The Schvitz Diaries Pt. 3: Upstate Sauna

Appetizers for Dinner

Lifestyles of the Rich and Tacky

Mikael Kennedy Is Just a Rug Dealer

The Joys of Jazz Books, Daddy-O!

My Boys Don't Moisturize

Vintage Raymond Chandler

The Beautiful American Loneliness of Poker Face

The Schvitz Diaries Pt. 2: World Spa

The Joy of the Cover Song

Living on Tulsa King Time

The Schvitz Diaries Pt. 1

Glass Onions on The Menu

Cocktails in the Hot Tub