Innholdsfortegnelse for June/July 2016 i Esquire

Dwight Garner AUTHOR OF “SHORT AND SWEET,” PAGE 34 Credentials: Book critic for The New York Times. This summer you’ll find him: Reading Don DeLillo’s Zero K. Drinking: A martini. Best thing about being alive in 2016: “Sara Mearns at the New York City Ballet.” Worst thing about being alive in 2016: “The Twitter Indignati.” Favorite renegade: James Agee. Max Vadukul PHOTOGRAPHER OF “THREE FOR THE ROAD,” PAGE 94 Credentials: His work has appeared in The New Yorker, W, Rolling Stone, Town & Country, and more, as well as his book, Max. This summer you’ll find him: Finishing his second book, as yet untitled, from Rizzoli (due this fall). Drinking: An American microbrew. Which he says: “Puts English beer in the bin.” Best thing about being alive in 2016: “I…

HERE’S TO JAMES PATTERSON, the thriller writer, for his plan to jump-start America’s reading compulsion. He’s the force behind Book-Shots, a new series of short, plot-heavy paperbacks meant to be consumed in a sitting. He’s going to sell them cheap—five bucks a throw—and in places where books aren’t sold anymore, like drugstores and grocery stores. He wants, more or less, to bring back the spinner rack. Great idea! The name is sweet, too. BookShots. Sounds like you should finish one and then suck on a lime. The good news here is obvious: more books, easier to find. The bad news is just as obvious: James Patterson. He’s an assembly-line writer whose books read like assembly-line moldings. He’s going to be “presenting” the stories in the BookShots series when he’s not…

FLIGHT. X-RAY VISION. The ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound. All impressive for sure. Now just imagine what Superman might whip up if he knew his way around the kitchen. That’s pretty much what David Gelb did while developing his Netflix documentary series, Chef ’s Table. “These chefs have special powers,” he says. “They’re able to create food that nobody else does.” And as with any superhero worth his Maldon salt, the intrigue lies in the origin story. In season one, which debuted in 2015, Gelb dug into the creation myths of world-famous chefs such as Massimo Bottura and Magnus Nilsson. This season (bingeable now), there’s one origin story—and dish— that particularly captivates him: that of molecular gastronomist Gaggan Anand (above left), of the Bangkok restaurant Gaggan.…

WHO SAYS you can’t improve upon perfection? Especially in the case of the sunglass brands that updated their iconic styles this season. Ray-Ban curved the lenses of its ’80s-defining Clubmaster (think Denzel in Malcolm X and Mr. Orange in Reservoir Dogs) to fashion the Clubround. Vuarnet, the go-to for ’80s skiers (and outfitter of the Dude in The Big Lebowski and 007 in Spectre), modernized its 1957 debut, the 02, by minimizing the lenses. For the new 8649, Persol slimmed the rims and arms of its 649—made famous by Marcello Mastroianni in Divorce, Italian Style (for which he received an Oscar nomination). Randolph Engineering added a brow bar to its P-3 Submariners, worn by the Navy 20 years ago (we still don’t know why you’d need sunglasses on a sub),…

IN SUMMERS PAST, men’s fragrances have been light and citrusy, which is to say predominantly one-note and short-lived. In defiance, several new scents anchor those evanescent notes in a dense foundation—less a bouquet than a thicket—and offer daylong oomph, complexity, and surprise. Tom Ford’s Neroli opens with orange notes but dries into leather. After a flash of bergamot, Dior’s Sauvage becomes salty and woody. Le Labo blends bay leaves and musk; Byredo counters cedar with rose; and patchouli runs through the layers of tangerine and rum in Frédéric Malle’s Monsieur. Each has depths worth diving into.…

Good Luck 50 Anderson Avenue, Rochester, New York Why you’re here: Even though Good Luck bills itself primarily as a restaurant, its bartenders have been making craft cocktails since 2008 at the big square bar right in the center of the room. It’s loud, boisterous, busy. It’s also excellent, even down to the (okay, now cliché) on-tap Moscow Mule, which they liven up, unconventionally, with a splash of Scotch ale. What you’re having: A New York Sour. Recipe by Chuck Cerankosky of Good Luck In a shaker, muddle 3 Demerara sugar cubes and ¾ oz fresh lemon juice. Add ice along with 2 oz bourbon and shake some more. Strain the cocktail, discard the ice, add an egg white, shake, and then strain again into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass. Using…

MY MOTHER, who was a Ziegfeld Girl, gave me only one piece of advice, which has lasted down the decades. “When you go to sleep,” she said, “think happy thoughts.” I think of fishing. I put myself in a canoe on a pond I know in Hudson, New York, and fish the right bank. I begin at the dock, casting my chartreuse topwater frog beside the biscuit-colored reeds and working slowly down, past the sunken logs, toward the bank at the far end, where the lily pads are so thick that the boat can’t easily move. There’s a tempting patch of open dark water at the back, where, if you can get close enough, a well-aimed cast will certainly yield a bass. I’m usually asleep before I get there. Sometimes,…

THE FIRST FRANCESCO This beloved saint, rendered by van Dyck, was never honored with a papal name—until a renegade was told “Don’t forget the poor” and thought of him. FRANCIS 79, pope RULE-BREAKING 101: “Who am I to judge?” With this response, in 2013, to a Brazilian journalist’s request for comment on the allegations that the Vatican’s newly appointed bank prelate was gay, the pontiff shook Catholicism to its core. Meanwhile, rumors still swarm about his role in the 1970s as the leader of the Argentinian Jesuits during Argentina’s “Dirty War,” in which the country’s broader Catholic Church did nothing to resist the military regime that hunted and killed suspected dissidents. THE BENEFITS OF BEING HIM: 1.2 billion disciples. POSSIBLE SECRET TO HIS SUCCESS: Refuses to live in the opulence…

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We shouldn’t need to say more than that: free grill. But to explain, we’re giving away a free (never used) grill to one lucky person. Specifically, we’re giving away a Traeger Pro Series 34, which has a total cooking surface of 884 square inches—enough, they say, to cook fifty-five burgers at once. It also lets you smoke some brisket with hardwood pellets, low and slow and aided by, if you choose, digital controls. In addition to the free grill, that one lucky person will win a $2,500 gift certificate to the patio-furniture emporium Hayneedle. (Ten runners-up will receive a copy of Project Smoke, the latest book from five-time James Beard award winner and barbecue-pit maestro Steven Raichlen.) For a chance to win the free grill, turn to page 138 or head…

Excerpted from The Accidental Life: An Editor’s Notes on Writing and Writers, to be published in August by Alfred A. Knopf. GEORGE PLIMPTON AND I decided to visit Hunter after he sent me a photograph of himself sinking a 30-foot putt at the Aspen Golf Club. He signed it to me with Res Ipsa Loquitur across the image, and therewas a message onthe back:Come out and play golf with me sometime— bring George—and money; I will beat both of you like mules. Hunter’s Owl Farm had seen numerous visitations far more exalted than ours. Jimmy Carter and Keith Richards,amongdozens of others,had passed through, sometimes shooting clay pigeons and improvised targets in themeadownext to the house. After all, Owl Farm was designated a “Rod andGunClub” onHunter’s stationery. Bill Murray had come…

ANTOINE WESTERMANN has always had a rebellious streak. For nearly four decades, his brash but elegant spin on old-school haute cuisine won over the world’s most discerning diners at his Strasbourg farmhouse restaurant, Le Buerehiesel, in his native Alsace. By the mid-’90s, he was considered one of the top chefs in France, known for his intense, primal sauces—saffron on lobster, blood on wild duck. He was rewarded with three Michelin stars, which he held until 2006, when, in a characteristically gutsy move, he handed them back. Westermann was done with fine dining. “I wanted to be more accessible, to leave behind the universe of luxury,” says the chef, now 70 years old. He then settled in Paris, where he’d opened a satellite bistro, Mon Vieil Ami, nine years earlier. “I…

8:45 A.M., April 14, Allen’s cutting room, Manhattan Film Center. “Thanks for coming so early,” he says. “Come on in.” MARK WARREN: So your mother wanted you to be a pharmacist? WOODY ALLEN: Yes. MW: Ever think about what that would’ve been like— what kind of pharmacist you would’ve made? WA: I would never have made it to be a pharmacist, because I was very bad in school. So I would’ve had peripheral jobs, like a poker player or a gambler or something. I had two years of mandatory Spanish in high school. When I went to college, I took freshman Spanish as though I had never had Spanish before and still failed it. So if I couldn’t have gone into show business, those were the kinds of things—playing cards,…

SPEEDO. Let’s be honest: The mere mention of the word makes all American men cringe. It conjures up the horrors of mandatory high school swimming class or hirsute men tanning their bulging bellies along the French Riviera, all but turning your pricey Eurozone beach holiday into a tawdry visit to a near-nudist colony. Mainly, this is because almost no one looks good in a suit of this size, and I imagine I am no exception. Like you, I am a man of these times, and with that comes responsibility. I hit the gym when I can, but most of my exercise comes from chasing around two young children—or sweating over commas. My job as an editor can lead to long hours in the office and obligatory drinks or dinner afterward.…

On January 30, 1977, almost half the population of the United States tuned in to the finale of Roots, ABC’s cultural phenomenon of a miniseries about one family’s intergenerational journey from slavery to freedom. This Memorial Day—and over the next three nights— the story of Kunta Kinte (portrayed this time around by Malachi Kirby, above) gets a retelling on the History channel. The lens is different and the budget is bigger, but the story remains as crucial as ever.…

THE BRITISH watch company Bremont has built a formidable reputation for its exacting aviation wares for almost 15 years. It’s worked with Martin Baker (the pioneer of jet-fighter ejector seats) and engineers at companies such as Boeing to build its certified chronometers. Its very name is taken from the owner of a pea field in which its founding brothers once force-landed their de Havilland Gipsy Moth. This summer, Bremont adds sailing to its stable with the America’s Cup Regatta watch, which marks the company’s role as official timekeeper for the America’s Cup race and Oracle Team USA, the current title holder. (A fragment of the carbon-fiber foil from the winning Oracle boat in the last America’s Cup is embedded in the crown of each Regatta watch.) Oracle is currently squaring…

WITH SWIM TRUNKS, the middle ground is not only okay—it’s the only way. Too long and you’ll feel like a superannuated spring-breaker. Too short? A refugee from Baywatch. Midthigh and neither baggy nor tight is optimal. With respect to patterns, block color is uninteresting and Hawaiian prints are predictable and loud. But something subtler, vaguely ethnic in vibe, and nautical in hue (see the above) flatters most skin tones. It also “shows confidence, attention to detail, enjoyment,” says George Sotelo, founder of Thorsun, one of the ascendant swimwear specialists of today who have perfected fit, fabric, and that vital blend of playfulness and restraint. The key is to achieve a balance between pattern and color. For example, brightness should be matched with simplicity; reserved colors with complexity. To that end,…

Considering provenance and timeliness with master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, crafter of the latest (his fourth) fragrance for Burberry, the quintessential Anglo men’s-wear heritage brand. ESQUIRE: With so many scents that smell quite similar, how did you differentiate Mr. Burberry? FRANCIS KURKDJIAN: The story is very important. With this fragrance, we wanted to reference a British male perfumery in the 19th century as well as the classic black trench coat. But the challenge is to find coherence between the brand you work for and who you are. ESQ: Mr. Burberry has a modern feel. FK: You feel like it’s going to be clean. But as time goes by, you get to the skin more and more. It’s fresh, but not too sexy. ESQ: Where did you find that? FK: I’m inspired…

SHE AND THE ARCHITECT WERE HAVING SOME FANCY DRINKS TOGETHER AT A BEACH LOUNGE WHEN HIS EX-WIFE FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE SHOWED UP NAKED WITH A SINGLESHOTGUN GUN THAT WAS USED IN THE FRANCOPRUSSIAN WAR—IT WAS A QUAINT PIECE HANGING ON THE WALL IN THEIR HOUSE WHEN HE WAS AT DARTMOUTH—AND SCREAMING. THE WHOLE BAR CLEARED OUT, INCLUDING JANE. THE EX-WIFE TRIED TO GET THE ARCHITECT WITH THE BAYONET. SHE TOOK OFF THE WHOLE WALL MURAL BEHIND HIM AND HE WAS ROLLING AROUND UNDER TABLES. THEN SHE TRIED TO COCK THE GUN. THE POLICEMAN WHO’D COME IN GOT SCARED AND LEFT. —“LOVE TOO LONG,” BY BARRY HANNAH, JANUARY 1977 She rubbed the palms of her hands together as if she were washing with soap and water, shifted her eyes away, and…

At 79, an age when many great novelists are strategically pruning their archives, Don DeLillo is still writing with a fearlessness typically associated with so-called emerging talents less than half his age. His new novel, Zero K, is an astonishment, one of the author’s most moving, a visceral reckoning with the death-fear that has haunted his fiction from the start. It serves as a capstone of an unlikely truth: that DeLillo is one of America’s greatest religious novelists, even if God went missing from his life and work an eternity ago. In novels built around enigmas such as JFK’s assassination, Hitler, and the CIA, DeLillo has offered the invisible, allencompassing web of conspiracy theory as America’s truest mystery religion, where atavistic cravings for meaning abide in the grimy details. Zero…

With mature birds out of reach for most home cooks, replicating Le Coq Rico’s gold-standard chicken remains a challenge for now: D’Artagnan sells its 80-day-old Green Circle chickens online only, in boxes of six, for $120. Westermann’s roastchicken recipe, though, will work wonders with even the saddest sallow-skinned grocerystore bird. ROAST CHICKEN BY ANTOINE WESTERMANN Serves 4 • 1 chicken, about 4 lb (the oldest you can find) • ¼ cup butter, room temperature • ¼ cup olive oil • salt • freshly ground black pepper > Preheat oven to 400 degrees. > Rub half the butter all over the inside of the chicken. Generously sprinkle salt and pepper. Cut the remaining butter into ½-inch chunks and rub them all over the skin. Brush olive oil onto the skin. Generously…

Born: December 1, 1935 Which makes him: 80 Birth name: Allan Stewart Konigsberg Which he changed to: Heywood Allen, at the age of 17. Hometown: Midwood, Brooklyn First foray into writing: Cold-mailing jokes to newspaper columnists as a teenager. Which caught the eye of: A Manhattan publicity firm, which offered him $25 a week to write 50 jokes a day. Other early diversions: Magic tricks, comic books, baseball, and jazz music. The last of which he learned by: Calling up Fats Waller’s clarinetist Gene Sedric at 17 and asking for lessons. At a rate of: Two dollars an hour. Which eventually led to: A weekly gig with the New Orleans Funeral and Ragtime Orchestra that began in 1971; you can still catch him today at New York’s Café Carlyle. Other…

WHEN PAULA GERBASE, the 33-yearold Savile Row alum with her own small label (1205) and a penchant for wearing men’s shoes, became the first artistic director of readyto-wear shoemaking house John Lobb in 2014, she was given free rein to reconsider its traditions— even the distinctive narrow, elegant last. Many such time-honored features are rooted in John Lobb’s beloved yet restrained brogues and oxfords. Gerbase’s creations modernized such splendors for a wider and, dare we say, less stodgy set without compromising their sensibility. Her best offering this summer is the squishy suede Drift derby, particularly the version in slate gray. Its supple, unlined suede all but demands one abandon his socks—a thought unthinkable at John Lobb barely two years ago.…

TO WORRY ABOUT the manliness of a tote is unmanly itself. Totes are great tools— provided they satisfy a few requirements. The tote at the top, a collaborative effort between Todd Snyder and Japanese bag designer the Superior Labor, is for the weekend: capacious and tough, capable of handling a pile of wet towels. The undyed vegetable-tanned cowhide handle and strap (reinforced with four brass rivets at each end) will age well, and the natural-ecru 24-ounce canvas will dirty up nicely. (The zipper can keep things private, but, really, this is a bucket with handles.) The second option is made by Mark Cross, a label that began in Boston way back in 1845 as a saddler, like all the best leather-goods brands. (For trivia buffs: When the company relocated to…

PLUS : 5 OF THE BEST BAR COCKTAILS TO MAKE AT HOME & 16 ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR THE ULTIMATE HOME BAR TEN YEARS AGO, my editors at Esquire came up with the idea of putting together a list of America’s best bars— not the best new cocktail bars or sports bars or brunch bars or whatever, but the best bars irrespective of type. As the magazine’s Drinks Correspondent, I was to be the pointman on the project. What I didn’t know was that I’d be reporting from the front lines of a revolution in how and where Americans drink. Back then, in 2006, if you knew where to go in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and a few other towns, you could find a place where the young man or…

JUST LIKE HEMINGWAY’S TAKE on going broke, the elevation of sneakers from athletic afterthought to high-performance statement of style happened gradually and then all of a sudden. You can, in fact, trace a straight line from your grandfather’s comfortable walking shoes all the way to Kanye’s 750 Boosts (now available on the secondary market for a cool four figures). Along this march of progress we see Chuck Taylor, Stan Smith, and Michael Jordan. And then the arrival of the New Balance 990 (courtesy of Steve Jobs), after which we come to the present, when fashion designers and artisanal shoemakers everywhere seem to be pushing the boundaries— and price—of a footwear that finally feels as good as it looks. FOR STORE INFORMATION SEE PAGE 142. SET DESIGN BY PETER TRAN FOR…