Sterling Publishing to Be Revamped
Emily Meehan plans to reinvent B&s publishing division By Jim Milliot | May 07, 2021
When James Daunt took over as CEO of Barnes & Noble, he had plans to remake not only the company’s retail operation but its publishing business, as well. In the U.K., Daunt is CEO of Waterstones and also owns an independent bookstore chain and a publishing business (both named Daunt Books). The pandemic altered much of his original blueprint, but he took the first step in overhauling B&N’s Sterling Publishing division in January, naming Emily Meehan publisher and chief creative officer, succeeding Theresa Thompson.
The most overlooked wine stories of 2020
The most overlooked wine stories of 2020
Beyond the big headlines of coronavirus, wildfires and racial justice, these were the other wine developments that mattered this year, in this week s Drinking with Esther newsletter
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A variety of wines sit on shelves at Ordinaire Wine Shop and Wine Bar, located at 3354 Grand Ave., on Friday, July 10, 2020, in Oakland, Calif. Jirka Jireh, a manager and sommelier at Ordinaire Wine Shop and Wine Bar, has begun organizing virtual wine classes for BIPOC across the country; the classes are free for all students, with the instructor donating time and wine companies donating all the wine.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
The War On Tiki Bars
Our cultural watchdogs are telling us that they re problematic.
I ve been to my share of tiki bars in Hawaii and Florida over the years. Their faux-Polynesian kitschiness makes for a fun, escapist atmosphere, but what I ve heard lately indicates that the fun s illicit. That s what the ever-vigilant cultural appropriation police have been saying, anyway.
The
New York Times has jumped on the anti-tiki bandwagon with a recent, smug article, Reclaiming The Tiki Bar. They provide an intoxicating escape from the burden of the world, co-writers Sammi Katz and Olivia McGiff tell us while a pandemic s raging, before going on to explain why we should feel guilty ( genre’s history of racial inequity and cultural appropriation ) about seeking out this sort of escape. Among the numerous problems with the article is that it appears to be little more than a rehash of one
Would You Like Some Racism With Your Mai Tai?
Welcome dear readers to the fourteen billionth “Not the Onion” moment from
The New York Times that’s occurred just this year.
What a tedious, wearisome thing it must be to have to live the modern American progressive lifestyle. They truly believe that everything is awful, despite the fact that by almost every objective measure Americans are living pretty good lives even here in 2020.
One of the biggest drags on their collective psyche is the fact that they see racism EVERYWHERE. I will concede that modern American society still has some problems with racism if you look at the things that are actually, you know, racist. There is still enough of that floating around out there that nobody should have to contort themselves to see racism in places where people would normally never think to look.
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New York Times Sunday Business section, written and researched by Sammi Katz and illustrated in mock-retro-advertising style by Olivia McGiff. An online headline actually read “History of Tiki Bars and Cultural Appropriation.”
On its eternal quest to ruin innocent pleasures, the
Times is suffering a social justice hangover and is passing the headache to its readers. Meanwhile, 99% of the population will remain blissfully unaware they should beware of sipping on a Mai-Tai from a particularly racist mug.
It is an unquestionably difficult time for the hospitality industry. Every day, another restaurant shutters, one more bar pulls its steel gate down for good. Since its invention, one kind of watering hole has seen America through its most grueling times: the tiki bar.