Barry Popik

I heard she makes great shoe-fly pie. Try her ciabatta and huaraches, too....

Missouri professor Gerald Cohen and I solved the origin of "the Big Apple" in the pages of a publication called "Comments on Etymology. (I have a popular NYC etymology website, as some of you may know...

The 75th anniversary of the Bloody Mary was celebrated in Times Square in New York City on Monday, December 1st. New York state and local officials (politicians have nothing better to do these days?) ...

So sad. I knew "Big Apple Jazz" (Palotnick's website by that name is still online). By the way, the historic "Big Apple" night club plaque at 135th Street and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard wa...

Steve Brodie DID make the jump. A dummy was NOT used. That is a popular myth. My friend, the late David Shulman of Brooklyn, studied this for many years and intended to write a book on the subject. He...

I'm a little late with this, but "The Company You Love to Hate" was the March 1966 story in Fortune magazine, not Life magazine....

No one remembers the April 14, 1996 article in the New York Times, the first article about Audrey Munson in 60 years? The person who rediscovered Audrey Munson was me, Barry Popik. I immediately se...

The Citizen Watch "Unstoppable" commercial featuring Eli Manning (yes, E-L-I Manning!) ran on television here in Austin, Texas. They played it after the "unstoppable" one was sacked twice. The Cow...

The Law & Order treatment of this should be interesting, whenever we get to see it. Darn writers' strike!...

What's the link on the "global warming issues" story?...

Daniel Cassidy's book is terrible! The article writer never consulted with a single linguist. To Cassidy, EVERY bit of slang has an Irish origin. It's absurd. He's even claimed that "the Big Apple...

Speaking as a food writer myself (Oxford Dictionary of American Food & Drink), I think it's clear that Jessica Seinfeld "borrowed" the idea plus at least four of the unusual recipes. Food recipe pl...

I'm shocked (SHOCKED!) and stunned!!...

The Republicans ran a good candidate who received nearly every endorsement possible (mayor, Citizens Union, NY Times, NY Sun). The Republican candidate still lost by about 2-1. Forget about a two-p...