The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook: More Than 80 Recipes for Irresistible, Old-Fashioned Treats, by Jennifer Appel (Simon & Schuster, 2001) Gothamist's addiction to cupcakes has been well documented. At the risk of turning Gothamist into a cupcakes blog, along the lines of Slice, here's another entry devoted to Gothamist's favorite food. We were thrilled to pick up The Buttercup Bake Shop Cookbook for half price at the Strand, since we always visit Buttercup to pick......

The Indepedent gets Jeremy Drysdale, screenwriter of Grand Theft Parsons, to give his top ten films about music, including 24 Hour Party People (number 1), This is Spinal Tap, High Fidelity, Backbeat, Cabaret, The Blues Brothers and Moulin Rouge. Gothamist agrees with many (but not Moulin Rouge - meh), but would have to consider many others, like Almost Famous, A Star is Born, Amadeus, Hard Day's Night, A Mighty Wind, The School of Rock, plus......