The chef at the Roger Smith Hotel in midtown has resigned amidst accusations that he put on a white hood in the kitchen and asked a black employee, "How does that make you feel? Do you feel insulted? Remember these days." Cook Julius Jones, the only black person working in the kitchen at the time of the incident, tells the Daily News he was shocked by the incident, and after reporting it to the union, he plans to sue. more ›

Ever since The Lab, the gallery at the Roger Smith Hotel, canceled an exhibit of a 6-foot, nude crucified Jesus carved out of chocolate after much furor, the question is now: When will My Sweet Lord (the name of the 200-pound sculpture) rise again? more ›

The Catholic League had said it was highly offensive to display a sculpture of Jesus with "his genitals exposed" and invite the public to eat it. more ›

A six-foot tall chocolate sculpture of Jesus which will be displayed at a Midtown hotel next week is stirring up controversy. Catholics are calling Cosimo Cavallaro's "My Sweet Lord" an "all-out war on Christianity." more ›

A couple years ago, Cavallaro decorated a room with cheese. No mice came, which he says was because so much cheese would have "overwhelmed" them. [Via Hilton and Calvin] more ›