The Legendary Foodie's Proustian Apartment

Design editor Wendy Goodman takes you inside the city’s most exciting homes and design studios. [Design Hunting]( A visual diary by Design Editor Wendy Goodman The living room. Photo: Annie Schlechter Ariane Ruskin Batterberry explained why it was that her late husband, Michael Batterberry, did all the cooking in the Upper East Side apartment they moved into in 1969. “Cooking really is a passion and a talent, and as I didn’t have the talent, I fortunately didn’t have the passion.” Michael had both, and he shared his wife’s love of the culinary world and all the talents in it. He was among the founders of Food & Wine with her and wrote 16 books on art, social history, and, of course, food. The apartment they found after returning from an extended honeymoon in France is very much the same today as it was when they unpacked the treasures they had picked up on that trip. Even the walls are the same color. [Take a tour]( Best, Wendy Goodman Want more on design, real estate, and city life? [Subscribe now]( for unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. This Week in Design 1. [‘We Weren’t Afraid to Fall on Our Face.’ A new exhibition honors the rebellious Soho design gallery Art et Industrie.]( 2. [60 Wall Street’s Lobby Is Weird and Ridiculous and Deserves to Be Saved The Landmarks hearing on Tuesday is a make-or-break day.]( 3. [Unsurprisingly, Dwell Magazine is Now Selling Its Own Prefab ADUs For just $389,000.]( 4. [How Big Should an Umbrella Be? A fight about sidewalks featuring Pat Kiernan.]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More on Curbed]( Introducing [My Week in New York](: a brand-new newsletter from the editors. [Sign up]( to get the next edition this Saturday. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=dh) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved