MER
September 1990
The Curb, Removed
Closed mid-August 1990 · On stands late August 1990
The Front
Field Notes
A rotating column on the small print of July — a signing, a heat record, a summer blockbuster's merchandising tally
The Essay
Late Summer Reading
The essay desk's roundup of what's landed on the fall lists early
The Foreign File
Dispatch, Held
A stringer's piece bumped a cycle by the well's crowding
The Feature Well
The End of the Tiny Plate
A feature on nouvelle cuisine's decline and the American return to bigger portions and bolder flavors, tracked through a changing restaurant guard
The City
The Curb, Removed
The Americans with Disabilities Act is signed, July 26
The Back
Late Summer Records
Short notices on the season's new releases