Deborah Baldwin
Deborah Baldwin is a veteran editor and writer, most recently for This Old House; previously, she was an editor for The New York Times, working on the Style section and other parts of the newspaper. She and her husband, Irwin Arieff, wrote restaurant reviews for The Washington Post and Washington City Paper in the 1980s and 1990s.
- Deborah Baldwin
- • May 25, 2022
There are not many things that United Nations members can all agree on, but who can contest the glories of the humble bike? With its narrow frame, tiny carbon footprint and ample contributions to health and well-being, the bike…
- Categories: Cities, Climate Change, General Assembly
- Deborah Baldwin  and Irwin Arieff
- • May 5, 2022
Everything about Montagu’s Gusto is unexpected, from its name and the size and sweep of its menu to its location, on a nondescript stretch of Second Avenue near 35th Street, sandwiched between a reflexology salon and a Chinese takeout…
- Categories: UN EATS
- Irwin Arieff  and Deborah Baldwin
- • January 15, 2022
Nearly five years after the murder of two United Nations investigators in a rough and lonely patch of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, their lives and their deaths have become a metaphor for the extraordinary challenges faced by…
- Categories: Africa, BOOKS, UN Peacekeeping
- Deborah Baldwin  and Irwin Arieff
- • December 28, 2021
Once upon a time, self-appointed food critics tasted a dish and gave it thumbs up (or down). These days it has to pass a different test. Is it ready for its close-up? Don’t blame restaurants for tuning in. As…
- Categories: UN EATS
- Deborah Baldwin
- • December 22, 2021
It says something about a people’s thirst for delicacies when le tout Paris is elbow to elbow at the foie gras stand, under the stars, on one of the darkest, coldest nights of the year. Wouldn’t it be easier…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Deborah Baldwin  and Irwin Arieff
- • October 14, 2021
The next time you pass by a florist who is pulling shots, pull over. It’s not often you get to inhale the heady perfume of freshly brewed coffee, hand-tied bouquets and artfully potted flowering plants. Remarkably, you can have…
- Categories: UN Diplomats, UN EATS
- Irwin Arieff  and Deborah Baldwin
- • November 21, 2019
Second Avenue near the United Nations is not exactly expense-account row, which makes Château 49 something of an anomaly, in more ways than one. There aren’t many spots in this area where you can order two glasses of red…
- Categories: UN EATS
- Irwin Arieff  and Deborah Baldwin
- • April 27, 2018
Some people at the United Nations remain in mourning since Matisse shut down in February after serving as the corner cantine to hungry diplomats and their friends and neighbors for nearly nine years. If you are still feeling a…
- Categories: UN EATS
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