Quannah Chasinghorse Is On a Mission

Bodysuit, $1,250, Celine by Hedi Slimane. Necklace, ring, Bulgari. Nathaniel Golberg What people might notice first about Quannah Chasinghorse is the Indigenous history she wears on her face. I do, too, because her screen—she’s joined from Paris, where she’s walking at Fashion Week—cuts off the top of her head. I see her narrow chin, her…

Santa Claus’s Real Estate Is Booming

Nancy Schwab loves Christmas. Really, really loves Christmas. “I have Santa collections from when I was little,” said Ms. Schwab, 62, a retired school administrator. Thus, it became a source of annual annoyance that decking the house with boughs of holly (and twinkly lights) was frowned upon in her Joliet, Ill., neighborhood until Thanksgiving had…

What to Bake on Christmas Morning

Christmas is coming for those who celebrate — and the holiday season is already here. For many of us, there’s a drumming urge to welcome it all back emphatically. Stringing fence lights and staging trees earlier and earlier, we hope to be swept away into something larger than ourselves. One of the best ways to…

Make a Spicy Gift This Holiday Season

Even if you’ve already filled your gift tins with cookies from your oven, you might tack in a savory direction with homemade chile crisp for friends who cook, or for yourself. The Mala Market, a fine source for Chinese ingredients based in Nashville, Tenn., has assembled a kit including harder-to-find components like da hong pao…

Seasoned Cheddars That Turn Heads

Beehive Cheese in Ogden, Utah, cleaned up at this year’s World Cheese Awards, held last month in Oviedo, Spain. There were 4,079 cheeses from 45 countries in the competition, including 17 from the United States. Beehive Cheese specializes in cutely named Cheddars with rinds often massaged with flavoring elements to subtle effect. It took home…