The Best Coffee Break Is an Affogato

Affogato means “drowned” in Italian, and you can drown just about any ice cream. Fior di latte and crema are most popular in Italy, though vanilla and chocolate are also excellent. Dulce de leche would be wonderful, with its caramelized milkiness, as would the bitterness of cherry amaretto. Pistachio is a welcome change from the…

How Parents Can Get Alone Time

If you are asking for alone time in the reactionary way, Dr. Talib said, you can be specific about what you’re stressed about — a change at work or feeling overwhelmed by tasks at home — and be clear that that’s why you need time to clear your mind on your own. There’s also a…

Vaccine side effects remain rare and are outweighed by benefits of vaccination, the C.D.C. reported.

Here’s what you need to know: Construction workers setting up tents outside Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital in Houston on Monday. Officials plan to use the tents to handle an overflow of Covid patients.Credit…Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press Two court rulings on Tuesday cleared the way for local leaders who oppose a ban by…

Felice Opens an Upper West Side Branch

Headliner Felice Columbus Restaurants often open hoping to build a loyal neighborhood clientele. At this Upper West Side addition to the Felice restaurants, with locations on the Upper East Side and elsewhere, Iacopo Falai, a native Florentine and the culinary director for SA Hospitality, which owns Felice and the Sant Ambroeus restaurants, has done some…