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…
“High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America,” the Netflix show that explores the roots of African American cuisine, has been renewed for a second season, the streaming service announced Tuesday. Hosted by the food writer Stephen Satterfield, the show is based on “High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to…
Around the world, Covid-19 restrictions deterred many — but certainly not all — people from dating. Now that more of us are vaccinated and the rules for the most part are more flexible and even lifted in some areas, singles are connecting again (or at least trying to do so without putting themselves at risk…
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…
Edward BerthelotGetty Images Raise your hand if you’re a fashion procrastinator—the kind of woman who puts off a fall wardrobe update until it’s nearly the holiday season. That changes today. Minimalist essentials for fall are already appearing on Amazon, which makes building the chicest seasonable wardrobe an effortless and Prime-delivery fast endeavor. After combing through…
For some, Sabyasachi is not yet a household name. For 4.7 million Instagram followers, however, he’s an international sensation. The Indian fashion designer is known for his rich textiles, bridalwear, high-end jewelry, and a distinct aesthetic that beautifully weaves traditional silhouettes and techniques with a modern sensibility. Now, the Kolkata-born talent is bringing his vision…
The Vietnamese rice cake known as banh chung is typically begun at least a day in advance, by soaking sticky rice in water. The next day, a large green leaf is spread with the successive layers that will make up the cake: some soaked rice, cooked mung beans, marinated pork and finally more rice. This…
When Terry Mowers first encountered the dry, dusty landscape of Marfa, Texas, in 2006, he sensed his life was about to change. “It was just a very, very special place,” said Mr. Mowers, 66, a textile-design consultant who was awe-struck by the vast desert, the big sky and the legacy of the artist Donald Judd.…
Cuong Pham, the founder and chief executive of Red Boat, a Bay Area company, wants customers to use its fish sauce for pastas and vinaigrettes, not just in East Asian dishes. But because it is usually placed in the ethnic aisle, he said, it limits perceptions of the ingredient’s uses. Mr. Pham said the aisle…
It’s a sun-spackled morning at Hapuna Beach, like most mornings on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. A turtle the size of our coffee table back home in California surfaces halfway through my swim. It proceeds to stay close by, like an old friend. I laugh, elated — but then a complicated…