What to Do This Summer: Denver

While many Denver locals head for the hills in summer — as in the nearby Rocky Mountains — others know that sticking close to home can be just as satisfying in this active, outdoors-oriented city. As events, live music and Rockies baseball games regain their status as popular draws, and patios, alleyways and newly closed-off…

How to Grill Pizza

SEATTLE — After I graduated from college, I decided to take a full-time job as a cook (a move that left my mother disappointed for well over a decade, until she finally read my byline in this newspaper). My job was as a pizza-maker at Cambridge 1, a minimalist bar in Harvard Square from the…

Where Are All the Wedding D.J.s?

With more than 20 D.J.s on his roster at any given moment, Gary Hoffmann, who runs a D.J. company, cannot recall a single time he has had to turn an engaged couple away. “I’ve never done that,” said Mr. Hoffmann, the founder of Brooklyn-based 74 Events who has also been a D.J. himself since 2001.…

US to Advise Booster Shots for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has decided that most Americans should get a coronavirus booster vaccination eight months after they received their second shot, and could begin offering third shots as early as mid-September, according to administration officials familiar with the discussions. Officials are planning to announce the decision as early as this week. Their…

The Perfect Clam for Your Pasta Sauce

When Atlantic surf clams, the mollusks with the big white shells you see empty on the beaches from Cape Hatteras, N.C., to Canada, are very small, no more than two inches across, they’re called butter clams or petite surf clams. They’re being farmed in Maine and on Cape Cod. Smaller and more tender than littlenecks,…

A Lecture at the Met Celebrates Cheese

Art and artifacts that feature food in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art span millenniums, from ancient Egypt to Pop Art. Narrow the search to a single foodstuff, cheese, and there is still plenty to savor, as Laura Corey, a senior researcher in the director’s office, will show in a virtual class later…