Reopenings and Road Trips

Welcome. California officially reopened on Tuesday. In New York, restaurants and movie theaters are no longer required to space patrons six feet apart. The European Union is expected to open to American tourists on Friday. As regulations change rapidly, questions about travel abound: What are the testing and vaccination requirements for domestic and international travel?…

Your New Meatball Sub

Good morning. There are some nights when all I want to eat for dinner is super-crisp chicken wings with ranch dressing, or hot dogs loaded with chopped pickles and streaked with crema and hot sauce. They’re usually Wednesday nights when I want a break from cooking, but don’t want to deal with the invariable disappointment…

Gardeners, Take Heed: It’s a ‘Tick-y Year’

Backyard Research Blacklegged tick disease in humans is often contracted close to home, in backyards and neighborhoods. Various multiyear research projects past and present seek to reduce that risk — among them, The Tick Project, at Cary Institute, in collaboration with Bard College, and the Backyard Integrated Tick Management Study, at Western Connecticut State University.…