Kiss your lover at midnight. Fling open all your windows and doors. But whatever you do to celebrate the arrival of 2020, don’t eat lobster. These are some of the superstitions and traditions that, according to some cultures, will help you avoid setbacks and barrel into the new year with good fortune and cheer. There’s…
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Giving antibiotics to infants may increase their risk for developing allergies, a new study suggests. Researchers used records of 798,426 children in the Military Health System database from 2001 to 2013, tracking their antibiotic prescriptions in infancy and allergy diagnoses in childhood. About 17 percent of them were treated with one or more courses of…
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In the fall, when I was supposed to be thinking about the best restaurants I’d reviewed over the year, I found myself thinking often and happily about a four-year-old restaurant that I’d never reviewed at all: the Four Horsemen, in Brooklyn. It had opened in the summer of 2015, and while I’d enjoyed it, gone…
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Culinary Arts is an occasional illustrated look at what we eat.
Headliner Ernesto’s At 21, Ryan Bartlow took off for Spain, most specifically for San Sebastián in the Basque region. The chef worked at some good restaurants in his hometown, Chicago, after culinary school, and then got himself a two-year stint at Akelarre, a restaurant with three Michelin stars overlooking San Sebastián, where he fell in…
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No one falls victim to trends quite like a fashion or beauty editor. We are industry guinea pigs when it comes to the latest in style, makeup, and hair, so we have our fair share of sartorial faux pas. From foul misinterpretations of runway looks to reality star hair to an obsession blamed on «too…
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We don’t know what it is about, “The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” and chocolate, but these two go together better than peanut butter and jelly. You can never go wrong when you give the gift of chocolate. You can give a beautiful box of chocolates, an imported cocoa powder, or delicious dark chocolate…
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The 52 Places Traveler The 52 Places Traveler visits the definition of paradise in French Polynesia — and then makes his way to his final stop: Alberta in the dead of winter. Dec. 31, 2019 The last two stops for the 52 Places Traveler offered a contrast in scenery: Rangiroa’s Blue Lagoon, with its pristine…
DetailsA team of specialists from Australia and the United States has identified a new autoinflammatory condition in humans. They also understand what causes it, which can help researchers find an adequate treatment. Share on PinterestResearchers have identified a new autoinflammatory condition, which they have named CRIA syndrome. Autoimmune conditions occur when the body’s immune response…
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At David and Jamie Thompson’s house in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, it’s easy to lose track of where the house ends and the yard begins. The 5,380-square-foot home, which Mr. Thompson, the founding principal of the Los Angeles-based architecture firm Assembledge, designed for his family of four, is three separate pavilions connected…
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