In the late 1960s, well before the era of celebrity chefs and the flood of cooking shows, Irena Chalmers found herself stuck with six fondue pots at La Bonne Femme, the cooking school and specialty food shop she opened in Greensboro, N.C. At the time, few in that small Southern city had heard of fondue.…
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Lisa Harris, a cashier at a Kroger grocery store in Virginia, was surprised last week when a customer offered her a $5 bill as a tip. Ms. Harris, a Kroger employee for 13 years, cited store policy in declining the generous offer. The woman was clearly disappointed that she could not do more. “She looked…
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Here’s what you need to know: The Census Bureau asks for a delay. Conceding its effort to count the nation’s population has been hamstrung by the pandemic, the Census Bureau said Monday it would ask Congress for a four-month delay in delivering the population data used to reapportion the House of Representatives and local political…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageThe Hôtel de Ville, or City Hall, in Paris last week. Despite a plateau in cases, authorities say it is too early to know whether the strain on France’s health system is easing.Credit…Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times France will not start to reopen until next month, Macron says. President…
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The lines start forming the night before, as people with glassy eyes and violent coughs try to get tested for the virus. In the darkness, they park their cars, cut their engines and try to sleep. The backlog for coronavirus testing in New Jersey, the state with the second-highest caseload in the country, has been…
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Roy Coleman, a 69-year-old living in a homeless shelter on Wards Island, was taken away by ambulance after showing symptoms of Covid-19. The other shelter residents were relieved — until Mr. Coleman was allowed to return last week after testing positive at Harlem Hospital. At another shelter, Alphonso Syville, 45, said that as much as…
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I met Susanna Merrick-Klinkbeil while waiting for the phone booths at The Wing in New York’s SoHo. I asked her what kind of work she did, but she demurred, implying that she didn’t have time to explain just then, but I could come find her later if I was still curious. This reticence piqued my…
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For the roughly 20,000 members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe living on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation — a vast, two million-acre expanse in southern South Dakota — social distancing is certainly feasible. Putting food on the table? Less so. Getting to food has long been a challenge for Pine Ridge residents. For a lot…
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Much like some of your work meetings (if you’re lucky enough to have a job, let alone one that allows you to work from home), most spin classes and nearly all sex work, another great American institution is moving online because of the coronavirus. Last Monday, the “Real Housewives” Svengali Andy Cohen — who recently…
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Father’s Day will be here soon (on June 21st, to be exact), so you have ample time to figure out the perfect gift for your picky father-in-law. You have no excuses with all the extra time on your hands! We narrowed it down to 30 great options ahead.