ImageGucci, spring 2020CreditValerio Mezzanotti for The New York Times MILAN — The Gucci show that closed Milan Fashion Week on Sunday afternoon came as something of a surprise, though not for the reasons anyone would have guessed. It was not, for example, surprising because Alessandro Michele, the creative director famed for his embrace of sequins…
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As a mostly stay-at-home dad responsible for all the meals in our household, I depend on a supply of boiled eggs in the refrigerator — ready to be added to soups, salads, stews, sandwiches, stir-fries and tacos — as an essential part of my planning. Years ago, in an effort to answer a perennial question…
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As a young (overworked, maybe arrogant) restaurant cook, I took “weeknight cooking” to mean the sort of lazy, phoned-in dishes you ate after work, the things you made just to stay alive when you were too exhausted to cook anything else. Limp spaghetti tossed with the dregs from a jar of sauce, two-day-old rice with…
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Fashion does not stand still. Every season, designers and make-up artists come up with more and more trends that sometimes amaze even the most determined fashion fans. So, in contrast to the maximum naturalness, the leading make-up artists of the world dictate another trend – futurism, the main feature of which is hologram make-up. Lipsticks…
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Cesarean delivery can save a baby — or a mother — at a moment of medical danger. However, cesarean births have been linked to an increased risk of various long-term health issues for both women and children, and a recent study shows an association between cesarean birth and the risk of developing autism or attention…
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Good morning. Welcome to fall. I’m delighted to introduce you today to a new contributor to The New York Times and NYT Cooking, J. Kenji López-Alt. Kenji’s a mad scientist chef and home cook and restaurateur who has for years championed a style of developing recipes that is rooted in testing, testing and yet more…
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With a toddler at home, I look for any way I can to save time during meal prep. When I boil eggs, I boil a dozen at a time, storing whatever we don’t immediately eat in the refrigerator. By using a slotted spoon to remove eggs from the pot at different times, I can catch…
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In the casual opinion of most Americans, I am an old man, and therefore of little account, past my best, fading in a pathetic diminuendo while flashing his AARP card, a gringo in his degringolade. Naturally, I am insulted by this, but out of pride I don’t let my indignation show. My work is my…
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Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Bill Cunningham did not operate the same way other Times photographers did. He marched to his own drummer, which made gathering and sorting through images for a new book covering five decades of his iconic…
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There are many good reasons to buy a swivel chair — in particular, the ease of movement. But Ghislaine Viñas, an interior designer in New York who frequently uses them in her projects, thinks one of the best is the sense of play they create. “They’re fun,” she said. “I’ve put them in family lofts…
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