13 Combat Boots Because it’s Finally Fall

Wearing combat boots during the Fall is a no brainer, and this season designers are bringing the best. Dr. Marten reinterpreted their OG boot as a hiker, Alexander Wang takes “steel toe boots” literally, and Topshop’s affordable option looks way more expensive than it actually is. Shop 12 updated takes on the classic shoe, just…

What to Cook: One Nation Under Ranch

Good morning. Julia Moskin wrote a long and captivating history of ranch dressing for The Times this week, and in it she made a fascinating point about the difference between what I’ll call farmers’-market cooking and the kind most of us need to practice more regularly, for reasons of geography or thrift. “Any home cook…