Hologram Lip Trend for Fall 2019

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…

These Are the Best Boiled Eggs

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…

What to Do With Boiled Eggs

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…

Paul Theroux’s Mexican Journey

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…

Seeing What Bill Cunningham Saw

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…

Shopping for Swivel Chairs

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…