Kaiseki is a traditional style of Japanese meal in which certain dishes are served in a fixed order. Creative chefs like Hiroki Odo find ways to work surprises into the ritual. At Mr. Odo’s new restaurant, Odo, a cocktail featuring mikan oranges was made in front of diners as an introduction to dessert.
In this series for T, the author Reggie Nadelson revisits New York institutions that have defined cool for decades, from time-honored restaurants to unsung dives. A February night in Harlem, 7 in the evening, and at Charles’ Country Pan Fried Chicken, a faint aroma wafts out on the cold night air. At 132nd Street and…
When Instagram rolled out its bookmark feature (saving posts in a neat “board” to view later), it made my life simpler. I didn’t have to scroll through my “Post You’ve Liked” page to find that dress or sneaker or makeup product I eventually wanted to purchase. Of course, it would be (dangerously) easier if I…
“Intuition is magical, but it’s not reserved for a couple of people,” said Laura Lynne Jackson, 46. She’s from Commack, N.Y., and makes her living as a psychic medium, and she was talking to hundreds who attended this year’s In Goop Health Summit in New York City (tickets start at $1000) who were there to…
Nearly 14 years ago, my daughter and I were grieving the death of my mother, and it seemed nothing could lift our spirits. Then we got Fluffy, a bouncing bundle of gray and white puppy, and everything changed. Fluffy kept us busy with pee pads and squeaky toys. She made us laugh in spite of…
After Gucci debuted a black balaclava sweater that looked strikingly similar to blackface imagery, it didn’t take long for social media to throw the luxury house into the pool of “cancelled” designer brands. Now, Gucci is on a mission to regain the public’s trust and with the help of legendary Harlem designer Dapper Dan, the…
Image CreditVictoria Roberts Q. Are dung beetles ever employed as a natural way to handle animal feces? A. The thousands of species of voracious beetles in the family Scarabaeoidea evolved to move, bury and consume the excrement of many animals in nature. Dung beetles are widely recognized as important contributors to farm cleanups, as well.…
Dr. Roopa Kohli-Seth, a surgeon who lives on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, noticed that something was off at one of her 12-year-old daughter’s swim meets last year: She wasn’t lifting her arms out of the water. “A boy on her swim team had meanly told her that she shouldn’t swim so hard and…
The house did not immediately grab Harlan Coben by the lapels. It was, to tick off the liabilities, situated on one of the main drags in Ridgewood, N.J. Locally, it was a well-known pile of Second Empire gingerbread, with pink trim and a mansard roof. People would drive by and gawk. Sometimes, they would park…
Poets and politicians have long known that hearts and minds are linked. Now neuroscientists and cardiologists have shown again, in a study published this month in The European Heart Journal, that the connection is more than metaphorical. It turns out that those afflicted by a rare, serious condition known as “broken-heart syndrome” have brains that…