Identifying your bread plate and the proper fork, as well as tipping and eating tricky foods like soup, are some of the topics that Patricia Napier-Fitzpatrick, the founder of the Etiquette School of New York, will cover in a talk and demonstration at the 92nd Street Y. The session includes a three-course meal. “Table Manners:…
If you’re dining on the West Coast, steelhead is likely to be familiar. Not so much in the East until very recently, when farm-raised steelhead started showing up. The delicious salmonlike fish is native to the waters off California, Oregon and Washington. It’s essentially a robust rainbow trout that has spawned in fresh water rivers…
Ranch dressing with black truffles, an exercise in low-to-high, is a new product to ponder. It’s made by a company that imports black truffles from France and sells them to restaurants. The creamy ivory dressing is dotted with bits of the truffles and nicely delivers their haunting aroma and flavor. You could use it on…
The knife-edge zing of pink grapefruit, mellowed with a touch of sweetness, is what comes through in this new soft drink and mixer by East Imperial of New Zealand. The company partnered with Jim Meehan, the bar expert, to help create it. The soda will elevate your Paloma, and it also begs for white rum…
I hate to break it to you guys, but we’re officially entering into that time of year where you’ll be asking yourself the same question every morning: “Should I wear a jacket?” Yes, winter dressing might be brutal, but getting dressed for Spring is so much worse (there I said it), because the weather is…
For years, low-dose aspirin has been described as a panacea to ward off heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular disease. New guidelines, though, suggest that aspirin should not be prescribed to most adults who are in good cardiovascular health and that the risk of internal bleeding often outweighs the benefit. The American College of Cardiology…
JACKSON, Miss. — “I come from the smallest town in Mississippi, in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” said Gerald Gibson, outreach manager at Open Arms Healthcare Center, the only clinic created to serve gay black men in this state. “Growing up, I didn’t know anybody like me,” he added. “I come from a culture…
There are small, but distinct differences between your pool bikini, beach bikini, and vacation bikini. After all, wearing white on the sand leads to ruining the fabric’s stark hue but could look really amazing against a turquoise pool. Substantial fabrics are needed for snorkeling and diving, but you could go with something a little slinkier…
There is a story Russell Williams likes to tell about his favorite video store. It was the mid-1990s, and Mr. Williams, a Seattle computer game executive, was searching for a place to rent vintage films. He was thrilled to find a store called Taboo, then realized it offered only adult movies. He sniffed at the…
It’s often said that we don’t appreciate what we have until it’s gone. In the early 19th century, Spain’s royal family had time to ruminate on that axiom when they lost not only their throne to Napoleon’s brother, Joseph Bonaparte, but also hundreds of priceless paintings and other treasures, which had been stripped from Spanish…