Under the Hate Crime Statistic Act, hate crimes are defined as “crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, gender and gender identity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.” Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the United States has seen a surge of Asian Americans reporting racially motivated hate crimes. Earlier this month, University of Colorado Denver School…
Black children are more than three times as likely to die within a month of surgery as white children, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday. Disparities in surgical outcomes between Black and white patients have been well established, with researchers attributing some of the difference to higher rates of chronic…
A scoop of Eclipse blackberry-tarragon ice cream devised by the chef Greg Baxtrom comes topped with support for his restaurant Olmsted’s food bank, active in Brooklyn. Toasted almond thyme ice cream by Nicole Krasinski, an owner and the pastry chef at State Bird Provisions in San Francisco, benefits Black Earth Farms, a Black and Indigenous…
One of the country’s best-known restaurateurs, Danny Meyer, announced five years ago that his Union Square Hospitality Group would gradually eliminate tipping. The group’s decision began an industrywide examination of the age-old practice, but adopting it proved complicated, especially in New York State, where laws governing tip distribution are strict. Still, especially in recent months,…
When Nikki and Brie Bella, twin sisters who are also reality stars and recently retired WWE champions, found out they were both pregnant last November, they were most excited about the pizookies. While working as professional athletes, pizookies — cookies baked in a cast iron pan like a pizza, of course — were off limits.…
LONDON — A British drug company said Monday that an inhaled form of a commonly used medicine could slash the odds of Covid-19 patients becoming severely ill, a sliver of good news in the race to find treatments that was met by scientists with equal measures of caution and cheer. The drug, based on interferon…
The next time you get delivery or takeout, don’t throw away those condiments. Use them in your next dinner. This recipe was inspired by a chef who, according to his fiancée, mixes together takeout condiments — hoisin sauce, nuoc cham, sambal oelek, to name a few — and rubs it on pork or chicken for…
When Google and Apple announced plans in April for free software to help alert people of their possible exposure to the coronavirus, the companies promoted it as “privacy preserving” and said it would not track users’ locations. Encouraged by those guarantees, Germany, Switzerland and other countries used the code to develop national virus alert apps…
“The Catskills Farm to Table Cookbook,” a seasonal, brightly photographed survey of the area’s foods and farms, hews closely to what is produced in the region’s five counties in southern New York State. Spring brings nettles, ramps, fiddleheads, garlic scapes, pea pods and even milkweed buds to compelling recipes, like scalloped potatoes in a stinging…
Spices like cinnamon and cardamom bring alluring fragrance to all sorts of Scandinavian foods, most notably baked goods like a classic swirled bun to pair with your morning coffee. The soft, slightly chewy and well-burnished breakfast pastries, showered with pearl sugar, from the chef Emma Bengtsson at Aquavit are heavenly scented with cardamom, too. And…