Representation of Female Authors in Family Medicine Academic Journals is Trending Upward After decades of underrepresentation in medicine, women are now entering many specialties in the United States, including family medicine, at higher rates than men. Despite the rising proportion of female physicians in family medicine, they continue to be underrepresented in the highest levels…
For that downsized Thanksgiving table this year, Jake Dickson of Dickson’s Farmstand Meats offers a wonderful solution: confit turkey legs. They’re actually the leg and thigh of birds raised on Amish farms. Dickson’s cures the turkey legs and then slow cooks them in duck fat. All you need to do is reheat and crisp at…
The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency authorization of a Covid-19 antibody treatment made by Eli Lilly that is similar to a therapy given to President Trump shortly after he contracted the coronavirus. The decision, announced on Monday by the agency, is likely to be seen as a valuable tool to treat patients with…
The new midnight purple sparkling berry punch sorbet from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams is made with Chandon brut sparkling wine, and let me count the ways you can use it: a palate cleanser before the parade of pies or instead of the pies altogether; a spoonful to drop into a glass of sparking wine before…
For the past 10 years, Cup4Cup — a company founded by the chef Thomas Keller — has been supplying bakers and cooks with an excellent gluten-free alternative to regular all-purpose flour. It has now added a blend of “ancient grains.” Like the company’s original flour, it can be used measure-for-measure in place of regular all-purpose…
Everything about Thanksgiving prep — from basting the bird and skimming gravy to mashing sweet potatoes — demands an apron. Here’s a bright new one to consider. BlueCut, a chef gear company based in Los Angeles, has commissioned Alexandra Bowman, a Black artist, to design the limited-edition apron. It’s made of duck canvas, with brass…
About the last thing you want to have to fuss with as guests assemble for Thanksgiving dinner is measuring and mixing cocktails. High West, a distillery in Park City, Utah, that specializes in whiskies, comes to the rescue. It has introduced two top-notch barrel-finished drinks — a manhattan and an old-fashioned — ready to pour…
These cunning little pumpkin bowls from Sur La Table add something new to the Thanksgiving table. Buy just one to use for cranberry sauce, whipped cream for a pie or even gravy. (The lid will keep it warm.) Or, with several, you can serve individual soups or baked casseroles or puddings. Each microwave-only vessel, made…
The drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday that an early analysis of its coronavirus vaccine trial suggested the vaccine was robustly effective in preventing Covid-19, a promising development as the world has waited anxiously for any positive news about a pandemic that has killed more than 1.2 million people. Pfizer, which developed the vaccine with…
Last week, Denmark announced its intention to cull all farmed mink, some 17 million, out of fear that a mutated version of the coronavirus might diminish the effectiveness of potential vaccines. The decision has caused dismay in other countries and a debate among scientists about the validity of the concern. Six countries — Denmark, the…