It’s one of the most elemental cooking techniques: impaling food on a skewer or a stick and cooking it over an open fire. With iterations found throughout the world — the kebabs of the Middle East, the anticuchos of South America, the yakitori of Japan and the suya of Nigeria, to name a few —…
The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Medicaid expansion to go forward there, ruling unanimously Thursday that the state legislature must fund the new program. The Obamacare program is expected to bring coverage to approximately 275,000 low-income people. Missouri’s difficult and winding path to Medicaid expansion — voters approved the program last…
In a spiral-bound police community cookbook from the 1970s, Songza Park’s recipe for “BUL KOGI (Barbecued Beef)” calls for two pounds of sirloin steak that you have to slice “very thin on the bias” before scoring each piece with an X. In 1965, when Ms. Park immigrated to the United States from Korea, she had…
Carolina Contreras, a 34-year-old business owner who flies frequently between New York and Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, has been using JetBlue exclusively for her trips for almost a decade without a problem. But on her last two flights, she said her flights were delayed for hours; one was pushed back six times. “I…
Shark scientists have been exhorting the public to call human-shark interactions something other than shark attacks, preferring less pejorative terms like “shark encounters.” The scientists emphasize that humans tend to be to blame for shark injuries — stepping accidentally on small sharks, which snap back; swimming in murky water, venturing too close. “A ‘shark attack’…
Although the allure of a casual encounter often hangs on the notion of a carefree entanglement, there are actually some rules when it comes to hooking up. Top of the list is keeping your involvement brief. When Sheila Ongwae, the writer of this week’s Modern Love essay, met Albert, she was not turned off by…
Even before the Manhattan Marriage Bureau in Lower Manhattan reopened on Friday for the first time since closing 15 months ago because of the pandemic, the team manager there, Michael McSweeney, said he expected “a decent-size, noisy crowd.” “My team has been preparing for this day for months, so I’m very excited,” Mr. McSweeney, 53,…
The big toe of Lower Manhattan dips into the water where the East River meets the Hudson, outlining a harbor rich with attractions. Three inviting neighborhoods in the area — Battery Park City, TriBeCa and the South Street Seaport — are easily reached by public transportation and offer breezy marinas, ample green space, destination restaurants…
The antidote for anxiety is meaningful action.
Before the pandemic emptied offices and turned dining tables into desks, getting a midday haircut or heading out for 5 p.m. therapy could involve a bit of clandestine choreography: clearing one’s schedule of meetings, finding a friend to cover, then slipping out while the boss was away. That dance came to a halt in March…