Video of Officer’s Collapse After Handling Powder Draws Skepticism
Medical experts said the video promoted a false narrative and confusion about fentanyl and ways it can lead to an overdose.
Nach Waxman, Founder of a Bookstore Where Foodies Flock, Dies at 84
A second career as a bookshop owner suggested itself from the confluence of his expertise as an editor — he had edited a number of cookbooks — and his training as an anthropologist, one who viewed “food as a bearer of identity,” his wife, Maron Waxman, a former publishing colleague, said in a phone interview.…
Ilona Royce Smithkin, Improbable Muse in Fashion and Art, Dies at 101
Ilona Royce Smithkin, who as an orange-haired nonagenarian with matching two-inch eyelashes caught fire in the world of fashion, starring in a documentary film and joining fashion campaigns for brands like Coach, while flinging embers into many other fields as a muse for photographers, filmmakers and entertainers — a joyous persona that took a lifetime…
Singapore: Your Next Culinary Stop in 2022
Singapore is foodie heaven. This vast, bustling, vibrant, and above all modern metropolis also boasts a culinary culture and heritage that is hard to match anywhere else in the world. From five-star fine dining and the latest in molecular gastronomy to a genuinely exceptional culture and history of out-of-this-world street food, Singapore truly has it…
Fragrance Maker Dares to Sniff ‘What Life Really Smells Like’
CAP DE CREUS, Spain — Of all those wishing a swift end to the pandemic, few have reasons as obsessed with the olfactory as Ernesto Collado, an actor turned fragrance maker whose workshop sits in a village in the northeast corner of Spain. The pandemic brought masks, which severed humanity from its sense of smell,…
A Summer of Normalcy? It’s a Tall Order as New York City Restaurants Struggle.
There are ample signs that a resurgence has begun. Tables are packed at restaurants and bars across the city. Many places have expanded their capacity with new outdoor seating, thanks to the city’s Open Streets and Open Restaurant programs. “It feels like every day is a weekend,” said Simone Tong, the chef of Silver Apricot,…
Only in New York, Kids: Maureen Dowd Interviews Cindy Adams
When Donald Trump was president, the world should have been Cindy Adams’s oyster. Forgive me for this reference, but she seemed destined to be the Ben Bradlee to Mr. Trump’s J.F.K. The White House had come onto her turf. The chief executive was her old pal. Mr. Trump was the first tabloid president, a creature…
Welcome to ‘Healing Girl Summer’
Although the summer opened with promises, or threats — depending on your perspective — of a “hot girl summer” and a “hot vax summer,” the surge of the highly contagious Delta variant may have, at least for now, dashed hopes of a hedonistic few months. But there’s another group whose plans weren’t so contingent on…
Ashley Nicole Black Is Competing Against Herself for an Emmy
At first, Ashley Nicole Black didn’t get why people kept sending her the meme of Spider-Man pointing at an identical Spider-Man, an image often used to joke about situations in which two incredibly similar people face off. But when someone Photoshopped Ms. Black’s face onto both Spider-Mans, it clicked. The 2021 Emmy Awards nominations had…
Dianne Whelan on Trekking the Trans Canada Trail
In 2015, the independent Canadian filmmaker Dianne Whelan set out on what is now known as the Trans Canada Trail, a nearly 17,000-mile recreational trail that spans green paths, roads and waterways from the Atlantic to the Pacific and north to the Arctic Ocean. On Aug. 1, in the company of her parents, partner and…