I have a few food traditions at the end of the year: I sharpen my favorite knives. I clean and organize the kitchen, and I try to catalog the teeny-tiny lessons I learned. Here are three that come to mind right away: Seaweed goes with everything! Eric Kim’s asparagus pasta cleverly draws umami from dried…
For his coming birthday, the chef Fred Morin of Joe Beef in Montreal wants to fulfill a childhood fantasy: designing his own shrimp cocktail-themed ice cream cake at Baskin-Robbins. In his mind, the cake resembles a party ring of shrimp, complete with faux red cocktail sauce. Mr. Morin, who turns 47 on Jan. 1, said…
NEW HOPE, Minn. — Pfc. Shina Vang and his fellow soldiers in the Minnesota National Guard have had an exceptionally busy year. They helped process Afghan refugees fleeing Kabul for the United States, provided security at American military bases across the Horn of Africa and stood sentinel in Washington, D.C., following the Jan. 6 attacks…
Prioritizing fun may feel impossible right now. But this four-step plan will help you rediscover how to feel more alive.
I need help with the gift exchange at my family’s Christmas celebration. The rules: All of the adults buy presents for all the kids, and we also buy one gift ($50 maximum) for an adult whose name we pick at random on Thanksgiving. Every year, I spend lots of time thinking about what gift my…
As evidence grows that the Delta and Omicron variants of the coronavirus are causing breakthrough infections in people who were once considered “fully vaccinated,” momentum seems to be growing to change the definition of that term to include booster shots. Some workplaces and college campuses are now mandating that vaccination include boosters. The governor of…
At first, it appeared that the agency had attracted two large pharmaceutical firms — Novartis and GlaxoSmithKline — but their involvement proved temporary. The companies already had contracts with the agency to work on vaccines for influenza pandemics. It was a distinct corner of biodefense that attracted major manufacturers because they could use much of…
Before Charli D’Amelio became the most popular creator on TikTok — she currently has 132 million followers — she danced on the competitive contemporary-dance circuit in the Northeast, the sorts of theatrical styles you might know from “So You Think You Can Dance?” Once she began posting to TikTok in 2019, and especially after her…
Maybe Pert Plus was on to something. Ditto for Puffs Plus. The year was 1987 when the shampoo-and-conditioner in the green bottle and the lotion-infused tissues both incorporated the word “plus” into the names of flagship product lines. Pert became the top-selling shampoo in the county. Now, more than three decades later, a multitude of…
Zach Lewis swears he was just resting his eyes. But when a fellow student at Stowe Middle High School in Vermont surreptitiously snapped his picture during English class and shared it with the school’s “sleep account,” it was hard to dispute the evidence. There he was, book open, lids shut. After Zach was tagged in…