Schools Reopen: Stories From Across Pandemic America
Across the country, students are returning to classes. We connected with hundreds of them to see how they — along with teachers, administrators and parents — are coping.
Seeing New York Fashion Week
Fashion now After a long pause, it feels (a little) like old times. Despite an uncertain summer, New York Fashion Week came roaring back, bringing with it a beautiful blur of shows that were staged all around the city, with the Met Gala acting as the splashy grand finale. As the fashion crowd travels east…
Two Men Plead Guilty in Pelvic Mesh Implant Scheme
A Florida doctor and a medical consultant pleaded guilty this week to federal charges arising from a scheme to pressure hundreds of women to get their pelvic mesh implants removed. The effort was intended to increase the value of personal injury claims against the manufacturers of the medical devices. The guilty pleas — by Dr.…
From Beef Stew, Shrimp Scampi to Mapo Tofu, 14 Classic Recipes
We all have one — a dish we don’t need a recipe for. The prepping, cooking and serving has become second nature, like a dance you’ve danced a million times before. When you whip it together from memory on a busy weeknight or at a vacation rental, it makes you feel a little accomplished, like…
Chicken Steam Roast Recipe: A Wedding Dish Worthy of Weeknight
At a wedding function in Lahore, Pakistan, shimmering fabrics, bright colors, maximalist jewelry and glittering makeup form a dazzling display of aesthetic maximalism. Old grudges are set aside or permanently forgotten in favor of love and blessings. Everyone knows newlyweds will need both, and so everyone is invited — and fed. The food served is…
On the Runway, Sportswear Finally Edges Out Sports Ware
Eckhaus: ROB KULISEK; Khaite: HANNA TVEITE; Do: Victor VIRGILE/Getty Images; MNZ: MADISON VOELKEL; Proenza: Jonas Gustavsson Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. It’s been a summer of unrepentant body-con looks. Just look at Megan Fox’s homage to Rose McGowan at the VMAs. And while that train shows…
Go Beyond the Willamette for Oregon’s Liveliest Wines
The vineyard is currently planted with an eclectic mix of grapes, including gewürztraminer, albariño, pinot gris, sauvignon blanc and viognier, but she is hoping to add riesling, grüner veltliner and, in a block intended for sparkling wine, pinot meunier and pinot blanc. “High-acid whites are what sing here,” she said. “Sing” is just the right…
Pasta with Garlic and Olive Oil Gets a Plus One
As much as I adore long-simmered pasta sauces like Bolognese or Marcella Hazan’s butter-slicked tomatoes, the ones I gravitate to most can be sautéed in a skillet while the pasta boils in a pot alongside. Variations on a classic aglio e olio, these sauces are invariably anchored by loads of olive oil and garlic, then…
Bully Pulpit No More: Jen Psaki’s Turn at the Lectern
“Jen chose to stand and question my qualifications and services to this country. Once she did that, the gloves were off,” Mr. Spicer said. (In 2017, when Mr. Spicer was roundly criticized for referring to Nazi death camps as “Holocaust centers,” Ms. Psaki was more magnanimous. “It’s a really tough job, everybody screws up,” she…
Research on Covid Booster Shots is Conflicting
Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Friday must confront a range of bewildering scientific questions before deciding whether to sign off on Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine booster shots — and if so, for whom. Three important pieces of research landed just this week. On Monday, in the journal The Lancet, an international team of…