India Cities Ban Eggs, Drawing a Backlash

AHMEDABAD, India — The raid came just after sunset. Plainclothes municipal workers swarmed into the busy neighborhood, seizing contraband. The dealers ran or watched helplessly as the authorities took their illicit goods. And with that, the government had conducted a successful crackdown on eggs. Not just the eggs themselves, though city officials had confiscated hundreds…

Shopping for Champagne Glasses

The holidays offer plenty of reasons to pop some bubbly, including reuniting with family and friends and toasting the new year. But when you raise a glass, make sure it’s a good one. “A glass has an influence on a wine,” said Aldo Sohm, a sommelier and the wine director at Le Bernardin and Aldo…

Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone.

“I have scars,” she mused. “And why are we called ‘bitches’ or ‘difficult to work with’ when we’re simply asking for what we need?” It infuriates her, she said, because it is men who are using those labels. “Apparently, I was persona non grata in California after ‘Evita,’ because everybody heard I was difficult in…