It’s Never Too Late to Learn How to Swim

“It’s Never Too Late” is a new series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms. Vijaya Srivastava’s first 68 years had been resolutely land-based. She walked the Berkeley Hills in the San Francisco Bay Area, spent time with her young grandchildren, volunteered at the library. None…

Dark Chocolates That Capture Summer’s Glory

Ganache without cream? Nicolas Cloiseau, the award-winning head chocolatier of La Maison du Chocolat, is making them as part of his new line of vegan chocolates. The little dark chocolate rectangles, striped with color, are filled with fruit ganaches in five flavors: cassis (black currant), lemon, passion fruit, raspberry and chiberta (dark chocolate with orange).…

A Sparkling Book of Inspiration

A gazoz is a carbonated nonalcoholic drink, but it becomes a refreshing still life, ready to sip, in the hands of Benny Briga, the Tel Aviv restaurateur who serves an array of them at his Café Levinsky. His new book, “Gazoz,” written with Adeena Sussman, shows you the necessary ingredients and how they are constructed.…