If the pandemic has done one good thing, it’s given some couples the opportunity to work through their differences. In many states across the country, divorce rates have dropped considerably in the past year. Some divorce lawyers and relationship experts credit uncertainty, financial concerns and more time spent together as a few of the reasons…
I was 20 when I learned that my parents were splitting up. Two and half years later, I hold no hard feelings against them and have loving relationships with both of them. But, in the immediate aftermath of their split, I was a mess. I cried in my car. I cried in my bed. I…
The sauces on the table remain untouched — plain is fine, thank you. Is that some sort of red flake? Better pick around it. Traveling to a country known for its red-hot cuisine? Cross your fingers that you can find the one mild dish on the menu. Those who love spicy food might find these…
Y para mantener la vitalidad de las culturas culinarias, debemos adaptarnos. En los últimos 15 años, la diáspora puertorriqueña ha superado en número a la población de la isla, y muchos de nosotros nos hemos visto obligados a recrear nuestros platos favoritos utilizando ingredientes y herramientas muy diferentes. Puede que tenga que utilizar un pimiento…
It depends on the friends, obviously. Friends generally fall into tiers, like those old food-pyramid posters in the school cafeteria, except in this case, the tiny triangle at the pinnacle is where the good stuff is, your best friends who provide the most nourishment. The broad base of the pyramid represents the acquaintances, the kinda-friends,…
After Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna were approved for use in late 2020, anecdotes proliferated about rich people finding ways to jump the distribution priority line. “I heard a lot from friends in Miami about people flying in, because they were giving it to everybody,” the writer Carole Radziwill said in an interview. “There…
Name: Alexander Shulan Age: 32 Hometown: SoHo neighborhood of New York Now lives: In a studio apartment in the West Village section of Manhattan. Claim to Fame: Mr. Shulan is the owner and curator behind Lomex, a downtown Manhattan gallery that has a knack for representing New York artists on the cusp. His exhibitions have…
Liesbeth Stoeffler’s doctors had a bold decision to make in 2009. Ms. Stoeffler was on a ventilator and deeply sedated after cystic fibrosis had destroyed the lungs that had once given her the ability to run and hike. She needed a double-lung transplant, but doctors worried that prolonged time on the respirator might render her…
This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. For the past 15 years, there were only two family physicians in Greenfield, Mo., a town with 1,371 residents about 40 miles northwest of Springfield. One of them was Dr. Michael Bennett, who opened his…
There’s nothing quite like the peculiar, bone-jarring reaction of a damaged tooth exposed to something cold: a bite of ice cream, or a cold drink, and suddenly, that sharp, searing feeling, like a needle piercing a nerve. Researchers have known for years that this phenomenon results from damage to the tooth’s protective outer layer. But…