Dr. Johan V. Hultin, a pathologist whose discovery of victims of the 1918 flu pandemic buried in Alaskan permafrost led to a critical understanding about the virus that caused the outbreak, died on Saturday at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif. He was 97. The death was confirmed by his wife, Eileen Barbara Hultin. Dr.…
If Jan. 1 didn’t feel like quite the annual reset you were hoping for, you can celebrate now by cooking for the Lunar New Year, which falls on the day of the first full moon after the winter solstice. For this Year of the Tiger, that’s Feb. 1, and the inaugural feast commences the night…
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When the latest round of meat analogues first hit the market, I was so excited to try them. But for me, a real, high-quality, well-seasoned veggie burger — that is to say, a homemade patty, built with a mix of beans, mushrooms, vegetables, grains or tofu — tends to be way more interesting, more satisfying…
Courtesy of Dior / Frederique DUMOULIN By definition, haute couture is handmade, from start to finish. The labor-intensive process is hidden in the details, and to the untrained eye, all there is to see is exquisite runway plastered with detailed embroidery, fancy embellishments, and expertise in textile manipulation. But what we rarely think about is…
Third shots of coronavirus vaccines significantly reduced the risk that people with weakened immune systems would be hospitalized with Covid, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Thursday, reinforcing the case for additional doses in that group. The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were roughly 88 percent effective against hospitalizations in immunocompromised people who…
When the latest round of meat analogues first hit the market, I was so excited to try them. But for me, a real, high-quality, well-seasoned veggie burger — that is to say, a homemade patty, built with a mix of beans, mushrooms, vegetables, grains or tofu — tends to be way more interesting, more satisfying…
Price increases on Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets and other food items helped McDonald’s more than offset sharp rises in food and labor costs and propelled the company’s revenues to the highest level since 2016. McDonald’s said in a financial report on Thursday that global revenues for 2021 topped $23.2 billion, a 21 percent jump from…
For the last couple of months I’ve been drinking luxuriously. The bottles have been no different — they are the usual mix depending on regions, grapes and producers I’m curious about and articles I’m working on, with the occasional treat. But I’ve been pouring wine into five of the best wine glasses money can buy.…
Some had come for the beach, some had come for the sun, others had picked it because, at the time, the Covid numbers seemed reasonable. Many had chosen it over resort destinations because getting there seemed easy. Still others liked the idea of not having to take a test to enter the country. Together, they…