Jamie McCarthyGetty Images The Met Gala is an illustrious evening, made for the express purpose of showing off. The Oscars or Grammys can claim to be about uplifting their individual art forms, but the Met Gala knows its purpose in the realm of star-studded events: This is a night about being seen—and not just seen…
If you think the enjoyment of green tea is a relatively new pursuit in the United States, a Zoom talk for the Culinary Historians of New York will set you straight. Robert Hellyer, an associate professor of history at Wake Forest University and the author of “Green Tea with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled…
Dungeness crab season is shorter and more delicate than it used to be — this past year, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife delayed its start in an effort to protect whales moving through the area. The previous year, a toxic algal bloom, likely caused by warming and acidifying waters, shut down crab fisheries…
A cafe and market has opened at Beach Green Dunes II, an affordable housing development in Edgemere, Queens, near Far Rockaway. With a mission to provide modestly priced food to the neighborhood, the cafe sells whole roast chickens and prepared items, $4 to $21, for delivery, to eat in or take away. There is a…
The sommelier and restaurateur Joe Campanale’s new wine book, “Vino: The Essential Guide to Real Italian Wine,” is not for novices. But those who already understand Chianti and the D.O.C.G. classification might be primed to discover wines made by small producers from native grapes like frappato, grechetto and bonarda. Mr. Campanale started in the wine…
At the European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), an international art fair held at the Park Avenue Armory this week, oysters are included. Roving teams of shuckers open and serve oysters and Champagne, gratis, so visitors can slurp while they shop. Red Oyster, a New York company, supplies the bivalves and shuckers. The fair, based in…
Tcho, a chocolate company based in Berkeley, Calif., has collaborated with the Monterey Bay Aquarium to create a new bar: Deep, Dark and Salty, incorporating sea salt and seaweed for a slightly crunchy, saline profile to complement the fruitiness of the dark chocolate. Tcho’s chocolate maker, Brad Kintzer, and the aquarium’s executive chef, Matthew Beaudin,…
On the second day of the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association in 1972, something extraordinary happened. While the assembled psychiatrists, mostly white men in dark suits, settled into rows of chairs in the Danish Room at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, a disguised figure had been smuggled through the back corridors. At the…
Courtesy Shapewear is by no means a must in anyone’s closet, but sometimes it really helps you feel like your outfit is complete—especially when dressing for a special event. Many women find that wearing smoothing undergarments is the easiest way to get a little extra support under their look. Of course, there are a bajillion…
HONG KONG — The lines begin forming before lunchtime and wind on well into the night, with customers outside craning their necks for views of the day’s selection through the window. It is not a newly anointed Michelin bistro or the latest photogenic, Instagram-friendly confection that has captivated Hong Kong, a famously epicurean city. It…