Cool Cukes, Alluring Avocado

For much of my life, I thought I didn’t like cucumbers. I liked sour pickles and Sichuan-style smashed cucumbers, but in most other settings — especially bad renditions of Greek salad — cucumbers struck me as watery, slippery filler, the honeydew of the savory salad world. (I stand by my dislike of honeydew.) Why would you dunk…

Hugh Dancy Is Ready to Skate Again

Hugh Dancy flew around the rink, gliding from one foot to the next atop the black matting. The wind tousled his hair, the pattern on his houndstooth blazer blurring as he picked up speed. “It’s stopping that’s the issue,” Mr. Dancy said, with typical self-deprecation, as he passed. A star of the revived “Law &…