Cara Condon was a dark horse heading into the 2022 Cheesemonger Invitational in Brooklyn last Sunday. Although she has been working in the field for more than a decade, she felt that her wrapping skills weren’t in the top tier, and worried that her cheese-and-beverage pairing wouldn’t be a hit. “I know it sounds absolutely…
WASHINGTON — Members of the World Trade Organization announced several agreements on Friday at the close of their first in-person ministerial conference in four years, pledging to rein in harmful government policies that have encouraged overfishing and relax some controls on intellectual property in an effort to make coronavirus vaccines more widely available. The agreements…
The usual path to homemade vegan ice cream is slicked with dairy-free milk — almond, coconut, cashew, hemp. But there’s another option that gives you an even richer, plusher result: oat creamer. With their inherent starchiness, oats can help thicken and stabilize frozen desserts, keeping ice crystals at bay. Many vegan ice cream recipes call…
People often assume, because of my work (and the patriarchy), that I’m the principal cook in my home. It’s true that I am, because I like to do it and I don’t like to clean, which my husband, Blake, is fine with doing. The division of labor is tidy and true. But that doesn’t mean…
In deliberations over whether to recommend Covid vaccines for young children, scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Evaluation on Friday wrestled with the complexities of evaluating two very different vaccines, and with limited data. The advisers are tasked with making recommendations for use of the Moderna vaccine in children 6 months through…
Last weekend, droves of people descended on a 15-acre park in northeast Los Angeles for an afternoon of picnicking, mingling, cheering on drag performances and a puppy costume competition, and more. Known as Dyke Day LA, this annual Pride gathering takes a homespun approach to a month typically packed with corporate-sponsored parties, parades and concerts;…
Name: Rahanna Bisseret Martinez Age: 18 Hometown: Oakland, Calif. Now Lives: In a three-bedroom house in East Oakland with her mother and younger brother. Claim to Fame: Ms. Bisseret Martinez is a teenage chef and cookbook author known for spicy dishes that combine her Black, Mexican and Haitian heritage, as well as her Northern California…
Minnie Driver clambered into a pink-and-green kayak, adjusted her legs against the foot pegs, grabbed her paddle and pushed off the wobbling dock into a choppy Hudson River. “See you in Weehawken,” she said, yelling over her shoulder. A Canada goose looked on, mildly impressed. This was on a recent Monday morning, just west of…
A great black-backed gull migrating from Europe to Eastern Canada last winter may have been the first carrier to North America of the deadly strain of avian influenza that has killed tens of millions of domestic poultry and devastated wild bird populations. The wide-scale outbreaks have provided researchers with a new opportunity to fine-tune their…
Here are answers to five common questions.