Love Letter: She Was the Strongest Knight

Abby Comey, a finalist in Modern Love’s college essay contest, was near death from anorexia when she met Sarah. It took Sarah’s steady love, professional help, Ms. Comey’s efforts and her role as Sir Lancelot in the play “Camelot” to restore her health. Yet, as Ms. Comey explains in her essay, “Not Every Breakup is…

It’s Salad-for-Dinner Season

I can hardly believe it, but here we are in grill season, beach-picnic season, salad-for-dinner season — summer, my favorite time of year to cook. Some people prefer fall for its crispness; winter for its coziness; spring for its promise of something green. Not me. I am here for summer. Proof that this is one of…

A Tennessee Deli Nurtures Its Ties to Ukraine

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Russia invaded Ukraine, Laurence Faber and Emily Williams’s first reaction was to cook borscht. Ukrainian flags had yet to spread across the American lawn-scape, and Potchke, the couple’s Ukrainian-inspired deli, had yet to open in this eastern Tennessee city. They cooked the soup in response to the horror overtaking the peaceful…

An Artist Comfortable in Any Medium, Even Lithium

Name: Lydia Ourahmane Age: 30 Hometown: Saïda, Algeria Currently Lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in Barcelona, above Sala Parés, a venerable art gallery Claim to Fame: Ms. Ourahmane is an Algerian-British artist known for sprawling installations that defy geopolitical boundaries. A recent work, “Barzakh,” (it means “separation” or “a barrier between two things” in Arabic)…