The legend goes like this: In the 1970s, Atlanta native Paula Wallace, then an elementary school teacher, dreamed of a college in the south that would cater to students who wanted careers in the arts. A decade earlier, she’d cast about for a school like that for herself—one that would apply the same sort of…
There’s no end of bagel stores across New York but for bialys, one name stands out: Kossar’s Bagels & Bialys. It’s been a fixture on the Lower East Side since 1936, first as Mirsky and Kossar’s Bakery, then, as of 1953, just Kossar’s. Now the company is branching into other neighborhoods, first with a store…
Naâma Laufer and Luis Correia, who import wines from Mr. Correia’s native Portugal, started a second company, My Portuguese Market, last year, selling handcrafted goods from Portugal. They have just introduced a lemon- and sea salt-scented, sardine-shaped soap on a rough cord. It’s ideal for hands that have been working with seafood, garlic and onions,…
In early spring, Jake Dickson of Dickson’s Farmstand Meats created a salumi bar at his Chelsea Market store using locally raised meats. The specialties available on their site now include jerky for the trail and salami for picnics, or summer snacking. The company makes 10 or so salumi in flavors like tres chiles, cacio e…
Xiao Chi Jie, a Chinese street food restaurant in Seattle owned by Caleb Wang and Jen Liao, turned to frozen takeout when the pandemic began. They specialized in soup dumplings, which they began shipping nationally in late 2020. Now they have introduced shao kao skewers with nicely spiced marinated boneless beef, lamb and chicken to…
Order the banh beo chen at the downtown Vietnamese restaurant Saigon Social and six will show up, arranged in a circle around a dish of seasoned fish sauce. This is as it should be. Like Mormon missionaries, banh beo chen never travel alone. Typically, each of these soft disks of steamed rice flour is the…
I tried to maintain some semblance of my former life: I worked on the book, started a new research project, was offered a job and briefly considered moving us both to Philadelphia. When I wasn’t working, I made appointments and returned calls: therapists, doctors, human resources, insurance companies, co-workers, family and friends. Jason kept going…
The tiny Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan on the eastern edge of the Himalayas, often referred to as “the last Shangri-La” for its abundance of natural beauty, sustainable development and rich cultural heritage, has long resisted the quick financial returns of mass tourism in favor of conservation. The approach is aligned with a cultural philosophy where…
Q: I wear a full face of makeup on top of a layer of sunscreen each day. Does that diminish my protection from UV rays? The key to reducing your risk of skin cancer, sun spots and wrinkles from sun damage is to incorporate sunscreen into your daily routine, and to apply it — and…
PARIS — What’s shocking now? There are many possible answers to that question, though few of them, probably, have to do with fashion. Reality long ago overtook wardrobes as a source of perpetual astonishment. Yet flying from the facade of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in the Louvre as the first full season of couture…