In a business known for its short shelf life, a restaurant like Le Bernardin turning 50 is significant. The owners, Maguy Le Coze and the chef, Eric Ripert, have planned a dinner to mark the occasion. Ms. Le Coze and her brother, Gilbert, first opened their seafood restaurant in 1972 on the Left Bank in…
First, let’s get a rough idea of the structure of muscles. Muscle cells are long and elastic and come bound together in protein sheaths called fibrils. These fibrils are arranged lengthwise into bundles — like the filaments in a fiber-optic cable — which give meat its distinctive grain. As meat heats up, the proteins that…
Making the World Heritage List from UNESCO, the United Nations’ educational, scientific and cultural organization, is a kind of gold seal of approval in the tourism world. The list, which began in 1978, has more than 1,150 sites nominated by their host nations and includes tourist destinations like the Great Wall of China, the Great…
In March 2020, New York City’s hospitals filled up with patients desperately ill with Covid-19. In many cases, when their fluid-filled lungs could no longer give them oxygen, doctors sedated them and put them on ventilators. The patients who recovered were taken off the machines and anesthesia. Within a day or so, their doctors expected…
Amazon has you covered when it comes to online shopping, whether you’re on the hunt for fashion, home decor, fitness gear, or even kitchen gadgets. We could spend hours scrolling Amazon looking for deals, but there’s a much simpler way than doom-scrolling the mega retailer’s endless inventory. If you’re on the lookout for a deal,…
Courtesy of retailer When it comes to Black Friday sales, Alo Yoga’s is one that deserves Notes app reminders and strategic patience. Historically the LA-based brand’s only site-wide sale of the year, Alo Yoga is turning things up a notch for Black Friday 2022 by offering 30 percent off everything. It’s their steepest site-wide discount…
People who took the antiviral drug Paxlovid within a few days after being infected with the coronavirus were less likely to be experiencing long Covid several months later, a large new study found. The findings suggest that for people who are medically eligible for the antiviral — older adults or people with certain health problems…
Patti Wilson is a woman of few words—publicly at least, famously only giving a handful of interviews over the course of her storied career. She instead lets her work speak for itself, with over 30 years of fashion experience that redefines the way we look at styling. And boy, does the work talk: Wilson’s ability…
A burnished turkey may be the eminent Thanksgiving centerpiece, but everyone knows that the real star of the meal is pie. Be it pumpkin, apple, mango or whatever your folks used to make, a golden-crusted pie on the dessert table is a happy sight — even at the end of the most prodigious meal of…
I’d watched enough “Sex and the City” in my 20s to see how brunch could give a group of friends, and the episodic structure they lived in, a leisurely rhythm. But I was a cook — my rhythm was determined by a schedule pinned to a corkboard outside my chef’s office. If it put me…