Kenji’s New Guacamole Is Divine

Good morning. J. Kenji López-Alt recently brought us his recipe for guacamole with grilled corn (above), based on “esquimole” — a mash-up of guacamole and esquites, the corn-mayonnaise-cheese dish — that he tried at a Mexican restaurant in Bogotá, Colombia. Kenji riffs on that restaurant dish, his recipe a mix of darkly grilled corn kernels…

Armlets Are Bracelets for the Biceps

In ancient times, armlets — bracelets made to sit between the elbow and the armpit — were worn by Egyptian rulers, Roman soldiers, Greek brides, Assyrian deities, and men and women throughout China, Greece, India, South America and the Celtic world. Nowadays, bracelets for the biceps still are embraced globally, wrapping the arms of Dua…

Talking Jewelry on TikTok

In August 2020, when Julie Dang, a 31-year-old psychiatric nurse practitioner in Houston, started a TikTok account to talk about her jewelry and luxury goods collection, she never expected that, a couple of years later, 21,500 people would watch her, as @jkimdee, shopping at the local Van Cleef & Arpels boutique for a Mother’s Day…