Una apuesta que no pudo resistir

Mi madre me dijo: “¿Por qué no comes?”, y su acento de Yonkers resonó en el silencioso restaurante chino. Una peluquera italoamericana de 77 años que creía que casi todos los problemas podían resolverse con un montón de espaguetis y albóndigas, vio mi falta de apetito como una señal de alerta. “Estoy bien”, le dije.…

Valentino’s Roman Marvels

ROME — The couture shows came to an end not in Paris but in Rome, with a river of gold ballroom chairs connecting the Piazza di Spagna at the foot of the Spanish Steps — the most famous people-watching and -posing staircase in Europe — to Piazza Mignanelli, where the Valentino headquarters stand. Twenty-three years…

From Sad Leftovers to Dream Dinners

This is Priya Krishna, your replacement captain for this week’s Five Weeknight Dishes. The Priya you see today has come a long way in the kitchen. My young, new-to-New York self had a simple but cost-effective weeknight cooking strategy: Buy the same few ingredients every week (pasta, spinach, tomatoes, feta, frozen dumplings, sausage, yogurt), throw…