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…
Around this time just over a decade ago something happened in fashion that was as rare and unexpected as the sight of Kate Moss in a tutu. The front row of the couture shows, that rarefied array that often seems preserved in amber, underwent something of a metamorphosis seemingly overnight. A group of young women…
The award-winning photographer Kurt Markus led a life and career that seemed as vast and varied as the Western landscapes he captured on film. As a West Point graduate and a former Army Ranger, he felt at home in the rugged outdoors, and he could load film while traveling on horseback at a trot. While…
Growing up in Ipswich, Mass., Nina Freeman spent a lot of time playing video games with a pair of close friends, twin sisters whose basement served as an arena for marathon sessions. “My friends and I were nerds,” she recalled. “We played a lot of games. ‘Final Fantasy 11’ was like a second life to…
Christophe ArchambaultGetty Images It’s a strange time to be in fashion; not just to write about it and consume it, but also to create it. Even the mind-blowing artistry of a haute couture show, where one-of-a-kind garments are sewn together by practiced hands with millions of tiny stitches, can only temporarily distract from the world’s…