Between 400,000 and one million years ago, our ancestors made fire. This one creation changed the course of daily life, and it would take yet another few hundred thousand more years, according to the National Candle Association in Washington, D.C., for candles to appear. Candles and candlesticks have since become fixtures of religious observances, a…
All macaroni and cheese is good macaroni and cheese, but these recipes from New York Times Cooking are especially fine — and wide-ranging, whether saucy or creamy, tender or crispy, meat-studded or dairy-free. The picks below include some of the greatest interpretations, both classic and clever. Stouffer’s macaroni and cheese is, in Eric Kim’s opinion,…
He married Ruth White, a teacher and homemaker, in 1956. She died in 2009. In addition to his daughter Alison, Dr. Scott is survived by his wife, Jacquelyn Lehmer; three other daughters, Jennifer, Heidi and Ann Scott; a son, Nathaniel; four stepdaughters, Suzanne, Mary, Sally and Phillis Lehmer; 20 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Dr. Scott…
In 2019, a year into their marriage, Toni-Ann Craft, 37, and Kenneth Craft Jr., 42, moved from their spacious two–bedroom condominium in Washington to a smaller, two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, where Mrs. Craft grew up. “We wanted to feel more grounded and be closer to family,” she said of their decision to relocate. But the…
On Tuesday, Jaime Castaneda, the executive director of the Consortium for Common Food Names and the executive vice president of strategy for the National Milk Producers Federation, said he was “ecstatic” about the court ruling. Updated Jan. 12, 2022, 6:42 p.m. ET “For us this decision is not just about gruyère,” he said. “This goes…
To help ease you into the new year, and perhaps a new exercise routine, a roundup of lines offering clothes both functional and fashion-forward.
Ashley Deringer had her sights set on a Dry January this year. In 2021, Ms. Deringer, a 50-year-old nurse practitioner in Gainesville, Ga., found that the stress of her job made it difficult to forgo her “bath bourbon” ritual: stripping off her hospital scrubs, taking a long shower, then drinking a glass of whiskey in…
A Seven-Bedroom Compound in Southwest England $4.4 MILLION (3.25 MILLION POUNDS STERLING) This seven-bedroom property is in the historic village of St. Mawes, on the south shore of Cornwall county, in southwest England. The compound, a collection of converted farm buildings clustered around a gated courtyard, comprises a five-bedroom main residence, a two-bedroom cottage, a…
Cardigan, top, shorts, earrings, necklace, ring, and watch, Chanel. Tyler Joe Is the ocean bigger than Camila Mendes? Certainly—but also, in some respects, no. In real life, Mendes is 5’2” while the Atlantic Ocean takes up nearly 41 million miles. Watch the Riverdale star wade through waves in Miami—even while wearing some gasp-worthy beachwear from…
My focus has been on creating more diversity in our pages and making our section more inclusive, and that was also the goal for the previous editor. But it’s something that I personally feel so driven by because I have this amazing opportunity to tell all different types of stories that really represent the world…