During her childhood in Bangkok, the chef Rose Chalalai Singh recently recalled, the city seemed to be teeming with exotic blooms: there was the bounty of the flower market near the Chao Phraya River, the garlands of saffron-colored marigolds at the city’s Buddhist temples. Later, as a teenager, she spent three years living on her…
“You’re going to want to try and stay anonymous if at all possible,” Ms. Tu said. In some states, including California, lottery winners are required to disclose their identities. Meaning this particular advice is not going to help this week’s winner or winners. “If you’re in California and you are this lucky $2 billion Powerball…
On Tuesday, the state’s voters overwhelmingly supported letting a two-year-old law take effect. The company’s lawsuit is viewed by anti-smoking advocates as a tactic that could keep menthol cigarettes on the market longer.
Hi there! I’m Lex, an editor and recipe developer with New York Times Cooking. As an adoring Veggie reader, I was delighted when Tejal and Tanya asked me to step in this week and tell you about the vegetarian Thanksgiving menu I’ve been working on for three months. Thanksgiving is not the time to reinvent…
Because mashed potatoes are a nonnegotiable part of my family’s Thanksgiving meal, I argue year after year that we do not need stuffing on the table. Potatoes, I believe, render stuffing superfluous. Inevitably, I end up making stuffing anyway, but my reasoning stands. On a holiday when real estate — stomach, oven and table —…
For an upcoming New York Times Style project that examines rage at this particular moment, we would like to hear about a time in the last few years when you or someone close to you erupted in a surprising outburst of anger — and then regretted it. It could be a story of your spouse…
This article is part of Upstart, a series about companies harnessing new science and technology to solve challenges in their industries. Paul Hall was thinking about his pool. In his mind, he was far from the nondescript clinic in Orange, Calif., where he was sitting quietly, his blood traveling through a hemodialysis machine, clearing it…
Can’t decide on a pear-shaped or an emerald-cut diamond for your engagement ring? Or, perhaps a colored gemstone? An increasing number of couples who want more options in rings are choosing the toi et moi style, which features two stones instead of one, and in many cases, a mix of gems and cuts in creative…
Masks have been a cultural flash point since the start of the pandemic, and mask mandates in schools have been especially incendiary. Critics have argued that there is no strong evidence to prove that masks slow the spread of Covid, and that in any case children weren’t wearing the right kinds of masks or weren’t…
“The thing with ceramics,” said Charlotte Smith, a ceramist in Atlanta, “is that the possibilities are endless.” At her studio, Ms. Smith has tile samples on display. There are concave rectangular tiles coated in an emerald green glaze; thin square tiles with hand-drawn black lines that form patterns; and circular tiles with matte pastel glazes.…