On Thursday, scientists unveiled new data on the possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic — and put a strange, squat creature squarely in the spotlight. Meet the raccoon dog; it earns its name from its black facial markings, which give the animal a masked appearance and a more-than-passing resemblance to those infamous raiders of urban…
Some family members may call it obsessive behavior. I call it a gripping intellectual and culinary pursuit. For the past five months, I’ve been on a mission to dial-in a home cook-friendly recipe for a thin-crust pizza popular in the Midwest, Chicago in particular. It’s taken me through scores of iterations, furtive late-night pizza texts…
In Japan, it’s possible to enjoy a coffee while an owl perches on your head, or to sit at a bar where live penguins stare out at you from behind a plexiglass wall. The country’s exotic animal cafes are popular with locals as well as visitors seeking novelty, cuteness and selfies. Customers can even buy…
Twelve years ago, Robin Eileen Bernstein and her husband had separated but were not yet divorced. When her husband died unexpectedly, Ms. Bernstein decided to buy two burial plots: one for him and one for his grieving girlfriend. When the girlfriend later got married, Ms. Bernstein was left with a burial plot she didn’t want.…
This week at New York Times Cooking, we published an amazing list of recipes that kids — a notoriously choosy (and highly ungrateful) demographic — actually love to eat, sourced from readers of this very newsletter. But let’s not neglect the adults! We’ve got Eric Kim’s fiercely boozy ricotta pasta alla vodka below, alongside recipes for…
When I set out to make bolo de cenoura, a carrot cake found in Portuguese and Brazilian cuisines, I wanted to recreate what I’d had at bakeries or seen on Instagram: perfectly plated slices in vivid contrasting colors, an orange-amber crumb under a dark chocolate glaze. Often made at home in a blender or food…
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For decades, costumes meant to depict the future have taken inspiration from the streamlined silhouettes of the space age, and designers like André Courrèges and Paco Rabanne. But the way we dress in the coming years could be shaped more by climate change than life on the moon. That’s the premise adopted by the costume…
“Each hotel is different, but fewer people mean there are potentially fewer eyes on what is happening,” said Yvonne Chen, the director of private sector engagement at ECPAT-USA, a nonprofit trying to eradicate commercial sexual exploitation of children. “In light of Covid, we’ve seen vulnerabilities increase for everyone and vulnerabilities are what traffickers target.” Trying…
Name: Chloe Flower Age: 37 Hometown: Mechanicsburg, Pa. Now Lives: In a two-bedroom apartment in a Frank Gehry-designed tower in Lower Manhattan. Claim to Fame: Ms. Flower is a classical pianist and composer known for her self-titled crossover genre, “Popsical,” which merges classical music with pop and hip-hop. She performs on lavish pianos once played…