Passover begins at sundown tonight, and if you’re cooking for a Seder, you’re probably knee-deep in the likes of gefilte fish, matzo ball soup (above) and flourless chocolate cake. The holiday runs for eight days; what else are you going to eat this week? My answer is matzo, and plenty of it. I leave the…
The multiverse took on new meaning on Tuesday as two entirely different realities — the actual and the Trumpian — were captured in two different pictures painting two different versions of the same story. On the one hand, the unprecedented image of Donald J. Trump, a former president of the United States and current presidential…
My boyfriend’s wife died this week. For years, she lived with severe dementia — unable to walk, feed herself or communicate. I respect that she was my boyfriend’s great love and the mother of his adult children. Still, we have been dating for a year and are solidly in love. Some people disapprove, but we…
Have you ever tried planning a big event with friends or family — like a vacation, a home renovation or a reunion — and wished you could get everyone on the metaphorical same page? Thanks to apps that support collaboration, you can get all parties together in the same online whiteboard, calendar, document or other…
Jared Rosenbaum knows the primal thrill of foraging — a sense of interdependence with the natural world that he wants his son to experience, too. But as a field botanist, he also understands that foraging is one of the many pressures on native-plant populations. And he has a proposition for gardeners: What if we gave…
The gig I have held the longest was as an after-school caregiver, and a habit I kept alongside that job was eating bò né in the mornings. Weekday trips to my local Vietnamese cafe, tucked just behind Lee’s Sandwiches, steeled me for whatever the day decided to throw in my face. My local spot was…
Emily Oberg, 29, the founder of the brand Sporty and Rich, said that Emily was always the nice girl in movies. “It’s not a villain name,” she said. For the last four years, Ms. Oberg has been living in Los Angeles and Paris, where she said she gets “Emily in Paris” associations all the time.…
This means each airline has its own rules about what animals can fly in the cabin, usually for a fee of $95 to $120, and the specific dimensions of the carriers (which can even vary by aircraft). Furthermore, some prohibit certain breeds of dogs, where others allow any dog, cat, household bird or other critter…
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Duy Tran has never been to the United States, but his dresses have. His clothes have been worn by young female celebrities like Bella Hadid, Olivia Rodrigo and Doja Cat, often going viral for blending so-called Y2K aesthetics with tight silhouettes and ultra-sheer fabrics. But the man behind these…
At 1 p.m. on the day of Donald J. Trump’s arraignment, about an hour before he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts in Manhattan Criminal Court, a line formed outside the Marriage Bureau around the corner — a smaller, but no less determined crowd than the throngs outside the courthouse. “We know from experience…