Good morning. It’s Emily again, and I’m thinking that today is a great day to make Marian Burros’s plum torte (above). Maybe you’ve heard of it? It’s possibly the most famous New York Times Cooking recipe of all time, and among the most loved. (Apologies to no-knead bread.) The plum torte is adorable and genuinely…
There are always a handful of designers on the radar of every editor, buyer, influencer, and fashion fanatic as the must-see shows of New York Fashion Week. One such brand is Khaite, known for the cool edge that comes with its highly covetable designs. In line, I overheard attendees murmur with excitement and anticipation, noting…
En julio, Tashea Channell Younge, cocinera y proveedora de servicios de banquetes de la ciudad de Nueva York, voló a Los Ángeles, con todos los gastos pagados, para preparar una cena privada para 15 personas en una cocina lujosa. Luego, cocinó para el jugador de la NFL Noah Brown y algunos de sus compañeros de…
POCKETS: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close, by Hannah Carlson This review of Hannah Carlson’s cultural study of pockets was grievously delayed. Why? Your critic lost her keys … again. No, they weren’t AirTagged. Before the little jinglers were located, shoved in a side compartment of the carrier my family had used…
Americans with H.I.V. are achieving the once unthinkable: a steady march into older age. But beginning around age 50, many people living with the virus face a host of health problems, from heart disease and diabetes to social isolation and cognitive decline. And so the medical research community, which some three decades ago developed lifesaving…
An easy way to understand the gulf between the two words is to try swapping one with the other, said Hillary Keeney, 46, who lives in New Orleans and writes books on mysticism with her husband: “No one is going to say ‘woman dinner,’ or ‘women’s night out,’” she said. “That’s too serious.” It is…
In the summer, the desert surrounding the Salton Sea in California seems to glow from the glare of the unrelenting sun. The temperature can climb to 110 degrees and higher, and layers of dust coat car tires and the legs of people braving the heat. For most of the day, the sky stays a constant…
As a boy of 8, Pari Dukovic would pick up his camera, a gift from his father, and explore his native Istanbul. He learned to station himself on the street corners, hoping for just the right light to show off the city at its most shimmering. Soon enough, he was turning his lens on people.…