Thieboudienne holds a special place among the cuisines of West Africa. This one-pot rice masterpiece is often referred to as the national dish of Senegal, yet its presence and popularity extend beyond any national borders. Its influence is powerful. So many of West Africa’s other great one-pot rice dishes — Ghanaian waakye, Gambian benachin and…
After the fast ends at sundown on Yom Kippur in many households, the meal of choice comes from the appetizing counter, with smoked fish, cream cheese and bagels. This year those bagels might be homemade if you participate in a class given by the bagel experts Reva Castellenti and Sam Silverman on Saturday at 4…
In the tradition-bound halls of the Senate, customs die hard and rules can be next to impossible to change. But on Monday, with a potential government shutdown days away, a newly begun impeachment inquiry and lawmakers preparing for a visit this week from the president of Ukraine, a major change had the Capitol abuzz. For…
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In relationships, money may be the most taboo of subjects. Yet it can evoke a world of complicated emotions: shame, envy, anxiety, pride, panic, trust, possibility. And it can create a host of tricky situations: the partner who earns more versus the partner who has to do more domestically (or the partner who does both);…
Once, when the chef Junghyun Park was young, his cousin brought a piece of fresh honeycomb over to his house in Seoul. Mr. Park’s mother cherished it, as fresh honey was coveted for its health properties in South Korea, and doled it out only when someone got sick. Stirred into a mug of hot water…
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Margaret Chung knew from age 10 that she wanted to become a medical missionary to China. She was inspired by stories her mother had told of life in a mission home, where…
People taking the drug and similar medications will hit an inevitable, and necessary, plateau. Here’s why.
All hail the casserole dish! While I might push it aside when I’m reaching for a sheet pan, there are so many recipes that simply work better in a casserole dish. Lidey Heuck’s one-pan roasted fish with cherry tomatoes is an excellent example. The high sides of the 9×13-inch pan keep all the liquid from…
At a speed-dating event in August, $25 bought attendees about 25 dates with strangers, each roughly five minutes long. When the first blind dates began, it wasn’t long before some people — mostly men — tried to go out of order so they could talk to the person they were most attracted to. “There’s a…