“Oh my God! You’re the girl from ‘The Polar Express,’” a tourist yelled at Nia Wilkerson. Dressed in a pink nightgown, Ms. Wilkerson was dancing in front of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan for a TikTok video. Over the course of the next two hours on Monday afternoon, dozens more people…
Ms. Winfrey has spent decades as a dominant figure in the country’s conversations about weight bias and dieting.
The intersection of relationships and money is one of the most taboo of subjects; only a handful of columns over nearly 20 years of Modern Love have revolved around the theme. Some surnames in these reader stories, culled from hundreds of submissions, have been shortened because of privacy concerns. My Husband’s New Shoes I’ve always…
It’s not a big deal making eggs and toast to feed one or two. It’s when you try it for a crowd that things start to get tricky. The eggs or the toast always wind up cold, which is bad enough on a weekday, and even worse on a holiday morning. But turn those ingredients…
It’s been a hard year, and finding small joys feels particularly important right now, around the holidays. When I considered which treat could deliver that happiness in this season (aside from cookies, of course), I remembered the first pastry I learned as a restaurant cook. In the basement corner of a little French bistro, we…
Thousands of fitness professionals and massage therapists have participated in cadaver workshops. They say it makes them more effective at their jobs.
The nausea and vomiting that often define the first trimester of pregnancy are primarily caused by a single hormone, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers said that the discovery could lead to better treatments for morning sickness, including rare, life-threatening cases of it. The study confirms prior research that…
With January’s resolutions still safely in the distance, I’m spending these last festive weeks of December cocooned in a buttery, sugary haze. Obviously I’m leaning hard into cookies (so many cookies), but I’m also making sure there’s cake around, just to maintain a balanced diet. Yossy Arefi’s lemon yogurt cheesecake is perfect for a sugar-enhanced…
The Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it would decide on the availability of a commonly used abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since it overturned the constitutional right to the procedure more than a year ago. The move sets up a high-stakes fight over the drug, mifepristone, that could…
The seeds have many potential benefits, from boosting heart health to lowering inflammation. But they can’t do everything.