Sue Johanson, the blunt, bawdy and beloved Canadian sex educator and host of the long-running television call-in program “Sunday Night Sex Show” and its American counterpart, “Talk Sex With Sue Johanson,” died on June 28 at a care facility in North Toronto. She was 92. Her death was confirmed by her daughter Jane Johanson. Sue…
After being raped by two different men, Elizabeth Endicott struggled to maintain her sense of self. Only 23, she did not think she was deserving of — let alone capable of finding — a romantic relationship based on tenderness and respect. She decided to move to Antarctica, the coldest, driest and windiest continent on Earth,…
Evva Hanes, a North Carolina farm woman who took a centuries-old Moravian cookie tradition that she had learned by watching her mother bake on a wood-fired stove and turned it into a family business, one that now ships out millions of fragile, crispy Moravian cookies every year, died on June 22 at her home in…
This and every summer, grill some chicken. With corn. With peaches. With tomatoes. With abandon! Or don’t: You can still evoke the flavors and smells of the season inside using the stovetop or the oven (or a store-bought rotisserie chicken, when it gets unbearably hot). Below is a sampling of some of the most flavorful…
There’s a hot new squiggle on the tech logo scene. On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Threads, a rival to Twitter that appears to be the most rapidly downloaded app ever. Each new user is greeted by the app’s logo, a springy, counterclockwise coil usually rendered in white against a black background. The logo most closely…
A freshly ground masa tortilla, as it cooks on a comal, inflates as the steam inside pushes apart the sides and releases an intoxicating toasted corn aroma. It actually tastes like nutty, earthy corn, with a soft, chewy texture and almost custardy center. And its role is not just to transport a taco filling and…
Hi, everyone. Madison is out this week, so I’ve hacked the mainframe and seized control. I come to you with a breaking news vibes report from Threads, the new Twitter clone that Mark Zuckerberg unveiled on Wednesday. It has already signed up 30 million users, according to Zuckerberg, and appears to be the most rapidly…
Hi! This is a different Emily (Fleischaker) than usual. I’m a deputy editor on the food and cooking desk, filling in for Emily Weinstein. A co-worker recently used the phrase “spiritually out-of-office” to describe the vibe of summer. (Our boss was in the meeting when this happened, so I’m not blowing up my co-worker’s spot,…
Good morning. Here’s an excellent sandwich I ate around 60 miles south of the Jones Inlet on Long Island the other day, zooming around the New York Bight looking for offshore bluefin tuna: mortadella, provolone and napa cabbage kimchi on a buttered baguette, with pickled jalapeños and cilantro leaves. Would that sandwich have been as…
Laws in 20 states have left the fate of clinics in doubt and families with transgender children searching for medical care across state lines. July 6, 2023 David and Wendy Batchelder hate the thought of putting their spacious house in West Des Moines, Iowa, on the market, disrupting the routines of their six children or…