THE FIGS ARE as big as a baby’s fist at Sahadi’s; the dates, plump, juicy and sweet. The venerable Middle Eastern grocery store on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn Heights also sells luscious blocks of halvah and honey-soaked baklava. Coffee beans are still stored in and sold from open barrels in the front of the store,…
Ms. Grippo began posting on TikTok at the end of 2021 after the abrupt ending of an almost-relationship, and the videos performed better than she expected. She made a deal with herself — post at least twice a day to draw a following — and it worked. Today she has more than 100,000 followers, a…
After hours of deliberation over safety concerns, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Wednesday recommended approval of a second vaccine for the respiratory syncytial virus in older adults, advancing the first shots against an illness that can be deadly for the very young and the very old. Over two days this week, the…
This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email transcripts@nytimes.com with any questions. [theme music] anna martin Today, we’ve got an essay about knowing what you want and asking for it directly.…
The most useful recipes — the ones that ferret their way into your brain and inform the way you cook — have light-bulb moments, details that you need to read only once to comprehend. Some of the ideas highlighted below are broad, like spotlighting the importance of salting layer by layer, while some are hyperspecific,…
Pilots at Delta Air Lines have approved a new contract that will increase wages 34 percent by 2026 and includes improvements to scheduling, retirement and other benefits, raising the standard for contract negotiations underway at other large U.S. airlines. Voting was conducted in February, and the results were announced on Wednesday, with 78 percent of…
Federal and state regulators are being urged to increase their oversight of insurance agents and brokers selling Medigap policies, the private supplemental coverage owned by millions of people with traditional Medicare that pays out-of-pocket costs. These brokers received paid vacations and cash bonuses to enroll customers in plans offered by specific companies, according to a…
Last week, Kim Severson had an inspiring piece in The Times about the influential cookbook author and teacher Raghavan Iyer, who, Kim reported, by some estimations has taught more Americans how to cook Indian food than anyone else. He wrote his recently published book, “On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor That Seduced the World…
Payment apps and touch screens have made it easy for merchants to ask us for preset gratuity amounts. We don’t need to succumb to the pressure.
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon Music The appointment of the storied hip-hop and pop producer Pharrell Williams to the creative director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton marks a new phase of the union of hip-hop style and luxury clothing, two worlds that have been hurtling toward each other for…