How Long Should You Nap in the Afternoon? Experts’ Tips For Better Rest
Experts say a midday rest is great for your health. Here’s how to get the most out of it.
The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, a School for the Masses
Say you’re bored by your 9-to-5. You’re intellectually understimulated and you want a challenge beyond your book club, which, it turns out, is just you and your friends gossiping around a lukewarm charcuterie board. What are your options? You could apply to graduate school, if you have the ambition, money and time. Or you could…
Who Are You Calling ‘Delulu’?
Call it magical thinking or manifesting, but the belief that people can influence their reality through sheer will has existed for centuries. Now, there’s a new term for this idea: “delulu.” Derived from the word delusional, delulu first gained popularity this summer as shorthand for unrelenting confidence. (Posts with the word have more than five…
Candied Chestnuts Are a Popular Seasonal Treat in Milan
There are myriad ways to ape haute Milanese chic. Some involve cashmere, others a haughty froideur. But a more accessible route is to purchase a box of marrons glacés — a classic European sweet, also called candied chestnuts — from Giovanni Galli 1911, a longtime confectioner that still produces the seasonal delicacies by hand. Its…
A Shop With a ‘Made in France’ Theme
In Paris, a new kind of boutique is putting a spin on slow luxury. Rendez-Vous des Designers sells only items that were made by hand in France, including scarves, jewelry, sweaters, leather accessories, ceramics and decorative objects. Yet it has no sales employees and no online shop. And while the store’s point of view is…
Fashion Photographer Terry Richardson Accused of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit
While Mr. Richardson was photographing Ms. Portillo topless, the model contends that the photographer began posing with her, touching her breasts and pressing his exposed penis up against her body; eventually Mr. Richardson “forcibly inserted his penis into her mouth, and ordered her to perform oral sex on him,” while she repeatedly said “no.” According…
Overlooked No More: Elena Zelayeta, Emissary for Mexican Cooking
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1934, Elena Zelayeta was an up-and-coming chef of Mexican cuisine expecting her second child when her eyesight began to falter. She visited a doctor, who told her there was no hope:…
What to See, Eat and Buy in Guadalajara, Mexico’s City of Makers
T’s monthly travel series, Flocking To, highlights places you might already have on your wish list, sharing tips from frequent visitors and locals alike. Sign up here to find us in your inbox once a month, and to receive our weekly T List newsletter. Have a question? You can always reach us at tlist@nytimes.com. For…
You Won’t Just Love These Cold Noodles. You’ll Need Them.
Naengmyeon has many faces, but the most familiar today is probably mul naengmyeon, which translates to “water cold noodles” — the water in fact referencing the cooling beef broth that suspends the chewy buckwheat noodles. Its predecessor, Pyongyang naengmyeon, has been enjoyed in Korea since at least the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). As a dish that…
Tasty Treats to Keep Your Guests Happy (and Out of the Kitchen)
Here we are, the day before Thanksgiving, and it’s time to iron out all the last little details that remain to be resolved. For example, what’s your appetizer game this year? That is, if you serve appetizers at all (and my better newsletter half, Sam Sifton, emphatically does not). But I like to offer a…