Beef tissue from a sick dairy cow has tested positive for the bird flu virus, federal officials said on Friday. The cow had been condemned to be culled because it was sick, and the meat did not enter the food supply, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The department continued to stress that the…
THE EDITOR: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in America, by Sara B. Franklin People outside the publishing industry often wonder what it is, exactly, that editors do. “Most of them do nothing,” one of the most storied, Robert Gottlieb, told the author Sara B. Franklin. Nothing is as bad as too much, and…
Good morning. There’s always something celebratory about Memorial Day weekend, even though it’s meant to be a somber affair, honoring those who have given their lives in service to the nation. We raise our flags high, but also our grilling tools, our string lights over the yard (or around the railings of the fire escape),…
Unpasteurized milk contaminated with H5N1, the bird-flu virus that has turned up in dairy herds in nine states, has been found to rapidly make mice sick, affecting multiple organs, according to a study published on Friday. The findings are not entirely surprising: At least a half-dozen cats have died after consuming raw milk containing the…
“Make me look like a disco ball.” For most designers this isn’t a common request, but for Madison Chamberlain, so-called disco brides, and anyone looking to splash extra color, sparkle or glam into their wedding day, are a mainstay of her business. Ms. Chamberlain, 29, started her bridal brand in 2022. “I’ve always been what…
When Eric Ripert was a young cook at La Tour D’Argent, possibly the oldest restaurant in Paris and certainly one of the stuffiest, all the cooks sat down before service to a proper French meal: appetizer, entree, dessert and cheese. He is hardly nostalgic for his time there. (“I have PTSD” from the experience, he…
Carly Duguid On the flight to Barcelona. I had never been before so was excited to visit, but I had to fly in and out on the same day since the French Open starts next week. So, it was a quick trip! Carly Duguid The stylist brought me multiple options from Louis Vuitton, but I…
As interest in nonalcoholic wines grows, some of the best in the genre are being made in Germany, which started producing nonalcoholic wines more than 100 years ago. “Germany does it best,” said Roman Roth, the winemaker at Wölffer Estate, a winery in Sagaponack, N.Y., on Long Island, which sells a nonalcoholic sparkling rosé made…
According to Billboard, 32 million Americans will attend a concert this year—and they’ll likely think about Kate Moss before they go. That’s because in 2008, Moss wore The Most Famous Concert Outfit Ever—a sheer golden T-shirt dress paired with a low-slung black belt and mud-streaked Hunter rain boots—that regularly hits TikTok and Instagram Reels to…
There are few moments of political theater as grand as a state dinner, essentially a pantomime of diplomacy and national pride from the set to the staging to the scripts — and the costumes. In that drama, the first lady is cast as both hostess and symbol, her dress a part of the decorative storytelling…