Back in 2016, shortly after I joined the magazine Bon Appétit as an assistant editor, two of the top editors treated me to lunch. They decided on Augustine, the short-lived, four-dollar-sign Keith McNally restaurant on the ground floor of the Beekman hotel in the financial district. I don’t remember much about the meal other than…
On a recent night in the East Village of Manhattan, the Avenue A sidewalk brimmed with chattering bargoers as Tupac’s “California Love” blared from an indeterminable source. A marquee loomed above, and through a veil of vape and cigarette exhaust, its two words beckoned: “DATE SHAKE.” My companions and I piled into Superiority Burger at…
Imagine someone messages you at a quarter to 1 on a Saturday night after not answering your last message two days ago. How are you responding? And if someone triple texts you in the middle of a busy workday and calls you out for your slow reply: What then? When it comes to the early…
As the fourth anniversary of the Covid lockdowns approaches, we’re collecting stories of the moments readers’ worlds shut down.
Jon Schneider was mindlessly scrolling TikTok when a video caught his eye. It showed the actor Mark Wahlberg and “this guy who kind of looks like Jesus,” and they were inviting viewers to join them in prayer. Mr. Schneider, 35, thought it was a movie promotion. In reality, it was an ad for Hallow, a…
“I guess I’m perceived as quite edgy, which is funny to me because I feel so not edgy,” says Myha’la Herrold. To anyone who’s witnessed her effortlessly cool vibes in A24’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, or HBO’s Industry, or even her Instagram, this might come as a shock. Even while wearing glasses (by Miu Miu, no…
This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products. The stackable, three-legged Stool 60 is one of the Finnish brand Artek’s most recognizable pieces. But in September, the company released a twist on the classic Alvar Aalto design: stools with knotholes, insect trails and more visible wood…
The Food and Drug Administration is telling consumers to throw out certain brands of cinnamon that were found to have elevated levels of lead, and it urged companies to recall the products from store shelves. The agency conducted tests across the country after at least 460 children were sickened last year by illnesses linked to…
When I’m tired and hungry and there’s nothing promising in the fridge save for a half-dozen eggs, there’s always breakfast for dinner. Scrambled eggs on toast or a crisper-clearing frittata are dependable, self-assuring standbys. And if I also have a couple of strips of bacon, a generous scoop of orzo and a bit of Parmesan,…
The chairmen of five key Senate committees on Thursday warned the chief executives of major convenience stores and wholesalers to stop sales of illicit flavored vaping products that they called “widespread violations of federal law.” The senators voiced their concerns in letters to the companies, amplifying the frustration among some lawmakers in Congress over the…