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How to Sit Courtside at Madison Square Garden
Madison Square Garden went very quiet when my face appeared on the giant screen above center court. The silence was noticeable. A few seconds earlier, Kenan Thompson’s face had brought down the house. It wasn’t like anyone gasped or got angry — no one seemed taken aback. It was just that no one knew who…
Lead-Tainted Applesauce Highlights Failings in Food Safety System
Cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches sold in grocery and dollar stores last year poisoned hundreds of American children with extremely high doses of lead, leaving anxious parents to watch for signs of brain damage, developmental delays and seizures. The Food and Drug Administration, citing Ecuadorean investigators, said a spice grinder was likely responsible for the contamination and…
Central Park Boathouse Reopens
Headliner Central Park Boathouse It will soon be spring and the Boathouse, which has been a fixture on the edge of the lake in Central Park since 1954 and has had its share of rough sailing, is about to reopen. Legends, the company that runs the food outlets at Yankee Stadium and elsewhere, is now…
Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival Moves to Brooklyn
The Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival in Miami just wrapped up this year’s run. Next stop: the New York edition, scheduled for Oct. 17 through 20, but with a big difference. It’s moving its largest events to Brooklyn, to the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park. A 450,000-foot sprawl will contain the…
Inside the No Nazar Party in Brooklyn
About four years ago, the D.J.s Malinder Tooray, Omar Ahmed and Bianca Maieli hosted a night of music and dancing in Los Angeles. They were living in the city and loved attending dance parties that played rhythmic genres from around the world, like Afrobeats, reggaeton, and Brazilian baile funk, but they wanted to hear more…
Five-Ingredient Peanut Butter Noodles, a Weeknight (or Midnight) Win
Less is more: These are words to live by in the kitchen, especially midweek between 5 and 8 p.m. There are no trophies for the most time spent toiling on dinner after work, no awards for the most elaborate dishes sailing off your stove on a Tuesday evening. I love a particularly ingenious less-is-more recipe,…
Want to Feel Bad? Ask TikTok How Old You Look.
Cherri Gervais got her first gray hairs as a teenager. “It’s genetic,” she said. Her hair color, a striking shade of silver, is the first thing people on TikTok noticed when she asked them to tell her how old she looked in a recent video. The guesses ranged wildly. Many were correct, or close enough,…
What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children
A recent outbreak of lead poisoning from cinnamon in applesauce has drawn attention to the toxic effect the heavy metal can have on children. The cinnamon in the applesauce was believed to have been intentionally contaminated, possibly to add to its value as a commodity sold by weight. It had unusually high levels of lead.…
Leap Day Wants Respect
The strangest non-holiday of the year is upon us. Leap day is a wrinkle in time that goes unmentioned on many wall and desk calendars. Those born on Feb. 29 may face problems when it comes to filling out forms or settling basic questions of identity. “People didn’t believe me that I was born on…