Does Beer Before Liquor Actually Make You Sicker?
We asked alcohol researchers to explain what will — and won’t — prevent a hangover.
At Lolita, Serving Mexican in Midtown, Agave and Sugar Cane Drinks Rule
Headliner Lolita The name couldn’t be more innocent or less Nabokovian. Lola, the 2½ -year-old daughter of Jillian Lockhart, an owner, was the inspiration. This unusual two-story lounge and restaurant has a distinctive point of view when it comes to drinks. The bar, shelves and lockers throughout the place have restricted the spirits offerings mostly…
The Story of Hercules Posey, George Washington’s Enslaved Chef
On Feb. 22, 1797, while George Washington celebrated his 65th birthday at a ball in Philadelphia, his celebrated chef, Hercules Posey, slipped from the meager enslaved quarters at Mount Vernon, the president’s Virginia estate. Stepping into the damp night under the light of a waning moon, he found his freedom, only to be lost to…
The Wine Shop Millesima USA Doubles in Size for Its World-Class Selection
Upon entering the new Millesima USA wine shop, relocated earlier this month from a few blocks uptown, you’re in a no-frills array of shelves, racks and bins in a well-lit windowed setting. Emphasizing Bordeaux, Burgundy and Italy, with other major regions, including Spain, the United States and Australia, represented as well, there are pedigreed bottles…
Could You Pass the Presidential Physical Fitness Test Today?
Whether you loved it or loathed it as a kid, the exercises can still be a revealing measure of health — now that no one’s forcing you to do them.
Quick, Cozy Soups That Taste Like They Simmered All Day
Hi, Five Weeknight Dishers. It’s Krysten, former editor of this very newsletter, stepping in for Emily this week. If we are what we eat, then I’m about 20 percent coffee and 80 percent soup — especially in winter. But the problem with soup is that you have to play the long game: It takes time…
Michaela Stark’s Lingerie Is Designed for All Body Shapes
It has been a while since a little belly pooch had fashion appeal. In the 17th-century Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens set salons afire with his fleshy beauties. Now, tummy rolls and dimpled flesh are ripe for reconsideration. The occasion? The introduction of Panty, a lingerie and ready-to-wear line by Michaela Stark, an Australian artist…
For Carla Hall, It’s Been a Bumpy Climb to a ‘Top Chef’ Life
Carla Hall’s tarot card reading was running long. Astrology, numerology, psychics, the Chinese zodiac — she’s open to all manner of metaphysical messaging. I slipped off my shoes in the foyer of her century-old house in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington, D.C., out of respect for a recent million-dollar gut renovation. Then I went to…
Five Major Moments at London Fashion Week
It was the Sunday of London Fashion Week and the last model had just stepped off the runway at the JW Anderson show. A heaving scrum soon descended on the designer, a sea of phones held aloft like antennas. Jonathan Anderson’s collection had been a nostalgic British jumble of chunky knits and trench coats, school…
Leslie Jamison’s Memoir ‘Splinters’ Is a Balancing Act of Self-Exposure
“If the self is a guesthouse, most of the rooms are full of ghosts,” Leslie Jamison said on a recent Monday afternoon in a Columbia University lecture hall. Ms. Jamison, wearing an ethereal blue maxi dress, stood before a projector screen showing 19th-century spirit photography. “Being haunted can be a state of abundance,” she said.…