How to Follow the Mediterranean Diet
Make 2024 your most nourishing year yet with a week of guidance and recipes.
10 ELLE Editors Share Their Favorite Comfy Winter Outfits
Love it or hate it, dread or embrace it, winter is here. It’s the season when we typically turn to our favorite comfy chic outfits to carry us through chillier temps and into the spring thaw. Similar to your most stylish athleisure wear, a comfy outfit should present the best of both worlds: It keeps…
Esta terapia psicodélica no necesita drogas, solo que respires
Las instrucciones eran sencillas: acostados en catres y con antifaces para evitar la luz, los participantes debían respirar profundamente desde el vientre sin pausa, al ritmo de una música acelerada que retumbaba en los altavoces. El ejercicio, les dijeron, podía inducirles un estado alterado de consciencia tan profundo que, a veces, los que respiraban lo…
Butchering Before Dinner at Leland Eating and Drinking House
A demonstration last week involving butchering half an heirloom pig, and showing how to use various parts, kicked off a series in the basement workshop and bakery at Leland Eating and Drinking House in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. It was followed by a five-course tasting dinner in the wine cellar, starring pork. The restaurant, which does…
How Many Rings Is Too Many?
Is it gauche to wear more than one ring on a hand? And once I have rings on the ring finger, what’s next? Are there any ring etiquette rules? How do I make it not look tacky? — Beth, Brooklyn, N.Y. When Ariana Greenblatt, the 16-year-old “Barbie” actress, made her red carpet debut at the…
Do You Have ‘Bookshelf Wealth’?
Breana Newton, a legal coordinator in Princeton, N.J., who posts regularly about books on TikTok, was one of the people who responded to Ms. Blalock’s video. “I am going to show you bookshelf wealth,” Ms. Newton, 33, says in a video of her own. “Ready?” She then gives viewers a brief tour of her home,…
Workplace Wellness Programs Have Little Benefit, Study Finds
Employee mental health services have become a billion-dollar industry. New hires, once they have found the restrooms and enrolled in 401(k) plans, are presented with a panoply of digital wellness solutions, mindfulness seminars, massage classes, resilience workshops, coaching sessions and sleep apps. These programs are a point of pride for forward-thinking human resource departments, evidence…
Health Benefits of Whole Grains: What to Know About the Mediterranean Diet Staple
This is Day 1 of Well’s Mediterranean Diet Week. For me, a meal isn’t complete without a hunk of whole-wheat bread to dip into my soup, or a pile of brown rice to soak up my curry. Whole grains provide sustenance and comfort. And lucky for us, they’re a main feature of the Mediterranean diet,…
The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically
Every year after the full moons in late October and November, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef begins its annual spawning — first the coral species inshore, where waters are warmer, then the offshore corals, the main event. Last year, this natural spectacle coincided with the woolly propagation of two new colonies of the Crochet Coral Reef,…
Travelers Look for Deeper Experiences With Native Cultures
For visitors to New Zealand, the chance to see a haka, the ceremonial Maori dance, has long been as much a part of the country’s allure as its glaciers, geysers and glowworm caves. But increasingly, instead of merely catching a cultural performance en route to New Zealand’s Fiordland, travelers are lingering longer and going deeper,…