El teléfono que nos separó

Lo que nos separó estaba sobre una mesa en la sala del tribunal: un teléfono. Como dijo el juez para que constara en el acta, yo comparecía en mi divorcio “por teléfono”. Eso fue hace 17 años, antes de que existiera Zoom. Desde mi casa en Oakland, California, a 3218 kilómetros del tribunal del Medio…

The Crookie Delights Paris

All it took for the crookie to take shape was a baker looking for a diversion, his time-tested croissant recipe and a few cookies for inspiration. It took TikTok to make it go viral. Stéphane Louvard created the crookie almost a year and a half ago when he came up with the idea of putting…

How France Is Fighting ‘Shrinkflation’

For months, the shelves of Carrefour, France’s biggest supermarket chain, have been dotted with bright orange signs placed in front of Pepsi bottles, Lays potato chips and a variety of other foods whose packages are suspiciously smaller than they used to be. “Shrinkflation,” the signs say. “This product has seen its volume decrease and the…