I am going to an eclipse watching party, but aside from the viewing glasses, which I already have, what should I wear? Dressing in theme seems silly, but I want to acknowledge the event. — Susan, Rochester, N.Y. It’s human instinct, when celebrating a total solar eclipse — a moment of real darkness in the…
The rapper Cardi B found herself embroiled in a sharp back-and-forth with a social media personality this week after he brought up her social class, upbringing and skin color. A quarrel soon erupted over colorism and questions of who gets to profit over which public affect. Of course, Cardi B isn’t one to shrink from…
Are you tired of spending a fortune at fancy coffee shops just to get your daily caffeine fix? Well, worry not, because I’m here to spill the beans on how you can brew barista-quality espresso right in the comfort of your own kitchen. As a home-brewer coffee enthusiast myself, I’d like to share some of…
The last episode of “The New Look,” the Apple TV+ series about Christian Dior, Coco Chanel and the birth of post-World War II fashion, aired on April 4. A fictional take on the choices those designers had to make to survive, the show offered its own new look, not just at the origin story of…
In the olden days, before it was X and before many users decamped to alternative social media platforms, Twitter was the place to be for a collective experience. Election updates! Weather events! That time Oprah interviewed Meghan Markle! Whether these moments were fun or terrifying or both, the site was where millions of people went…
Bird flu outbreaks among dairy cows in multiple states, and at least one infection in farmworker in Texas, have incited fears that the virus may be the next infectious threat to people. The influenza virus, called H5N1, is highly pathogenic, meaning it has the ability to cause severe disease and death. But while its spread…
Here’s what we know — and don’t know — about the risk the virus poses in food.
Detroit pizza is a Motor City take on a Sicilian pie, rectangular and pillowy with cheese scattered edge to edge, toppings above it and sauce on top, generally in two thick bands. What I like about it is the lacy, almost frico-like intensity of the cheese at the edges, where it crisps against the pan.…
Austin Hennelly, the 35-year-old bar director at Kato, a Taiwanese restaurant in Los Angeles, likens tasting bitter melon to “going down the drop of a roller coaster.” Sipping the fruit’s juice — which is the star ingredient in his Garden Tonic, a mocktail he considers the best drink on Kato’s menu — is, he says,…
The University of Iowa basketball star has made one “logo” shot after another. Her coach and other fitness experts say it’s all in the physical and mental training.