Call it magical thinking or manifesting, but the belief that people can influence their reality through sheer will has existed for centuries. Now, there’s a new term for this idea: “delulu.” Derived from the word delusional, delulu first gained popularity this summer as shorthand for unrelenting confidence. (Posts with the word have more than five…
There are myriad ways to ape haute Milanese chic. Some involve cashmere, others a haughty froideur. But a more accessible route is to purchase a box of marrons glacés — a classic European sweet, also called candied chestnuts — from Giovanni Galli 1911, a longtime confectioner that still produces the seasonal delicacies by hand. Its…
In Paris, a new kind of boutique is putting a spin on slow luxury. Rendez-Vous des Designers sells only items that were made by hand in France, including scarves, jewelry, sweaters, leather accessories, ceramics and decorative objects. Yet it has no sales employees and no online shop. And while the store’s point of view is…
While Mr. Richardson was photographing Ms. Portillo topless, the model contends that the photographer began posing with her, touching her breasts and pressing his exposed penis up against her body; eventually Mr. Richardson “forcibly inserted his penis into her mouth, and ordered her to perform oral sex on him,” while she repeatedly said “no.” According…
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1934, Elena Zelayeta was an up-and-coming chef of Mexican cuisine expecting her second child when her eyesight began to falter. She visited a doctor, who told her there was no hope:…
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Naengmyeon has many faces, but the most familiar today is probably mul naengmyeon, which translates to “water cold noodles” — the water in fact referencing the cooling beef broth that suspends the chewy buckwheat noodles. Its predecessor, Pyongyang naengmyeon, has been enjoyed in Korea since at least the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). As a dish that…
Here we are, the day before Thanksgiving, and it’s time to iron out all the last little details that remain to be resolved. For example, what’s your appetizer game this year? That is, if you serve appetizers at all (and my better newsletter half, Sam Sifton, emphatically does not). But I like to offer a…
A classmate of my teenage son died by suicide. The boys had a couple of classes together, but my son didn’t know him well. I don’t know the family at all. We live in a small town, and the sense of community is a big plus here. The high school is doing an excellent job:…
If you really want to dupe your guests into thinking you splashed out on furniture, this option is especially ritzy. Colors: White, Calico, Gray, Stone Gray, or Cold White Dimensions: Length: 85 inches; depth: 31 inches; height: 27.5 inches Material: Bouclé upholstery Customer review: “SO pleasantly surprised….I am literally so so happy I bought it.…