I may eat my weight in BLT sandwiches all tomato season long, but there’s still room for variations on the theme. Take, for example, this crunchy BLT tart with ripe, end-of-the-summer tomatoes, crumbled candied bacon and a thicket of baby lettuces greening the top. This recipe was inspired by an excellent roasted tomato tart created…
In May, a 15-year-old boy set up a socially distanced visit with a friend. They met on opposite sides of a sidewalk — a full six feet apart — and talked. But when the teenager returned home, he brought with him a new set of Covid-19 fears, according to John Duffy, the boy’s therapist and…
Two months ago, several women and people of color who had worked for and supported the Southern Foodways Alliance, an association dedicated to the study and preservation of the region’s food and to healing its tortured racist history, called on John T. Edge, the influential white man who heads the alliance, to step aside. On…
This is the week that we face the truth: The days are getting shorter, and the nights colder. (As I type this, I’m wearing a sweater for the first time since June.) In a normal year, tonight would mark the opening of the Columbia County Fair in Chatham, N.Y., held continuously since 1840 and attended…
A Hilltop Five-Bedroom House in Southwest Cyprus $3.9 MILLION (3.3 MILLION EUROS) This five-bedroom hilltop villa with panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea sits on the southwestern coast of Cyprus, near the city of Paphos. Built in 2019 in the Aphrodite Hills Resort, the 4,800-square-foot, two-story home has a Mediterranean style with Asian motifs, and…
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea was so proud of its handling of the coronavirus pandemic that it coined a term for it: K-Quarantine, named after the global musical phenomenon K-pop. Its two-pronged strategy of fighting the virus while keeping the economy running appeared to work. The country all but halted a large outbreak without…
In a moment filled with all too much that is unfamiliar, there is consolation in small things that remain constant. My grandmother’s Clivia sits beside me faithfully, asking little, as it has for more than 40 years. Although it’s not that small anymore — there are now three massive pots of it. Marc Hachadourian, the…
This briefing has ended. Read live coronavirus updates here. Here’s what you need to know: ImageA protester in Los Angeles, Calif., calling for an eviction moratorium last month.Credit…Lucy Nicholson/Reuters The C.D.C. cites health reasons for stopping evictions. The Trump administration announced an order on Tuesday to bar evictions for most renters for the rest of…
This article is part of a series on resilience in troubled times — what we can learn about it from history and personal experiences. Eight years ago, while working as an assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor in Cleveland, Gayle Williams-Byers was in the throes of a serial killer case when she decided to take horseback-riding lessons.…
At most weddings all eyes are typically on the brides and grooms. But for social media influencers, the audience is magnified by the thousands. “Their day just happens to have a few extra hundred thousand eyeballs on it, with each step down the aisle and cut of the cake,” said Caila Quinn, an influencer herself…