After several weeks of hospitalization (unrelated to Covid-19), my mother is back home, snug and settled in the same Brooklyn house where I grew up. To celebrate that, and Mother’s Day, I baked her a challah. It’s the same challah recipe I always use, rich with orange and olive oil, and very adaptable as long…
Covid-19 has upended daily life in much of the world for so long that the idea of traveling to another country or state seems like the stuff of dreams. But in the last week or so, as the idea of opening up to travelers has gained traction, some countries are taking concrete steps. Yesterday, Australia…
Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. I’m back from maternity leave, though “back” in the current moment means I’m quarantined at home with a laptop and an entire carafe of coffee. Thank you to Julia Moskin for filling in. If we haven’t yet met, I’m one of the Food editors at The Times. I…
That was why it let go almost half of its 1,274 workers in late March, the factory’s managing director said in response to protesters who arrived at the factory’s doors to denounce the dismissals. Three fired sewing operators, however, said the factory was taking an opportunity to punish workers engaged in union activity. In an…
[Sign up here to receive Love Letter, a weekly newsletter about relationship highs, lows and woes, in your inbox every Friday.] Stay-at-home measures have changed so much of our daily routines, from the way we live to the way we work and, most importantly, the way we communicate with others. In this week’s Modern Love…
“Why wouldn’t you pair denim with denim? It’s a natural combination,” says Elle Market Editor Justine Carreon. At our (pre-social distancing) interview, she’s wearing a chambray shirt layered over a tie-dye tee, and both are tucked into a pair of straight-leg jeans. “People are always nervous about a Texas tux, but in my opinion, it…
Cheap, nourishing, eminently available and fuss-free, the humble potato is just the thing for these days and weeks of stay-at-home, nearly nonstop cooking. Potatoes have always had mass appeal. And I find them beyond appealing, really. How deep is my love for potatoes? The mere mention of them makes my pulse race, starts me salivating,…
As a few faint rain drops began to fall in the courtyard of Riad Mena, a seven-room guesthouse in the Marrakesh medina, the hotelier Philomena Schurer Merckoll looked skyward, assessing the likelihood of a downpour. This was in February, when a seasonal shower was the biggest threat to a social gathering, and at risk beneath…
ImageCredit…Yann Bastard The wails. The screeching. One more conference call interrupted. After months of social distancing, children are as frustrated as their parents. “They’re fighting over who’s sitting in what chair,” said Ana Balich, a mother of three who lives in Chicago. “They always fought about stuff like that, but it just seems like its…
Comfort is often sought in the familiar: sitcom reruns, well-worn books, family recipes, even an old relationship. Just as something from our past can act as a balm when the future feels uncertain, so, too, can a classic cocktail. Reaching into the drink archives doesn’t have to be solely rooted in nostalgia, it can also…